Fussy Eating

Whenever my toddler turns up his cute button nose at the veggies on his dinner plate, I remind myself that his picky eating isn’t my fault. You see, I read the science behind his fussy ways a while back and now I feel totally vindicated as his mum.   If you

Every night I try to make my boys nutritious dinners (well, most nights; I’m not a supermum). But after doing dinner battle with them, I’m always left with an uneaten veggie (or three) to scrape off their plate, or nibble myself in anger as I

Ask any parent of small children and they’ll tell you about the daily struggle that’s getting their little ones to get their kids to eat healthily. We try and sneak it into their meals, resort to bribes or end up having a Mexican standoff with our fussy eaters just

I know, I know, we need to discourage picky eating in our little ones by not giving in to their culinary demands. But sometimes, we just need them to eat SOME dinner. Am I right?!

It’s a slippery slope when you pop a fun treat into your child’s school lunch box – before you know it you’re piling in the bought packet snacks. They’ll love you for it but what about nutrition? Growing bodies and minds need all the best

Don’t worry, this isn’t a post about how to make your kids fall in love with broccoli by letting them ‘help you make dinner’ or some other ‘useful’ advice. That doesn’t work, I’ve tried.

There always seems to be one child in the family who is happy to eat everything. And, then there is one who is picky about any foods other than hot chips, pasta and toast. Fussy eating is a common phase that many children go through,

Chrissy Teigen just appeared on an episode of The Rachael Ray Show – which will be aired today – making cocktails and spilling the beans on the things her cute toddler Luna likes to eat. Spoiler alert: beans are NOT one of the things Luna likes to eat.

LOL. Sob. Ever found yourself hopeless with frustration as your kiddo refuses yet another lovingly-prepared meal? You are not alone, dear parent. Nope.

Gone are the days when I could plan dinner half an hour before eating it, standing in front of the fridge with a glass of wine. These days, thinking about dinner in some form takes up most of the day. Sometimes it even starts the night before.

Getting a child to eat vegetables is a universal war eventually fought by most parents at meal time. While plenty of advice is handed out about disguising or renaming food to turn adversary into ally, research insists these methods may lose a few battles but ultimately win the

As parents, we all do research about food. What foods are best to eat during pregnancy? What’s the best first food for a six-month-old? Why won’t my two-year-old eat anything but rice? Amid all the conflicting information out there, one conclusion is always consistent: whenever