This is Post 6 in a collection of posts written in preparation for my book Fearless Feeding
Today is the launch of Fearless Feeding Thanks so much for going on this journey with me and Jill. In many ways, it’s just started.
We hope Fearless Feeding will be the starting point for feeding kids: a trusted, one-stop resource parents can use to help them make good decisions and feel confident about feeding. We provide readers with a Fearless Feeding Strategy for each stage of development — infants, toddlers, school age and teen.
We go into detail about What to feed (how to meet nutritional needs and simple recipes), How to feed (parental attitudes and actions, timing of meals and nutrition education) and Why children behave the way they do (how growth patterns and child development affect eating).
We also provide red flags that indicate your child needs additional help (picky eating, weight issues, behavior problems, and food allergies) along with things that can be done at home. We have a whole chapter dedicated to parents, empowering them to be healthy role models and transform their own eating. And we help parents plan, shop and prepare meals in a way that works with their lifestyle and personal preferences.
Once parents get this big picture view of feeding kids, they may realize they need additional support in one or more areas. Some may need more recipes and meal planning ideas. Others might need more information and examples about how to feed their child. And others may be dealing with a specific challenge, such as weight issues or food allergies.
So to celebrate the launch this Monday the 22nd, we are highlighting and giving away resources that complement Fearless Feeding, most of which are included in the book.
First up is The Six O’Clock Scramble, created by my friend: cookbook author and busy mom Aviva Goldfarb. It is an awesome solution for busy parents who want to get healthy dinners on the table but feel squeezed for time or out of ideas. The Scramble gives you a ready-made healthy dinner plan for the week, including easy recipes, side dishes, and a grocery list.
The best part is all the recipes take only 30 minutes (or less) to prepare and are family-tested and approved. Many recipes can be prepared ahead of time or are perfect for a slow cooker. Tens of thousands of families have turned to The Scramble to transform their dinner stress into family dinner success!
Aviva has offered to give a free 6-month membership to The Scramble to one lucky follower ($37 value).
The lunch boxes I use for my kids are Easy Lunch Boxes by Kelly Lester. They are stylish, bento-style, easy to use and the #1 bestselling lunch box on Amazon. They come with three compartments for food to and the option of buying mini dipper containers (I like to include these with ranch or hummus with veggies). They are BPA, PVC, phthalates and lead-free and they come with a lunch bag in 7 colors. Love them!
Kelly is giving away one lunch container set and one lunch bag (winner can choose colors). Retail value is $21.90.
The winner of Easy Lunch Boxes will also get the free app, LaLa Lunch Box, which allows little one to get involved with what goes in their lunch. I have it and it works great!
If you haven’t been to Katja Rowell’s site, The Feeding Doctor, you should! As a doctor turned feeding specialist, she helps families relax and bring more joy to the family meal. She trained with Ellyn Satter and provides insight and support that focuses on how best to feed kids. I reviewed her book, Love Me, Feed Me here. Even though this book is targeted to adoptive parents, the principles in the book apply to feeding all children.
Katja is giving away a copy of her book to one winner.
As a member of Cooking Light’s Blogger’s Connection, I received Cooking Light books now and then. The latest one, Cooking Light Oops!: 209 Solutions for Everyday Kitchen Mistakes, is perfect for me because I’m not a natural cook. I always wondered how I could follow a recipe with great reviews only to have it turn out badly. From choosing the wrong ingredients to not reading the recipe all the way through to cooking meat too long, this book shows you how to avoid common mistakes that makes food taste bad!
Cooking light is giving away this book!
Melanie Potock is a feeding specialist, certified speech and language pathologist and national speaker who works with children with feeding problems. I interviewed her for the book and she is not only rich in knowledge but a wonderful person who really cares about helping children. Her approach to feeding kids is positive and fun.
She has offered to giveaway her book, Happy Mealtimes with Kids, along with a CD.
And last is a bonus prize from Zak! Designs. Given the many times families sit down to eat meals together, it pays to make it nice. Zak has launched a new line called Moso that is made from bamboo and is 100% biodegradable. It’s available in Kiwi or Azure. They also have a new Healthy By Design plate for kids based on MyPlate that makes learning about food groups fun.
The best part is Zak is giving away a place setting for 4 of the Moso (4 dinner plates, 4 divided plates, 4 individual bowls, and 4 divided bowls) as well as 2 of the Healthy by Design plates!
This giveaway is closed.
Posts Included in the Series:
1. Announcing the Fearless Feeding Movement
2. The Only Guarantee I Can Make About Your Child’s Eating
3. Did You Make This Feeding Mistake the First 2 Years?
4. Expert Interview: Lucy Cooke, Ph.D.
5. The Feeding Strategy Every Parent Needs in Their Toolbox
6. Fearless Feeding Release Party!
7. The (No) Clean Plate Mom Comes Clean [Next]
8. Fearless Feeding 5 Years Later [Podcast]
Congratulations. I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!
I need help getting more veggies into my kids.
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Congrats on your upcoming release! I need help with getting my almost 4 year old to eat veggies. She will only eat carrots.
I need help getting my preschool boy to eat ANY vegetables.
Definitely getting my 12 year old to understand why certain foods (soda) really are bad for you and why refined carbs should not be his first go to snack.
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I need more help with cooking. I’m a strict recipe follower, but I need to get used to cooking by tasting, smelling, and seeing what I’m making, not just adhering to the cooking time listed in the directions.
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Meal planning!
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I need the most help with feeding strategies. I have a hard time getting her to eat anything, even if it’s something she likes to eat.
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Congratulations! In our family, I often struggle with meal planning. I try out all kinds of different recipes, but don’t stay consistent, so it takes it’s toll on time (and money!).
I’m a new mom so I need the basics! I’m most excited about the “what to feed” section of the book.
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I love to cook and I need help with meal planning. I know when I have a plan things go a lot more smoothly. For some reason I find it hard to get plan on paper. I’m really looking forward to reading your book and can’t wait for it to arrive on my doorstep!
I told three people about your new book and website. I plan to tell more. I’m super excited for book and giveaways!
I need help with all of these categories. However, I initially found your blog because my oldest age 9 is incredibly picky. It really puts a damper on making meals. I have one meal that I can make that I know everyone will eat some/all of it: spaghetti & meatballs with broccoli on the side. It’s incredibly frustrating!
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Meal planning is my biggest struggle – wish someone could do it for me!
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I don’t even know where to begin- I need help in many areas! I have 3 little boys, one is extremely picky and probably needs therapy or something, one of them I think needs testing for food allergies (complains of his belly hurting daily since about January), and the littlest just quit nursing cold turkey and won’t drink milk now and is starting to reject veggies. 🙁 To top it off, I am a vegetarian, my husband is NOT, and I’m basically just overwhelmed everyday trying to make us all out different stuff.
All that to say, I could use all the help I could get (books/advice, etc).. Thanks for even a chance to win!
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I desperately need help with meal planning for the week. Short quick meals to allow time to help with homework.
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I’m a registered dietitian working in this area and find everything extremely helpful!
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My biggest feeding challenge is getting my son to eat any vegetables at all. And getting him to try new foods.
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I need help with meal planning! I have 3 kids and my oldest have type 2 diabetes. So I’m trying to change our eating habits but coming up with yummy meals us hard:(
I need the most help with planning something the whole family will, can and enjoys eating.
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I need help with feeding strategies for the 2 older children we are adopting from Latvia. They both are used to eating very limited diets and are very hesitant to trying new foods or eating more protein and veggies.
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I need help learning how to handle introducing and managing sweets and junk food with my toddler. I’m afraid I’ll do it wrong and create an issue one way or another. :/
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The part I feel I need the most help with is getting around the “eat this so you can have that” trap. I want my kids to eat their meal ( or whatever amount of it they are actually hungry for ) because they are hungry and want it, not so that they can have a popsicle, etc. It’s a vicious circle!
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Have trouble getting my almost 2 year old to eat something other than crackers and yogurt. Also, my older kids eat what is on their plate but then always want something else to eat right after dinner. We do not force them to finish their dinner, but they cannot have dessert or anything else if they do not.
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My biggest issues is what to feed a picky 3 year old who will either throw a fit at the table, or simply refuse and go to bed hungry. I don’t want to have an 8 year old who only eats chicken nuggets and peanut butter. He and his brother are our foster children, whom we hope to adopt, so we started with a deficit in the eating department. They came to us as little people and we had to honor their history and the likes and dislikes they’d already developed. At the time, we didn’t want to force anything on them. I felt like food was the only thing they felt like they had control of at that time. Now, after a year, it is time to start expanding his palate.
I need more fresh ideas for lunches and dinners. We eat the same things all the time!
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Meal planning. I struggle to create a menu everyone in the house will enjoy.
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I am always looking for new ideas on foods to introduce to my preemie. It’s a challenge since he’s a little delayed and has been through so much we are probably overly cautious so having some inspiration is helpful. He’s turning 12 months adjusted this week!
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I need as much help as I can coming up with foods that both my 3y/o & 6y/o will eat!
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Getting my two kids to eat the same meals
The big problem for me is planning and then having it be something my daughter is interested in a few days later. In the grocery store, she can be excited for something, but when I go to serve it for breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack later, she’s not interested in it at all. Breakfast is a big struggle for us.
I need to figure out a way to get my 19 month old son to eat something other than bread and fruit! I really mean anything! If we give him meat, he spits it out (even covered with yummy ranch or other dip, he licks the dip and out comes the meat…) Same with veggies. If it goes in, it doesn’t stay in. I am so frustrated and reduced to using v8 for his veggies and peanut butter for protein…sigh
Feeding my 5 year old is what I need help with; she knows how to push all my buttons.
Getting my 5-year-old to try new foods. I introduce them over and over, but he just refuses to even try stuff, and stuff he used to love and eat all the time, he suddenly hates!
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