Baby Led Weaning – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 4, Episode 6 On this week’s nutrition podcast, Jen Karakosta and Betsy Hjelmgren, registered dietitian and pediatric nutrition expert, and discuss baby led weaning to solids. Have you ever wondered if there is a different way to teach
Read more →Starting Solids – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 4, Episode 5 On this week’s edition of our nutrition podcast, Ellie Trefz, feeding therapist extraordinaire, returns to join registered dietitian Betsy and Jen in a lively discussion about starting solid food with your baby. Solid food is just
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In this week’s kids’ nutrition Ask Amanda column, pediatric dietitian Amanda Gordon answers the question: What are good recipes to get vegetables into picky eaters? Following are 6 suggestions, the first being the most important: Suggestion 1: Don’t Trick Them. Try not to hide vegetables in your child’s meals and
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In this week’s Ask Amanda, we address a common question for moms of toddler. When a child doesn’t eat much meat, how do you make sure he has enough iron.
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Last week’s post on toddler friendly protein foods sparked a lot of conversations with the families that I work with about how much protein kids need. As I mentioned, it is often less than parents think. However, as I was working with some of my pickiest toddlers
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Ask Amanda is a weekly column from Feed to Succeed dietitian Amanda Gordon. Have a question? Email Amanda and let her know or submit an “Ask Amanda” question for a future column. Do you have recommendations for healthy protein sources that toddlers actually eat? Protein recommendations vary by age,
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Ask Amanda is a weekly column from Feed to Succeed dietitian Amanda Gordon. Have a question? Email Amanda and let her know or submit an “Ask Amanda” question for a future column. Hi Amanda – I am wondering about peanut butter and what the differences are between the natural
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Ask Amanda is a weekly column from Feed to Succeed dietitian Amanda Gordon. Have a question? Email Amanda and let her know or submit an “Ask Amanda” question for a future column. What are some good healthy snacks and foods with protein to have on hand that my teens
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This week’s Ask Amanda focuses on what is the difference between the food for adults and food for kids/toddlers over 11 months. This is a great question! The answer is – there should not be too much difference. Toddlers need what we need – just in smaller amounts.
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I am not a food blogger, but this is my daughter’s breakfast from Friday and I couldn’t help but photograph it. She was my inspiration for this week’s Ask Amanda: Pasta not Pop-Tarts. Mornings can be rushed in our house, especially now that school is starting. I
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