Strategies for Feeding Picky Eaters

I have really been getting into finding articles on the net lately! You win some and you loose some, but on a whole I have been finding some really worth while stuff. . . and its all free information right at your finger tips. So, I have decided that every Monday I am going to blog about a different article I have found that helps me be a better mum! Its going to be my "Mummy Monday!"

To get the ball rolling, my article for today is about Strategies for Feeding Picky Eaters! (Follow this link to read the full article). iMOM is the website where I found this article, and it is a really good little resource. There is heaps of great articles and other parenting helps on there. But this article really appealed to me because. . . wait for it. . . I have a picky eater! I am also finding so many of my friends, who have children of the same age, are dealing with similar issues right now. This, at least, helps me feel and know that I'm not the only one.

This article is really simple and straight to the point. It just acted as a good reminder to me of the simple little things I should be doing in encouraging Ashton to eat better. Sometimes, when you are caught up in the moment of trying to get the to eat, or just in the flurry of every day life, you just do whats easier. . . but in doing this, we really make a rod for our own back! I'm tempted to print this off and put it in my fridge so that hubby and I are both on the same page in our efforts, and as a constant reminder to myself!

ASHTON'S FRUITY WEEK

Throughout this past week Ashton has been exploring lots of fruit. He is loving his fruit puree’s at the moment so I thought I would explore fruit with him in a way that would start him recognizing what the fruits look like before they are pureed. Before I gave him a particular fruit for one of his meals I sat down with him and let him play with the fruit for a bit. He held it with his hands and of course picked it up and put it in his mouth. He inspected it from a distance and up close.

After his initial inspection seemed to be over I took the fruit and started eating it next to him. Straight away his curiosity and interest in the fruit picked up again, he started watching me intently while I ate, then he started reaching out to me to give him the piece of fruit. So I would give him the fruit and straight away he would start munching on the bit where I had started eating. If I took it away from him or it dropped from his grasp he would get upset that he had lost his snack. He was really starting to enjoy exploring the fruit!

As the week progressed and we kept exploring different fruits or whenever I was eating anything he would start to insist I share with him. He has also begun to enjoy eating a lot more in general.