At Let’s Eat! we often get asked by parents and professionals about our feeding approach. After working in the industry for 18 years, I have refined and developed our Let’s Eat! approach so that it continues to be evidence based and clinically delivers the feeding outcomes that parents want. We use a responsive feeding approach […]
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Stop asking your child – “what would you like for dinner?” – what to say instead to your fussy eater…
Day in day out, I see children with feeding difficulties and fussy eating difficulties. As a Paediatric Feeding Speech Pathologist and Feeding therapist, there are some common themes with the fussy eating population. And I would like to share a very common one…. Parent says – “What would you like to eat for dinner tonight?” […]
Fatten Charlie Project – when you are worried about your fussy eater’s weight…
Fatten Charlie* Project….. Were the words that a mum used to describe her child’s feeding journey when we first met in July last year. This amazing mum had spent her life trying to add calories to everything her child ate. She was tearful and worried in our initial appointment and hopeful for some strategies to […]
Reader question: “What do I do if my toddler refuses their dinner meal – let them go hungry? or give them another meal?
Reader question: “What do I do if my toddler refuses their dinner meal – let them go hungry? or give them another meal? This question recently came up in a local mummy group that I am privileged to be a member of. What intrigued me with this question was that everyone had a slightly different […]
Part 2: Reducing mealtime battles and improving fussy eating.
Part 2 – As you know, one month ago I started following Ellyn Satter’s division of responsibility principles to the letter and you would have seen in my first post, the videos of what “not to do” and “what is recommended”. Thank you for all the positive feedback with part 1 of this blog, I […]
Reducing the mealtime battles and fussy eating – ‘Division of responsibility’ (Ellyn Satter) in real life.
As you know I recently attended the 3 day Ellyn Satter Australian tour in early September looking at The Feeding Relationship and Eating Competence. The 3 days were great and I have preached her wise words particularly on the Division of Responsibility (DOR) for years. But I walked away with several questions running through my mind and […]