Is this Picky Eating or Something More?

I can’t tell you the number of times I hear, “Oh, my child is slightly picky with his food”, or “I have to cook separately for my child, he/she doesn’t eat what we eat”, or some version of this! 

Don’t get me wrong, many kids go through a phase of picky eating - their taste buds are changing and maturing, they start preferring some foods over others, and sometimes they are just exerting their newly discovered sense of self and independence. 

But as parents how do we know if our child’s picky tendencies are just a phase or something to worry about?

Join me for the next few weeks in exploring this for your child. I will break down feeding development in a simple and easy-to-understand way. We will distinguish between “typical picky eating” and feeding challenges and disorders. We will explore what are some of the common causes of these challenges, and how environmental factors play a role. We will discover practical ideas for exploring foods and gradually expanding the variety of foods your child will eat. We will also talk about mindset shifts for parents, and how we as parents behave around foods and the language we use, can influence how our children feel about those foods.

Let's go on this FOODventure together!