Disclaimer: All probiotic recommendations made in this post are not prescriptive nor individualized to your specific situation and needs. Always seek out the advice of your doctor and dietitian before proceeding with anything. Probiotics. You hear of them and see them advertised everywhere – your mom is taking one daily to treat her bloating, your […]
How to raise a toddler to have a healthy relationship with sugar
Ahhh… the million dollar question. How to raise a toddler to have a healthy relationship with sugar (and desserts and alll that stuff). It’s a question that gets asked over and over on the daily by parents around the world. Is it even possible? Does anyone really have a healthy relationship with sugar? What does […]
How a simple mindset shift can remove the stress from lunch packing
For most parents….packing lunches can suck. In fact, the thought of it just makes them cringe. And the worst is when they have picky eaters on top of it. Oh boy. Here’s my confession though. I sort of…actually…I DO love packing school lunches. I love thinking of new ideas and making it pretty. I don’t (always) […]
Salt for babies: How much is too much?
Recently I posted on Instagram about a couple packaged products designed to make your life easier as a parent that are also pretty nutritious for your baby. Well… except for one caveat. Salt. Salt is talked about a LOT in the baby world because it’s one of the main things we want to limit in […]
How To Implement A Toddler Feeding Schedule
Part 1 of this blog post was all about my reasoning behind why you should have a flexible toddler feeding schedule and how it teaches them to understand the difference between hunger and fullness cues (because a little bit of hunger is not an emergency). This blog post is going to discuss the details of […]
Why a little hunger is NOT an emergency
I work with parents of picky toddlers all the time. I work with parents of toddlers who aren’t sure how to cope with common mealtime scenarios and manage feeding their toddlers. And it’s HARD to know where to start with what seems like a myriad of issues. Today, I’m bringing up a topic (hunger and […]