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My Little Eater – Feel confident raising healthy little eaters

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My Little Eater – Feel confident raising healthy little eaters

Giving parents confidence to raise healthy little eaters

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How to know if your baby is ready for solids - whether BLW or starting with purees!

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How to overcome the fear of gagging/choking in baby led weaning

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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!

    Katie Rainer, Mom of 7 month old

  • Almost finished with your Baby Led Feeding course and just wanted to say how amazing it/you are! I have actually bought several feeding courses (yes I’m that mom!) and yours has been the BEST! Very thorough and well done!! Thank you x 1000 and you will be my go to recommendations when everyone (inevitably) comments on how well baby eats!

    Amanda Klein, Mom of 5 1/5 month old

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The Many Forms of Pressure at Mealtimes

#4: Feeding Kids During a Pandemic

#3: The Top 5 Ways We Sabotage Our Picky Eating Plan

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This week on the blog, I'm talking about pressurin This week on the blog, I'm talking about pressuring behaviour at mealtimes. ⠀ ⠀ Have we all done it in some shape or form before? Betcha the answer is yes. No judgement here.⠀ ⠀ Did you always mean to or realize you were doing? Likely, no.⠀ ⠀ Nonetheless...pressuring your baby or toddler to eat or not eat something or to eat a specific amount or to ANYTHING different from what and how much they would eat on their own...is considered a form of mealtime pressure.⠀ ⠀ And this is a BIG NO-NO! ⠀ ⠀ Why? ⠀ ⠀ Because ultimately...pressure backfires. Trust me on this...you'll be working to do that opposite of what you're trying to accomplish. ⠀ ⠀ Sometimes it may work to get in an extra bite of broccoli in the short term. But you know it's about real, long term habits over here that we're trying to build. And that one step forward will likely result in two steps back if it's consistent and affecting your child at mealtime. ⠀ ⠀ Want to learn more? Head on over to my blog post called "The Many Forms of Pressure" (find the link in my profile) to learn more about the many forms of pressure and all the details into how and why it backfires!!!⠀ ⠀ Ask me your questions on pressure at mealtimes below!! 👇
My journey with feeding my kids....hear all about My journey with feeding my kids....hear all about it in The My Little Eater Podcast...now launched on iTunes, Spotify, and more! I've got to say...feeding my kids has NOT always been easy. And even now...you think they eat everything that's put in front of them? No way! But what I know for sure, is that I am fully confident in what I'm doing when parenting picky eaters....and that sure wasn't the case 7 years ago when they first entered the picky eating stage. I was still studying nutrition at the time, thought I knew it all (cause they were great eaters as babies)...and low and behold...I got side swept by picky eating all at once and I didn't know what hit me. Click on the link in my bio to listen to the full episode (plus 3 more!) and....would you tag a friend who may find this podcast helpful as well?? xx
If you're baby or toddler is a food thrower....let If you're baby or toddler is a food thrower....let me reassure you that you're NOT alone!!! This is like the #1 mealtime behaviour issue I hear is driving parents crazayyyy!⠀ ⠀ Ok, here's the deal. I've got a whole blog post on what to do to end this behaviour, so first, make sure you head over to the link in my profile to review that. 🤗⠀ ⠀ When parents tell me that they still can't get a handle on it, here's what I ask them first....⠀ ⠀ "Are you ending the meal when they continue the behaviour and are you explaining why you're ending the meal to them?"⠀ ⠀ I usually get a response of...⠀ - "Well...sometimes"⠀ - "Well...my baby won't understand what I mean if I explain why I'm doing this"⠀ - "No"⠀ ⠀ I'm telling you though... this is probably the most important of all the tips I give you when it comes to food throwing. You've got to be ok with ending mealtime if you've followed through steps 1-7 in my blog post and you they continue. Also, don't wait until they've thrown it 4 and 5 times before doing so. They will have mixed messages by that time and clearly see that they CAN throw food up to a certain point. My suggestion is once or twice (depending on how many meals you've implemented the strategies for)...and then mealtime is over!⠀ ⠀ You CAN do this confidently! Your baby won't starve...there's a way to still be able to offer them food shortly after without it ruining the strategy. Check out the blog post for lots more info. ⠀ ⠀ Be patient fellow parents...this too, shall pass :)
"Is it ok to have a safe food mixed in with other "Is it ok to have a safe food mixed in with other foods?"⠀ ⠀ Well..let's review the purpose of safe foods. ⠀ ⠀ Safe foods are options at a meal that we know our baby/toddler typically likes and gives them at least something they can fill up on if they refuse other newer options at the table. It doesn't have to be a favourite food, but just something simple and reasonable that ensures they have something to eat if they're truly hungry.⠀ ⠀ If we mix the safe food in a casserole, a stew, or any other mixed dish, it's pretty hard for them to be able to get at the safe food easily and comfortably. It's sort of like bobbing for apples...takes forever to be able to get it out and such a long, drawn out and possible frustrating process.⠀ ⠀ Try and keep safe foods separate and accessible when you can. You don't have to keep ALL foods separated...but if its a safe food, I would.⠀ ⠀ What's are your child's top 3 safe foods?
You open the fridge..and you're all out of fresh p You open the fridge..and you're all out of fresh produce, milk and cheese.⠀ You open your cupboard, and you find fifty kajillion cans of beans, chicken bouillon, rice and a can of tuna. ⠀ You open your freezer and you find a bag of frozen peas and lasagna sauce you made two months ago and forgot about.⠀ You hear your toddler and then your husband ask "what's for dinner?"⠀ ⠀ Quick...what do you make??⠀ ⠀ Haha...if you're stumped too...you're not alone. ⠀ ⠀ You all told me you want idea to help you out in these weeks of quarantine where you can make versatile and healthy meals for your family using common pantry staples. I've done up a blog post just for you all about that you can check out for lot of recipes and meal ideas! (click on the link in my profile to be directed to my blog).⠀ ⠀ Our grocery order doesn't come until Saturday and in the meantime, we were out of all meat except for one package of ground turkey, all fresh veggies except for cucumber and baby carrots, and almostttt out of eggs (which is the biggest tragedy of all in our house 'cause we eat them all the time!!).⠀ ⠀ Here's what I made with what I had left:⠀ - Breakfast: Over easy egg, French toast, and canned pineapple⠀ - Lunch: White bean veggie soup (used frozen peas, frozen green beans, fresh carrots and potatoes, and canned white beans)⠀ - Dinner: Ground turkey veggie pasta (used frozen bell peppers, frozen broccolini, canned tomato sauce and coconut milk)⠀ - Snacks: One snack was crackers and hummus and the other was apple slices with peanut butter⠀ ⠀ I've got general and basic recipes for you in my blog post if you want to check it out! Be flexible based on what you have..and keep it simple if you must!⠀ ⠀ What did you guys eat today using pantry staples?

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