Jo Cormack
Exploring disgust
As adults, we often interpret children’s refusal to eat or try a certain food as bad behaviour. We think they should eat it because (delete as applicable) we’ve cooked it / we’ve paid for it / it’s good for them…
Why I ❤️ dietitians
I have written before about how helping children with feeding issues requires professionals from different disciplines. Today I want to turn the spotlight onto one of those specialisms: dietetics and nutrition. I almost always recommend input from a dietitian for…
“My child left their ENTIRE meal! Should I serve it again later?”
I love our facebook group (Parenting Picky Eaters) because not only is it a great place to find kindness and support from parents who ‘get it’, not to mention advice from two feeding professionals (that’s me and Simone!)… the group…
How many times does your picky eater need to try a new food before they will like it?
The idea that there is a certain number of exposures required before a child will accept a new food has been around for a while. I remember hearing this (I think from UK celebrity chef Jamie Oliver?) way before I…
Lessons from a chocolate advent calendar
I love the build up to Christmas; it’s such an exciting time. And a hectic time too – let’s be honest. Amid this year’s pre-Christmas chaos, I learned something about myself that both surprised me and gave me pause for…
Food art: a help or a hindrance for food-anxious children?
I am genuinely blown away by some of the imaginative ways some people can make art out of food. Just search ‘kids’ food art’ on Pinterest and you too will be blown away… from strawberry mice to boiled egg bees,…
