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🦃🍎Thanksgiving Recipes to Cook with Kids🍎

“I served these right after daycare because that

🎂This big 9 year old boy was once a scrawny lit

🎂This big 9 year old boy was once a scrawny little toddler “falling off the growth chart”, barely eating a meal a day. The pediatrician told me to feed him ice cream regularly to get him to gain weight. But I wanted to find a better way to help him develop a happy relationship with food. I leaned into my love of cooking and had Jack in the kitchen every chance I could. Together we explored new textures, smells, and creative endeavors like decorating yogurt bowls, trying to focus on having fun with food.
Today, my Jack eats most things happily, although his favorites are burgers and pretty much anything sweet like ice cream and candy.
So, if you are in the thick of feeding crazy, picky, and/or overwhelming toddlers, let this message be a little light of hope at the end of the tunnel. Feeding kids, just like parenting in general, is never easy, but I think it does get easier. And I hope we can help you cook and get into the kitchen together all along the way.
Thank you, Jack, for letting me see the power of cooking together (even thought you still like to remind me cooking isn’t “your thing”) and helping me share that with other families.
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🎂 We have a tradition of letting the birthday boy assemble a breakfast cake out of giant waffles/pancake and lots of toppings. More details in my stories.
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#happybirthday #feedingkids #pickyeaters #pickyeater #toddler #birthdaytradition #kidsinthekitchen #cookingwithkids #cookingwithtoddlers

🎁👩‍🍳The Best Cooking Gifts for Kids👨

👻I wish I understood this earlier. That’s why

👻I wish I understood this earlier. That’s why I’m telling you today in hopes you don’t stress as much as I did.
It’s complicated…Whether because of our own relationship to or feelings about sugar (diet culture/how we were raised) or messages we hear about nutrition and the “best” ways to feed our kids.
I wish I knew earlier that there’s no “right” way. I am still learning.
Candy is food, a part of our culture and traditions, and it tastes good!
The less shame WE feel around it, the healthier our children will be.
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A few years ago my feed was filled with messages like “use the Switch Witch to get your kids to eat less candy” or to “hide the candy to your kids forget about it”. And I’m so glad for the most part the conversation has shifted to enjoyment and letting kids learn about their own hunger and fullness. I’ll put some posts that I found helpful or inspiring in my stories.
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As parents, holidays are stressful enough without the pressure to feed our kids “perfectly”. I really hope you have fun and enjoy your favorite treats today (or any day). What’s your favorite Halloween candy? I’m looking forward to some mini Twix and pink and yellow Starbursts eaten together (it tastes like pink lemonade 😆).
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#happyhalloween #parenting #sugar #intuitiveeating #honestmotherhood

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