The Dinnertime Dance (and Some News For Satter Fans)
How to handle your toddler’s dinnertime shenanigans when they think dinnertime is an opportunity to play in and out of their high chair. Also, a surprise notice for Ellyn Satter fans.
How to handle your toddler’s dinnertime shenanigans when they think dinnertime is an opportunity to play in and out of their high chair. Also, a surprise notice for Ellyn Satter fans.
A five-year old has suddenly developed anxiety around healthy eating and her food choices. Her parents are very concerned. Should they wait and see or take a more proactive approach at this point? We have some thoughts.
Applying the Satter Method to common real life feeding situations with kids. Amalah answers your questions.
Are nutritious and joint family dinners possible when both parents have busy work schedules and your toddler has an early bedtime?
Amalah shows you how to make your own nuggets for kids that are not only packed with vitamins and low in sodium, but are less expensive than the store-bought version as well.
A child has always eaten very little but now he’s fallen off the growth charts and isn’t keeping up physically and socially with his peers. What should the mom do when her pediatrician insists everything is “fine”?
It’s easy to get into a habit of BLTs (bites, licks and tastes) and consuming many unwanted calories while we prepare our children’s dinner. Here’s how to stop.
A mom needs advice on dealing with a loving mother-in-law/grandmother who is overfeeding her child who is on a healthy plan via doctor’s orders.
Following the birth of your child you NEED TO EAT. And you need to eat well, and regularly. Here are our fave postpartum healthy snacks.
Amalah shows you how to make the of leftovers from her popular kids’ recipe of citrus mashed sweet potatoes.
By popular demand, Amalah shares with us the homemade foods that are most popular with her kids and easiest to make from scratch. First up, transforming sweet potatoes into tots and a delicious side serving of mash.
A WOHM mom doesn’t want to engage in a mealtime battle with her young picky eater because she wants a pleasant dinnertime experience but is experiencing guilt about his limited food palate. What can she do?
A mom is returning to work full-time and will be leaving her toddler at daycare and is concerned that his reluctance to drink may increase there leading to dehydration. What can she do prevent these problems?
A mom needs advice with her young child’s food habits after a recent medical diagnosis.
A mom is really happy with the care provided by her kids’ in-home daycare provider. However, she is concerned about the lunch and snack options they are offering her toddlers. Is she overreacting and what are her options?
Years of trying to send the “food is awesome!” message while my child struggled with anorexia left me unhealthy; now I have to figure out healthy dieting.
I have a new weapon in my never ending quest to find healthy snacks that excite my kids — fruit salsa with cinnamon pita chips. This recipe is crazy simple — it’s basically just a finely chopped fruit salad — but it’s fast to pull together and everyone in my house loves it.
My kids love to eat junk food. I want them to eat healthy food. Why not healthy food that pretends to be junk food? That would be a great switch, wouldn’t it?
There are many guides to eating healthfully out there, but here are five easy-to-remember tips as you make your way down the supermarket aisle.
One mom’s fight to take the garbage out…of her kids’ mouths.