Comments on: *Secret Tip for Feeding Kids*: Don't TELL the children they won't like it! http://pregnancyfitnessinsurrey.com/secret-tip-for-feeding-kids-dont-tell-the-children-they-wont-like-it.html Pregnancy & Postnatal Personal Training, & The Mummy Tummy Masterclass Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: feedyourkidsbetter http://pregnancyfitnessinsurrey.com/secret-tip-for-feeding-kids-dont-tell-the-children-they-wont-like-it.html#comment-11 feedyourkidsbetter Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:21:29 +0000 http://feedyourkidsbetter.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-11 Thanks Loretta! Great stuff about the international cuisine - good for you for trying everything. Like you say, if we don't make them think it's weird... they DON'T think it's weird! Thanks Loretta! Great stuff about the international cuisine – good for you for trying everything. Like you say, if we don’t make them think it’s weird… they DON’T think it’s weird!

]]> By: Loretta http://pregnancyfitnessinsurrey.com/secret-tip-for-feeding-kids-dont-tell-the-children-they-wont-like-it.html#comment-10 Loretta Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:51:20 +0000 http://feedyourkidsbetter.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-10 ha, I should clarify that they all learned to eat a variety of food and have a positive attitude about eating and trying different foods. One of my favorite memories is that, living in the international community of the SF Bay Area, my kids actually were eating sushi, Indian, Mexican and Arabic food from their highchair and toddler booster seat! Again we just put food in front of them and acted like it was normal (no fear!) and they ate. ha, I should clarify that they all learned to eat a variety of food and have a positive attitude about eating and trying different foods. One of my favorite memories is that, living in the international community of the SF Bay Area, my kids actually were eating sushi, Indian, Mexican and Arabic food from their highchair and toddler booster seat! Again we just put food in front of them and acted like it was normal (no fear!) and they ate.

]]> By: Loretta http://pregnancyfitnessinsurrey.com/secret-tip-for-feeding-kids-dont-tell-the-children-they-wont-like-it.html#comment-9 Loretta Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:45:01 +0000 http://feedyourkidsbetter.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-9 hi I just saw this post on the WP dashboard so I thought I'd check it out! My kids are older now- 11, 14 and 16 but I fondly remember those toddler & preschool years! I grew up with lots of tear filled negative meal time table battles (I won't describe them). As a young mother, I decided early on that I'd make healthy food the best I could, ( a meal with different items) put it in front of them, and that was it! They learned that if they were hungry, they could eat! I never made them eat what they did not like and I never assumed they would not like food. They all had (still do) their preferences, likes & dislikes and I just let them eat the food they liked and leave what they didn't. I always made the same things for everybody at each meal. So if one just ate the eggs , one just ate fruit and one just ate bread, so be it. We were all happy during meals and now I have 3 very healthy (and big!) teens/preteens and all is well. I'm so glad I did mealtime this way. hi I just saw this post on the WP dashboard so I thought I’d check it out! My kids are older now- 11, 14 and 16 but I fondly remember those toddler & preschool years!

I grew up with lots of tear filled negative meal time table battles (I won’t describe them).
As a young mother, I decided early on that I’d make healthy food the best I could, ( a meal with different items) put it in front of them, and that was it! They learned that if they were hungry, they could eat! I never made them eat what they did not like and I never assumed they would not like food. They all had (still do) their preferences, likes & dislikes and I just let them eat the food they liked and leave what they didn’t. I always made the same things for everybody at each meal. So if one just ate the eggs , one just ate fruit and one just ate bread, so be it. We were all happy during meals and now I have 3 very healthy (and big!) teens/preteens and all is well. I’m so glad I did mealtime this way.

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