The Benefits of Consistent Meal Routine, Schedule, and Location – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 7 New guest, nurse practitioner Karen Gentile of Kids First Pediatric Partners in Skokie, IL, joins Betsy and Jen to discuss the benefits and tips for establishing eating routines and
Read more →How Many Times Until My Kid Will Eat That? – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 6 Smita Joshi, guest expert in feeding difficulties, joins Betsy and Jen for an in-depth and helpful discussion about strategies for getting kids to eat things they don’t want to
Read more →Force Feeding – A Bad Means to an End – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 5 Click here to download Feeding therapist and feeding expert, Smita Joshi of Assential Therapies, joins Jen and Betsy for an in-depth discussion of primary feeding difficulties and what you
Read more →Family Meals – Why and How – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 4 Click here to download Jen and Betsy dive into family meals – ups and downs, challenges, and how to overcome some of the most common obstacles such as time, frequency and benefits
Read more →You’re Not a Short Order Cook – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 3 Click here to download Have you ever found yourself feeling like a short order cook in your own kitchen? We all have. Betsy and Jen discuss this approach to feeding kids, and
Read more →Introducing the Feed to Succeed Podcast – Feed to Succeed Podcast Season 1, Episode 1 Click here to download Funny, down-to-earth, engaging talk show about kids’ food and nutrition; hosted by dietitian and pediatric nutrition expert, Betsy Hjelmgren and her co-host, culinary arts teacher and foodie expert,
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Before specializing in pediatrics, I could have never imagined how much stress picky eating could cause parents and caregivers. At first parents may feel their child just likes certain foods more than others. Then maybe they don’t like fruits and vegetables. Then parents may begin to watch
Read more →Rare is the family that doesn’t have a child who goes through a phase of picky eating (or never grows out of one!). Speaking in Northbrook in October to a group of moms of young children with the Mighty Mom Spot, there was not one mom who
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So often I come across patients who I only meet briefly because we are able to resolve their issues in only one (or a few) visits. A few months ago, I met a 3-year-old patient on the autism spectrum, who was suffering from GI problems. I recommended
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I cannot count how many times I have heard, “My kids do not like to eat fruits and vegetables! They are so picky! How can I fix this?!” So, you can imagine my excitement when I stumbled across a newly published study that looked at fruit and
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