Kiddipedia Early Years Guide 2023

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Food Playtime with Food to Help Your Fussy Eater Playtime with food may help your fussy eater according to a range of studies*. Understanding food from a sensory perspective has been shown to reduce the fear of new foods in children. Around the world scientists, educators and feeding professionals have come up with programs to support sensory education and desensitisation.

Marie-France Laval

Marie-France is a Dietitian-Nutritionist and Counsellor originally from France. She is married to an Aussie and has lived in Australia for almost 20 years.

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4 Myths About Fussy Eating We Are Tired of Hearing For some of the population, without more serious underlying factors for fussy eating, growing out of fussy eating can happen. In these instances, children may have gone through a phase of neophobia linked to the cognitive development of children (typically rst seen at about 18mths to 2 years of age.) Yet, it is far from the whole truth.

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Fussy Eater Meal Planning Fussy eater meal planning can be complicated. If children dictate what food you serve, their dif culties around food will not go away. It’s OK to plan and alternate preferred meals with meals that provide good food exposure and some challenges. “I always run out of ideas, says Tara and my 3 year old is very fussy so I often ask what he wants to eat. I think this is how we have gotten stuck with chicken

Marie-France Laval

Marie-France is a Dietitian-Nutritionist and Counsellor originally from France. She is married to an Aussie and has lived in Australia for almost 20 years.

For full article, click here

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