by Eve Reed | Dec 4, 2014 | Blog, child health, Childrens' Eating
Having structured mealtimes can be difficult: it means that you actually need to decide what you are going to serve. That is a lot of planning, but, of course, it is easier to make these decisions before the actual meal time arrives. To make life easier, it is best to...
by Eve Reed | Jun 19, 2014 | Blog, Childrens' Eating
Have you noticed how people in the same family can have very different sleeping and eating patterns. One may be an early riser which is hard when it’s a young child and their parents just want to sleep that extra half-hour or so. Another may be a night owl and...
by Eve Reed | Jun 13, 2014 | Blog, child health, Childrens' Eating
How do children lose the ability to know when they’ve had enough? How do children become overweight if they know how much to eat? Do they lose the ability they were born with to self regulate their food intake? When parents do their feeding jobs according to...
by Eve Reed | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog, Childrens' Eating
It is so easy to use food as a comfort or a distraction when a child is upset or irritable. The other day I was in the supermarket with my 15 month-old granddaughter. I had nearly finished buying what I needed when she started to become grisly. My first thought was...
by Eve Reed | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog, Childrens' Eating
Who of us hasn’t said at some stage, “If you eat some vegetables, you can have dessert”. The question’s are, does this strategy work in the long run? Is it meeting your feeding goals? and why do you feel so much pressure to get your child to eat...
by Eve Reed | Sep 26, 2013 | Blog, Childrens' Eating, family meals
Many of us grew up having two distinct courses for our evening meal. The ‘main’ course was usually meat, fish, chicken or a vegetarian option served with vegetables. When I was a child, many years ago, pasta and rice were not included very often unless you...
