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Raising healthy eaters

April 1, 2008: Raising Healthy Eaters- Retraining children's eating habits
Comments: 3 | Categories: Healthy kids , Nutrition , Raising healthy eaters

When I put out my request for a guest post for this very last edition of the Raising Healthy Eaters series, it didn't occur to me at the time that I had the perfect person for the task right under my very nose! Who better than the woman who has...

March 24, 2008: Raising Healthy Eaters- Simple and nutritious snack ideas for kids
Comments: 3 | Categories: In the kitchen , Raising healthy eaters , Recipes

As this series draws to a close, I thought it would be helpful to share a list of our favorite, healthy and easy-to-make snacks, and I've given you the opportunity to do the same below. If you have missed any of the posts in this series on Raising Healthy Eaters,...

March 24, 2008: Snack carnival reminder!
Comments: 0 | Categories: Raising healthy eaters

Just a quick reminder that later tonight I will be posting my Raising Healthy Eaters post on healthy snack ideas for kids, and I will be putting up a Mr. Linky so that you can join in! I will make sure that the post is up by 8pm PST. The...

March 18, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- Making mealtimes work with toddlers
Comments: 6 | Categories: Healthy kids , In the kitchen , Raising healthy eaters

Before you read on through this post, I just wanted to alert you to a couple of important items mentioned at the very bottom of this post, in bold and italics- please make sure that you don't miss them! And now, on with the post... As promised, after some great...

March 4, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- Involving children in choosing and cooking food
Comments: 9 | Categories: Healthy kids , In the kitchen , Raising healthy eaters

It's hard to get around in my kitchen these days. It's not really that it's too small, or poorly designed, or anything like that. It's mostly just because these days, my kitchen has a new, rather permanent, addition: Some days both of the chairs from my daughter's little table set...

February 26, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- Requiring children to eat foods they dislike: A discussion
Comments: 12 | Categories: Healthy kids , Mothering , Raising healthy eaters

Last week's post (about Feeding Picky Toddlers) brought up some interesting issues in the comments section! I always enjoy comments that challenge my thinking and bring up great topics for discussion, and this post had several! :) I thought that this week, rather than writing another post, I would post...

February 18, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- Feeding picky toddlers
Comments: 8 | Categories: Healthy kids , Nutrition , Raising healthy eaters

Feeding toddlers can be a bit tricky, can't it? They're starving one minute, then they pick at their food the next. They love peaches and broccoli and chicken and rice and anything else that you offer them one week, and then the next week they don't want to eat anything...

February 12, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- Back again next week
Comments: 0 | Categories: Raising healthy eaters

Since I am devoting much of my time this week to evaluating the needs of the season that I am in, and creating a new schedule, I will get back to this series again next week, with the topic "Feeding picky toddlers"! If you have missed out on any parts...

February 5, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- Making your own baby food
Comments: 3 | Categories: Babies , In the kitchen , Raising healthy eaters

One of the best things about making your own is not only that it makes the most economical sense, but that it makes even organic baby food very, very reasonably priced. Organic food is even more important when it comes to feeding babies, simply because their bodies are so much...

January 29, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- What to feed baby
Comments: 5 | Categories: Babies , Healthy kids , Raising healthy eaters , Recipes

In my post last week, I discussed the importance of ensuring that your baby is truly ready, waiting longer than the typical age promoted by most doctors and books, and focusing on breastmilk as the foundation for baby's nutrition. So now that you've determined that your sweet baby is ready...

January 22, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- Introducing solids to babies
Comments: 8 | Categories: Babies , Healthy kids , Raising healthy eaters

The timing of this post is perfect for me, as my little guy, Caden, is just beginning to eat solids regularly. Recognizing that he is ready to have some solids incorporated into his daily feeding routine has pushed me to delve back into some of my nutrition books, to be...

January 14, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- What's for lunch, Mom?
Comments: 3 | Categories: Healthy kids , In the kitchen , Raising healthy eaters

I apologize for bouncing around between topics a little bit in this series, but I am trying to address questions and specific areas of interest as they come up. Recently I received an email asking specifically for lunch ideas, because although dinners are often talked about, lunches tend to be...

January 8, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- Getting off to the best start
Comments: 0 | Categories: Babies , Breastfeeding and pregnancy , Nutrition , Raising healthy eaters

Before we are off and running on topics such as healthy snacks and lunches, getting your kids interested and involved in nutrition, and help for picky toddlers, I thought that we would touch on this all important subject of what we eat while we are nourishing our little ones during...

January 2, 2008: Raising healthy eaters- What eating healthy is and isn't
Comments: 4 | Categories: Nutrition , Raising healthy eaters

When I teach nutrition, there are 3 simple guidelines that encompass my basic nutritionally theory. Although I wish I had created them myself, I didn't. They have been taught to me over the years through various writers and speakers that I respect, but most specifically through the book What the...

December 18, 2007: To clarify some things
Comments: 5 | Categories: Living healthy , Nutrition , Raising healthy eaters

I received a comment this week that addressed an important issue related to something I wrote about in my first Raising Healthy Eaters post. After talking to a friend about it today, I realized that it might serve my readers to read both the comment and my answer, to bring...

December 16, 2007: Raising healthy eaters- Laying a strong foundation
Comments: 8 | Categories: Mothering , Nutrition , Raising healthy eaters

In order to approach this topic properly, I felt as though we needed to back up a bit from the how and begin with a bit of the why. We all know that we should feed our children well and teach them how to eat in a way that will...