Does feeding your baby give you a nagging feeling that things aren’t going as well as planned? If your baby isn’t gaining weight as predicted or if you’re struggling with the spoon or washcloth, you might be unintentionally making these mistakes and...

Nearly every day I read something that vilifies food. Apple juice. Sugar. Froot Loops. Chocolate milk. Fast food. Potatoes. And the list goes on. Sometimes there’s real danger, but many times it’s an opinion that stops us in our tracks. Take...

I confess. I am a reformed “food plater.” In my early years as a mom, I made healthy meals-- selecting, cutting, portioning, plating, pouring and serving all meals to my children.  No negative practices like forcing, punishing or bribing my brood to...

Today's post is from guest blogger, Mackenzie Campbell, who is a student of Nutrition and Food Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University. She is also a new mother who shares with you her experience of introducing solid foods to her baby son. As a...

Welcome to the last installment of our Parent Feeding Practices series, where we look at the tactics parents use to get their kids to eat and how they effect your child’s eating. We've covered prompting/pressuring and restricting, and are now winding...

I wrote this post as a participant in the Eat Better, Eat Together Balancing Act blog carnival hosted by MealsMatter and Dairy Council of California to share ways families everywhere can make time for family meals that include foods from all the food...

Do you have trouble getting your kids to eat enough fruits and veggies?  Do they fill up on every item but vegetables at the dinner table?  If you answered yes to either of these questions, read on…this post is for you. We have all been to a...

When I was growing up, my mother served our meals “family-style.” We would do the nightly “set the table” with plates, glasses and silverware, and my mother would place our meal components in the center of the table. My father would start with the...

We all want our kids to eat, and we want them to eat well. I haven't met a parent yet who isn't looking to improve their kid's eating habits, tweak the variety of foods they eat or looks to the past when little Johnny "ate everything." But in today's...

Do you ever find yourself in a battle of wills at the meal table with your toddler? Trying to reason or coax your toddler into trying something new to eat? Or taking over feeding because things have gotten a little too messy? Welcome to the third...