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March 2016

 

March is Nutrition Month

Dealing with Food Refusal
Source: Health Matters Online! March 2016
If you've ever found yourself saying "my baby tried broccoli and does not like it", you are not alone.  
 
Refusal to eat new foods (like broccoli) is normal toddler behaviour and part of learning to eat. The good news is it doesn't mean your child will never like the new food.
 
It can take many exposures (some say up to 20 or more) before babies and toddlers feel ready to accept and eat a new food. Picking up the food, squishing it, tasting it and spitting it out are all typical ways toddlers learn about and accept new foods. 
 
It is important to stay positive. Here are a few tips:  
  • Talk about what is happening. Try saying something like "That is called broccoli, you tried it and it has a different taste doesn't it?"
  • Set a great example.  Let your child see you enjoying vegetables.
  • Continue to offer the new food. Offer broccoli (and other new foods) in calm, no pressure manner. At future meals when broccoli is on the menu, keep offering it to your toddler. Try putting another piece of broccoli in front of her and saying "see what you think" without any pressure.
  • Get creative: Try preparing the food in different ways.   
  • Avoid coaxing, bribing, tricking. Pressure from adults to eat certain foods or amounts slows done the process and often makes food refusal worse. Toddlers can smell an agenda a mile away!
For more information on the how to feed toddlers see the Ellyn Satter Institute website.   

Introducing Solid Foods
Check out these websites for lots of great information. Solid Food and Baby's First Foods

49 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child
It happens to every child in one form or another - anxiety. As parents, we would like to shield our children from life's anxious moments, but navigating anxiety is an essential life skill that will serve them in the years to come. In the heat of the moment, try these simple phrases to help your children identify, accept, and work through their anxious moments.

On-line Workshop: Guidelines for Discipline That Doesn't Divide
What do you do when consequences don't work and when they do work, at what cost?  This online presentation provides practical guidelines that are attachment-safe and developmentally friendly, yet still effective in addressing problem behaviour. The guidelines presented are applicable to children of all ages. Tuesday, March 29, 2016 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT.  More info and to register.


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