Do you feel like your little one is obsessed with desserts and sugar? I give you a couple tips on how to help normalize desserts in your house!
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In this episode I reference another one of my podcasts When to say no.
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Is your baby interesting in solid food? Ready to start trying to have more consistent meal times?
The number one tip I have for you is to feed responsively.
This means paying attention to your little ones cues of when they are still hungry, when they want more food, and when they have decided that they are all done.
This may look like your baby grabbing the food and putting it in their mouth, leaning forward, opening their mouth, and then also signs of being all done like turning their head, spitting food out and being fussy.
This is a great sign of your child being ready for a set schedule of meals when they are ready for solids. Let me walk you through what a schedule might look like:
Before I do that though, just a disclaimer: As long as you are feeding you child – you are doing it right. There is not perfect day to start solids and a meal schedule for your child and every baby is different.
The number one thing we can do outside of responsively feeding them is sitting with them and eating.
Starting around 6 months of age sit with your baby for one meal a day.
Choose a meal that you have ample time, can be most consistent with, and most present for. One time a day you should offer your child solid food – weather that is baby led waning or purées.
Around 8-10 months I would recommend a second meal and going up to three times a day for solids. Do what works best for you and your family.
Around 12 months of age is where it’s ideal to offer 3 chances for solids a day.
12 months on is where you start that meal AND snack schedule:
3 meals and a snack schedule in between. The ideal is to offer solid food every 1.5-3 hours from 12 months on. No need to stop offering the breast if that’s your jam, but consider offering solids before nursing sessions to increase solid intake.
Disclaimer: if your child wants more than 1 meal at 6 months this is totally fine!
This would be a typical schedule (12m+) but remember every child is different:
7:30am breakfast
9:30am snack
12:00pm lunch
2:00pm snack
5:30pm dinner
Some children will want to explore food earlier, some won’t be interested at all and you’ll have to be consistent to continue to offer. There is not a perfect way to follow a schedule and we firmly believe in the 80/20 rule around here – be consistent 80% of the time but give yourself the grace to be a human as well!
Reminder: Consider a meal and snack routine verses a schedule. This is a little more flexible (not tied to clocks) and is a little more rhythmic. I find this works really well for families including ours.
The only difference is that meals and snacks are usually proceeded by and followed by the same activities or events every day. Ex: after nap is snack, after outside play is lunch, after school is snack, before bath is dinner etc etc.
Make the meal and snack schedule/routine/rhythm work for your family. Start by scheduling in the most important and immovable parts of your day and fit in the snacks and meals around that time. Ex: school is from 9-12pm or nap is from 1-3pm then meals and snacks will have to be put in between those times.
Hope this was helpful, mamas. Click the link below to listen to a full length podcast episode on your baby’s eating schedule & visit @nutrition.for.littles on instagram for daily tips!
This week I talk to Kristina Bruce who is a body acceptance coach. She talks about her experience with postpartum and how she didn’t want to pass on the generational chain of bad body acceptance to her daughter. She gives you tips and ideas on how to start having body acceptance and how to answer questions your kids may have about their bodies.
Follow Kristina on Instagram @kristinabrucecoach, click here for her free Body Acceptance Guide! Tune into the episode when Kristina was on The Mama Well podcast by clicking here!
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Head over to my Instagram account @nutrition.for.littles where I drop almost daily content helping you change the mealtime environment in your home (make sure to watch my stories where I teach and explain in more detail!)
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I talk about 6 myths when it comes to feeding babies (I really came up with 20 but narrowed it down)! I covered the ones I get asked the most and I referenced some of my other podcasts so that I could keep this one short. The links are below if you want to go more in depth on those specific ones.
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If you haven’t yet make sure to subscribe to my other podcast The Mama Well yes I have two!
Loving the podcast but looking for more?
Head over to my Instagram account @nutrition.for.littles where I drop almost daily content helping you change the mealtime environment in your home (make sure to watch my stories where I teach and explain in more detail!)
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Also if you liked this episode share it with your friends and family because it really does take a village to raise kids and it helps when your village is all on the same page!
It may shock you to know that picky eating is biologically driven to keep your little one safe. I give you a few things you can do though to help your littles try new foods. These tips are very easy and you can start implementing them today!
Have a picky eater at home? Join me Monday April 25 at 7pm MT/8pm CT for my FREE class on the top 3 OVERLOOKED and never talked about reasons for picky eating! Click here to save your seat!
Ready to learn about my Table Talk program? Click here to learn more and enroll!
If you haven’t yet make sure to subscribe to my other podcast The Mama Well yes I have two!
Loving the podcast but looking for more?
Head over to my Instagram account @nutrition.for.littles where I drop almost daily content helping you change the mealtime environment in your home (make sure to watch my stories where I teach and explain in more detail!)
Hope this episode was helpful for you! If it was it would mean so much to me if you left a written review it only takes you a second but helps other mamas just like you!
Also if you liked this episode share it with your friends and family because it really does take a village to raise kids and it helps when your village is all on the same page!
Did you catch my segment on Good Morning America? I talk all about how this reel I made went viral, if you haven’t seen it I explain how my “need to use” bin has helped my family save money on groceries. I also give you even more tips and ways to save!
Have a picky eater at home? Join me Monday April 25 at 7pm MT/8pm CT for my FREE class on the top 3 OVERLOOKED and never talked about reasons for picky eating! Click here to save your seat!
If you haven’t yet make sure to subscribe to my other podcast The Mama Well yes I have two!
Head over to my Instagram account @nutrition.for.littles where I drop almost daily content helping you change the mealtime environment in your home (make sure to watch my stories where I teach and explain in more detail!)
If yours does, good news! You can bridge your little one’s love of mashed potatoes to loving broccoli!
Try mashing it up!
Add steamed broccoli to your potatoes before you mash them to create a creamy, smooth, yummy side dish for any meal.
Picky eater tip: Start with only a few pieces of broccoli (even just one!) mashed into the potatoes and slowly increase the amount of broccoli each time you serve it or increase as the acceptance of broccoli grows! Ingredients:
1 russet potato
2-3 broccoli florets
1/4 cup warmed milk
1 T. of butter
Directions:
Wash, peel, and cube potato
Boil until tender (fork is easily inserted and potato cube breaks apart)
Steam broccoli until very soft (easily mashed with a fork, not just tender. )
Combine potato, broccoli, butter, and milk. Mash together until a semi-smooth consistency. When you add the milk, add it slowly. You may need a little less or a little more. It will still be a bit lumpy because of the broccoli. If your little one is especially sensitive to lumpy consistencies, you can use a hand mixer or immersion blender to mix until smooth. Try to decrease the smoothness each time you serve so your little one can start accepting different textures.
Hack: This is a good way to use up leftover steamed broccoli. Just reheat until it is soft enough to mash.
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If you are anything like me when your little hits that age of trying solids you try to contain the mess. I want to share with you what I went through with my son during that time and how not letting him get messy had created a barrier between him and food. I do have some tips and tricks on how to keep the mess at a minimum! But mostly let them have fun and experience their food.
I reference one of my other podcasts on Picky POPportunities if you haven’t listened go ahead and click here!
Looking to change up your menu? Look no further click here to learn more about the REVAMP system and how you can make small changes to your menu!
If you haven’t yet make sure to subscribe to my other podcast The Mama Well yes I have two!
Loving the podcast but looking for more?
Head over to my Instagram account @nutrition.for.littles where I drop almost daily content helping you change the mealtime environment in your home (make sure to watch my stories where I teach and explain in more detail!)
Hope this episode was helpful for you! If it was it would mean so much to me if you left a written review it only takes you a second but helps other mamas just like you!
Also if you liked this episode share it with your friends and family because it really does take a village to raise kids and it helps when your village is all on the same page!
I’m talking about the difference between what an external and internal reason to eat is and how it may not be helpful to be using external pressure to make our littles eat. I give some tips on how to step away from using external pressures and how to help your littles tune back in with listening to their body.
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If you haven’t yet make sure to subscribe to my other podcast The Mama Well yes I have two!
Loving the podcast but looking for more?
Head over to my Instagram account @nutrition.for.littles where I drop almost daily content helping you change the mealtime environment in your home (make sure to watch my stories where I teach and explain in more detail!)
Hope this episode was helpful for you! If it was it would mean so much to me if you left a written review it only takes you a second but helps other mamas just like you!
Also if you liked this episode share it with your friends and family because it really does take a village to raise kids and it helps when your village is all on the same page!
With so many highchairs on the market how do you know which one to pick? I go in depth on my journey with highchairs with my son (it was definitely a learning curve!). In this episode you will find tips and tricks on what your littles need from a highchair. Here is my amazon shop where I have a couple highchairs listed under “feeding” that I would highly recommend.
Click here to enroll in Safe Beginning’s online CPR course. Use code Alyssa20 for 20% off.
If you haven’t yet make sure to subscribe to my other podcast The Mama Well yes I have two!
Loving the podcast but looking for more?
Head over to my Instagram account @nutrition.for.littles where I drop almost daily content helping you change the mealtime environment in your home (make sure to watch my stories where I teach and explain in more detail!)
Hope this episode was helpful for you! If it was it would mean so much to me if you left a written review it only takes you a second but helps other mamas just like you!
Also if you liked this episode share it with your friends and family because it really does take a village to raise kids and it helps when your village is all on the same page!
