by Eve Reed | Jul 3, 2017 | Blog, Childrens' Eating
Many children go through stages of eating a wider or narrower variety of foods. However if you are feeling stressed about your child’s eating, dreading mealtimes or sick of preparing the same few meals, keep reading. Structure is the key Children thrive on routine and... 
by Eve Reed | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog, Childrens' Eating, family meals
Recently, I watched a video of a family meal – Mum, Dad and their five year-old daughter. The meal lasted 58 minutes! How could a four year-old sit at the table for that long, I hear you asking. Well, she did a pretty good job of it. It was her mum who became... 
by Eve Reed | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog, Childrens' Eating, family meals
You have more influence on what your children eat than you may think. For children under 12, both Mum and Dad are the most important role models for kids when it comes to eating and physical activity. Children would rather eat a meal with you than with anyone else.... 
by Eve Reed | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, child health, Paediatric nutrition
It’s most likely you do, as around 1 in 20 children have a food allergy. It’s 1 in 10 for babies and less for older children as many babies grow out of their food allergy by the time they go to school. What is an allergy? An allergy occurs when the immune... 
by Eve Reed | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog, Breakfast, Childrens' Eating, Paediatric nutrition
What we know about breakfast Parents are continually being told that children learn better at school when they have had breakfast. Even so, by late primary school nearly one quarter of children go to school without having had breakfast and this number increases as... 
by Eve Reed | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog
Packing lunch boxes is a task that parents do thousands of times. Some find it easy, others find it difficult to know what to put in there. If your child doesn’t eat the food you provide, it doesn’t mean you got it wrong. There are many reasons that food comes back... 