Making a change
Eight reasons to use a visual menu for your ‘picky eater’
In this article, I’m going to share a strategy which can help enormously with food anxiety: the visual menu. What is a visual menu? A visual menu is a method of communicating to your child what you will be serving…
Spotlight on: panko breadcrumbs
Panko breadcrumbs come from Japanese cuisine and are lighter, crispier and less oil absorbent than regular breadcrumbs. They are made using an electrical current, which is kind of cool. They are also an amazing tool for helping children transition from…
Hear the fear: a language tool for parents of anxious eaters
If your child finds eating hard, the chances are mealtimes are stressful and anxious… for both you AND them! Sometimes, your child will put that worry into words. I like to do live Q & A sessions in my private…
The ‘grab-and-go’ approach to eating
This is the second in a series of articles where I invite you to interrogate how you relate to food and what that might mean for your child. Last week, I explored what it means to be a food-lover, parenting…
The ‘good enough’ parent, the ‘good enough’ meal…
When my eldest daughter (now on the brink of teenage-dom) was a baby, I was studying for my Masters in counselling. I know – crazy – I enrolled when I was pregnant and had no idea what being a mother…
Dessert for dinner – a guest post
Often bribed your kids with dessert at the end of a meal? “If you finish all your dinner you can have an ice cream?” or “just one more bite and you can have your chocolate egg?” We’ve all used food…
