by Eve Reed | Feb 17, 2015 | Blog, Childrens' Eating
Many parents ask me, “How do I get my child to eat?” There are a few common variations, such as “How do I get my child to eat fruits/vegetables/another food group?” Let’s get the bad news out of the way: if you’re trying to get your child to eat, it’s probably not...
by Eve Reed | Jan 21, 2015 | Blog, Childrens' Eating, School Lunches
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...
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...
