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My Little Eater – Feel confident raising healthy little eaters

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Hi, I’m Edwena!

I’m a pediatric dietitian, mom of two amazing boys and lover of all things related to baby and toddler feeding! I have seen first hand the overwhelm, the worry and the confusion that sometimes comes with feeding kids, and now I’m here to help transform those feelings into complete confidence and excitement using expert feeding strategies, evidence based nutrition advice and mom to mom connection…so you can enjoy raising a healthy eater!

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  • Just want to say how grateful I am to have found Edwena’s courses! I took the toddlers course after taking the baby led feeding course because I knew her style of teaching and knew I would get the results! The courses basically walked me through what to do at each stage and were so easy to follow along. The bite sized lessons made it work with my busy mom schedule and I loved that I could go back and revisit things anytime I wanted. I gained so much knowledge and confidence and just have to spread the word about it. Thank you for my happy eater!

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"Are you new to breastfeeding and feeling unsure o "Are you new to breastfeeding and feeling unsure or experiencing a bit of a struggle with it? You're not alone, mama. Although breastfeeding is the natural way of feeding your baby, it doesn't come naturally for many of us. There is a lot learning and tweaking and adjusting that needs to be done by you and your baby, to figure things out, make it comfortable and successful. This week on the MLE podcast, I'm interviewing Kylie Field of The Nurturing Touch, who is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Together, we go through some of the most common issues that come up with breastfeeding and she gives her best tips on resolving them and how to get help. Click on the link in my profile to have a listen! ๐ŸŽง As always, if you found this podcast helpful, please support it by: 1๏ธโƒฃ Rating it with โญโญโญโญโญ 2๏ธโƒฃ Leaving a review This goes such a long way to spreading this podcast to other parents just like you who may find it helpful!"
Just like veggies, meat is just one of those foods Just like veggies, meat is just one of those foods that toddlers typically have a hard time with! ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฉ This can be for numerous reasons related to flavour, texture, appearance, or just because they want to make life difficult...because they're toddlers ๐Ÿคช. So naturally, it's easy to be at your wits end with your toddlers refusal of meat! My secret is to make sure it's flavourful and presented in a fun way to make it more appealing, so you can finally do that secret happy dance when they take a bite! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝโ  โ  Here are my tips:โ  โ  ๐Ÿ”ต Keep it juicy! Slow cookers and pressure cookers keep meat super moist so they retain so much of that delicious flavour and is easy to manipulate and chew!โ  โ  ๐Ÿ”ต Cut it up small- Offering smaller pieces can be less intimidating and overwhelming! Plus, it will be easier to chew. Ground meat is a great place to start, but dice up other moist and juicy meat like chicken breast in small pieces and see how they do.โ  โ  ๐Ÿ”ต Use a food pick - Food picks are SO fun and if you've been around this page for a while you know I'm all for fun and novelty at mealtimes for toddlers! My 12 year old still goes GAGA over food picks. See my Amazon shops for my favs (link in my profile).โ  โ  ๐Ÿ”ต Offer a dip - Dips are just as exciting as food picks, but more importantly, they give that added moisture most kids need to help chew meat, plus helps make it more palatable if they aren't a fan of the flavour.โ  โ  ๐Ÿ”ต A fifth tip just for fun....don't forget the importance of exposure! Continuing to offer meats of different variety at each meal is key to getting them to accept it in the future! 30+ times and counting...all very normalโ  โ  ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜?! ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜? ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผโ 
There's been this myth going around that babies st There's been this myth going around that babies starting with puree feeding can start solids ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ง than babies doing baby led weaning. โ  โ  Today I want to set the record straight! ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ โ  โ  โžก๏ธ Readiness signs are the exact same for purees, baby led weaning or a mixed approach!โ— So, regardless of which method you use the same readiness signs should always be present! โ  โ  The current recommendations for starting solids is to begin somewhere around 6 months of age, but this can vary to a few weeks before or after your baby turns 6 months. That's because no two babies are in the same spot by a certain age. What's important is that they show the developmental signs of readiness ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿปโ  โ  โœณ๏ธ The most important reason to wait for these signs to be present is to keep your baby is safe when eating. Waiting until these signs are present can make sure they have the proper motor skills needed to tackle solid foods safely and also make sure their airway remains open to prevent them from choking! โ  โ  โœณ๏ธ It's also in accordance with the WHO that babies should be exclusively breastfed (or perhaps for some families, formula fed) for the first 6 months of life. Really, the calories and nutrients provided in breastmilk/formula are exactly perfect and all that's need for baby to grow well up until that point. Introducing solids before that may not only be premature, but also can potentially take away from the precious nutrition and hydration obtained from breastmilk.โ  โ  So, how do you know when your baby is ready to start solids? โ  โ  โค๏ธ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€ - complete with a checklist to help take the guessing out of when you should start! โค๏ธโ 
Ever heard the saying..."Too much of a good thing" Ever heard the saying..."Too much of a good thing"?โ  โ  When it comes to food...even healthy ones...this phrase fully applies. โ  โ  Sometimes, because we think of something as healthy, we don't mind how much of it our toddlers gets throughout the day. But when it comes to milk especially, there are a few reasons why we don't want to allow them to have TOO much of it. ๐Ÿฅ›โ  โ  The recommendation for milk for toddlers is a max of 16oz/day. And since we want them to have a variety in their diet, this is plenty enough. Offering too much milk can actually prevent proper nutrition in the long run and here's why.โ  โ  โžก๏ธ Milk has a lot of calcium (which is great!), but too much concentrated calcium can actually block iron absorption. This is something we want to avoid because of how crucial iron is for proper growth! It's important to note though that other dairy products like yogurt and cheese don't typically cause this problem, and you don't have to stress about combining calcium containing foods with iron containing foods, milk is just so easy to over drink - so it's the usual culprit in these cases! โ  โ  โžก๏ธ Letting them fill up on milk in between meals can cause meal refusals because they end up not being too full come time to eat. This can lead to lots of "picky" behaviour.โ  โ  โžก๏ธ It's easy for milk to become a preferred food choice over other foods. It requires no chewing, it's consistent every time, and picky eaters love it. Eventually this replaces solid food and prevents them from being exposed to a variety of food and textures.โ  โ  ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ - ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ! ๐—ฆ๐—ผ, ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†! ๐Ÿ”‘โ  โ  โœณ๏ธ I've got a podcast episode just for you if you want to learn more! It's called "Milk and Breastfeeding Requirements for Toddlers" - Link is in my bio to listen in ๐ŸŽงโ  โ  Ready to feel confident, knowledgeable and prepared to feed your baby and toddler like a pro? Ready to prevent and manage picky eating? ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช! ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฌ 20% ๐™ค๐™›๐™› ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก 11/30/20 - ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ๐˜ฝ๐™”๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‡๐™€ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ!โ 
"How much should my baby/toddler eat?"โ €โ  "How "How much should my baby/toddler eat?"โ €โ  "How much food is too much?"โ €โ  "What's a good amount of food to serve my baby/toddler?"โ €โ  โ €โ  The answer....โ €โ  โ €โ  Their portions sizes are totally up to them! THEY should be the ones to decide how much to eat meal to meal! ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿ“โ  โ  It will all depend on their hunger levels, their state of growth, their health and their level of interest (or disgust ๐Ÿ˜) at each meal. Leave it up to them to decide how much they need at one time. Kids aren't supposed to be the exact same amount of "hungry" every single meal... that would mean we'd more often than not be overriding their true hunger and fullness cues.โ €โ  โ  There are "recommended" SERVING sizes for your toddler to have of each food group per day (not for babies)...BUT....there's a difference between that and how much they SHOULD eat meal to meal. They'll be able to make up the recommended number of servings over the span of a week or so. It's all about the averages. And it's not going to be exact.โ  โ €โ  โœณ๏ธ Did you catch my IGTV on this topic yetโ“ Check it out to learn more! โ  โ  โœณ๏ธ I've also got a blog post called "Portion sizes vs. Serving Sizes" where I tell you that yes...there are NO set recommended portion sizes for them. They all need different amounts and that changes day by day, week by week. ๐Ÿ”— in profile!โ  โ  โžก๏ธ Want to learn how to confidently start solids and serve finger foods? My Baby Led Feeding course is for you! ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿปโ  โ  โžก๏ธ Want to learn how to confidently feed your toddler and prevent/manage picky eating? My Feeding Toddlers course is for you! ๐Ÿง’๐Ÿฝโ  โ  ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—”๐—•๐—ฌ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ/๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ! ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†! ๐Ÿ”— in profile.

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