I was reading one of my go-to blogs, Raise Healthy Eaters, when I came across a post called "Why Every Parent Needs A Feeding Strategy". I flew ...
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Why I Hate Those “Body After Baby!” Celebrity Stories (And You Should Too)
The cover of last week’s OK! magazine brings back so many memories—of me, after my son Sam was born 20 months ago, making soy protein and flaxseed ...
Vegploitation
You've probably heard the term "Mindful Eating". It's the practice of paying close attention to your hunger cues, savoring your food--and of course, ...
Picky Eaters? Try, Try Again (and Again and Again…)
If you’ve read anything about picky eaters, you’ve read this: It can take up to twenty exposures to a new food before a child will try it—much less ...
Are There Forbidden Foods in a Dietitian’s House?
Cloth or disposable, breast or bottle, attachment parenting or cry-it-out. When you become a mother, they’re some of the Big Choices you’re faced with ...
Mealtime With Little Kids: Before & After Plates
One of my favorite blogs is Self magazine's Eat Like Me. Cristin Dillon-Jones, a registered dietitian and working mom, posts a photo of everything she ...
How a “Snack Bucket” Helped Us Get Snacking On Track
My preschooler, Henry, is a snack fanatic. For a while there, I actually had to call his lunch a “snack” to get him to eat it. He comes by it ...
Why I Started This Blog
Like a lot of moms, I often think about my life in before-kids and after-kids terms. Before kids, I grappled with dilemmas like “Could I get a ...