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How to Help an Extreme Picky Eater – 7 Simple Ideas When You’re Feeling Stuck or First Starting Out
This article discusses how to help an extreme picky eater and how to improve extreme picky eating when you’re just getting started or feeling stuck. Maybe you’ve been struggling with your child’s extreme picky eating for a long time. You’re feeling...
6 Simple Dos and Don’ts for Feeding an Extreme Picky Eater
This article discusses 6 simple dos and don'ts for feeding an extreme picky eater that can help them try new foods. Is your child stuck eating a small number of foods? Are you packing food for them every time you leave the house and worried they will never learn to...
5 Signs That Your Child’s Eating Could Be More Than Picky Eating
This article discusses when your child’s eating habits might be more than picky eating. Does this sound familiar? As a baby your child ate everything. They even loved salmon and broccoli! Then, suddenly, their palate became much more discerning and your child started...
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How You Can Stop Feeling Guilty About Your Child’s Severe Picky Eating
“I’m tired, frustrated, and I don’t know if this will ever change or if we just did everything wrong.” “I just need him to get the calories, but I feel like I’m making it worse.” “I feel sh*tty for [my child] and myself for not getting help sooner.” “I’ve been...
Why Serving Dessert With Dinner Isn’t the Craziest Move You’ll Ever Make
This article will explore some of today’s popular dessert practices and the research behind them so you can avoid the inevitable power struggle and mental tug of war at the end of the day and feel good about feeding your family - no matter what dessert route you...
The Only Picky Eating Advice You’ll Ever Need
This article shares the best picky eating advice according to parents of extremely picky eaters. Read on for the 10 best tips to help you and your child. This one thing happens every time I first talk to parents who have been struggling with their child’s eating -...
How to Know If Your Child Will Outgrow Picky Eating
This article will help you better understand if your child will outgrow picky eating. When your child was younger, eating was easier. Then, something changed. All of the sudden, they started rejecting the foods they used to love. They stopped trying new foods. The...
6 Ways to Help Picky Eaters Take Medicine
This article discusses why taking medicine can be so hard for picky eaters and shares 6 ways to help picky eaters take medicine. There’s a reason why Mary Poppins suggested a spoonful of sugar to help get the medicine to go down. Taking medicine isn’t fun. It can be...
How to Make Mealtimes More Comfortable For a Picky Eater
This article will discuss how to make mealtimes more comfortable and easier for picky eaters, so they have a better time at the table and become more likely to try new foods. Meals can be hard for extremely picky eaters. Fears of being around new foods,...
5 Ways to Get Picky Eaters Excited About Cooking
This article discusses 5 ways to get picky eaters excited about cooking, helping even the pickiest of eaters feel more comfortable in the kitchen and around new foods. Research shows that children who are regularly involved in cooking are more likely to try novel...
Why You Need to Stop Calling Your Child Picky
This article discusses why you need to stop calling your child picky. I use the term “picky” a lot. Picky eater. Picky eating. I’m saying them or typing them multiple times a day every day. And I have a confession: I don’t feel good about it. Picky eating is a...
Why It’s Not Too Late to Help Your Picky Eater
This article shares reasons why it’s not too late to help your picky eater. If you’re worried about your child’s eating and are wondering if you missed your chance to help them, I want you to know that it’s not too late. Parents often come to me wondering if...