Come attend a lively discussion on feeding and nutrition for the toddler/preschooler. Parents are under a lot of pressure to get feeding right. We will discuss the parenting skills and knowledge that are critical to help make mealtimes a success for you and your child. This class will cover the following topics:
- Normal feeding behaviors
- Teach your child to regulate intake according to their hunger and fullness
- How to encourage positive mealtime behaviors and create healthy attitudes towards food
- The importance of family meals and offering new foods multiple times
- Your child’s temperament and feeding style and how it may be impacting your child’s mealtime behavior
- Introducing new foods and how to avoid offering the same preferred foods.
- How and when to offer new foods
- Meal and snack patterns and portion sizes
- How to be responsive and build trust with your child around mealtimes
- Lunch and mealtime ideas
- Suggestions for highchairs, cups, and straw cups