Getting help
Help – my child has suddenly stopped eating: what you need to know about PANS and PANDAS
There are many different causes of feeding problems, some relatively commonplace and some less so. Recently, a new type of feeding challenge has come onto my radar – sudden onset food avoidance related to an autoimmune response after an infection….
Are you worrying about your child’s ‘picky eating’?
Usually, children’s eating anxiety is my main focus, but today, the spotlight is on you: I wanted to share a few thoughts about parents’ anxiety. You may be so fixed on your child’s worries about food, that you sideline your…
When your friends just don’t get it…
When my kids were very small, we had recently moved to the area, NONE of my old friends had children and in my wider family, I was the first of my generation to have a baby, so I was not…
Some thoughts on diagnosis
Earlier this month, I was diagnosed with dyspraxia. Although talking about it leaves me feeling a little vulnerable – after all, the basis for my diagnosis goes to the heart of all the areas where I have secretly felt inadequate…
1-2-3-4-5… BREATHE
I love how tools which are useful for kids’ emotional wellbeing often also help with eating, and vice versa. In this article, I want to share a quick and accessible exercise you can teach your child, which will help them…
Together, we’ve got this!
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.9″] Feeding is multi-disciplinary. I take a psychological approach to feeding, focusing on the feeding relationship and how children (and parents!) feel, think and behave in relation to food. But what if a child is struggling with…
