Meals and snacks should be a fun time for your family, and creating the right atmosphere along with offering healthy choices can get great rewards. 1. Respect your child’s appetite-or lack of
If your child isn't hungry, don't force them to eat. Don't bribe or force your child to eat certain foods or clean their plate. This might start or create a power struggle over food. Also, your child might come to associate mealtime with anxiety and frustration or become less sensitive to his or her own hunger and fullness cues. Serve small portions to avoid overwhelming your child and give him or her the opportunity to independently ask for more. Stick to a routine. 2. Serve meals and snacks at about the same times every day. If your child chooses not to eat a meal, a regular snack time will give you an opportunity to eat nutritious food. You can provide milk or 100 percent juice with the food, but offer water between meals and snacks. Allowing your child to fill up on juice, milk or snacks throughout the day might decrease their appetite for meals. 3. Be patient with new foods Kids often touch or smell new foods, and might even put tiny bits in their mouths and then take them out. Your might need repeated exposure to a new food before they takes the first bite. Encourage your child by talking about a food's color, shape, smell and texture — not whether it tastes good. Serve new foods along with favorite foods. Keep serving healthy choices until they become familiar and preferred. 4. Don’t be a short order cook Preparing a separate meal after rejecting the meal you put in front of them can promote being picky. Encourage the kids to stay at the table for the designated mealtime even if they don’t eat. 5. Make it fun! Serve colorful foods in fun shapes and colors. Use cookie cutters to cut fruit and sandwiches. Serve fun dipping sauces. 6. Ask for kids to help Take them to the store with you and ask them to help pick out fruits and vegetables. Ask them to rinse the fruits and vegetables, stir batter and set the table. 7. Set a good example If you eat a variety of healthy foods, your child will follow your lead. 8. Be creative Shred or chop vegetables and add them to sauces and casseroles. It will create texture, color and will be visually pleasing. Top cereal with sliced or cookie cutter cut fruit.
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chef laurent
5/2/2022 12:10:28 pm
great info ...
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Rebecca
5/6/2022 07:33:53 am
Good tips!
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Dan
5/6/2022 07:56:05 am
Kids can be so tricky!... great tips
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Alex
5/6/2022 07:59:57 am
Like the including the kids part.
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brett
5/6/2022 08:02:10 am
good ideas
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Robert Lee
5/6/2022 08:04:35 am
Great tips!
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Giffin
5/6/2022 08:05:04 am
these are great ideas
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Emira
5/6/2022 08:08:39 am
Great idea
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Sarah G
5/13/2022 12:10:31 am
Yes! Don't be a short order cook! Preach!
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