Got a fussy eater? Whether you’ve got a toddler or a teen, feeding kids can be stressful. As parents, we want our kids to eat healthy but we don’t want mealtimes to be a battleground! Paediatric dietician Karina Savage is here to help.
Does your kid say “no” before you’ve even pulled dinner out of the oven? In this episode of The Parenting Couch podcast (brought to you by North Shore Mums), leading paediatric dietitian and gut health expert Karina Savage shares her tips and tricks to help mealtimes be a little less stressful, how to boost our gut health and immunity. As a mum of two young kids, Karina knows first-hand the struggles that parents face, and she’s shares her practical tips for making feeding fussy eaters less stressful.
- How do. you encourage a fussy eater to try new food?
- Top tips to encourage a positive relationship with food
- Why you don’t need to stress about kids not eating veggies at dinner
- How to feed a family when everyone has different food preferences
- What a ‘learning plate’ and a “no thank you bowl” is
- How to know if you child really is just fussy… or if they are sensory averse or a super taster?
- How to know if your child is allergic to certain foods
- How to “food chain” technique to introduce new foods.
- The importance of a healthy gut for strong immunity
- What food you need to eat for a healthy gut, and what nutrients to take to support your immunity.
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Karina shares her tips for cooking for the whole family… who all have different food preferences!
I think you have to have a few common denominators. So perhaps you’re all offered the same protein and you’re all offered the same carbs. Or if you’re doing a stir fry, in our house, if I do a Honey Soy Chicken Stir Fry, three of us will have it mixed but one still wants to separate it. Deconstructed is fine! Pick you battles. If you have some common themes – you’ve got same protein (whether it’s like salmon, chicken or whatever), and then you’ve got your carbs, and then the veggies you can tailor to the child. So that’s where maybe you have it all in the middle or you put on the plate, the predominant veggie that you know that totally like you’re going to learn from so you’re getting more intense from you’re gonna eat more broccoli, but I’m also going to put a little bit of red capsicum next to your broccoli, just to have that sort of learning test food on that plate. So they’ve all got the majority of their safe foods, but then I’ve got a little bit of test food. Normally I say two little test foods. With a little one sometimes they might not want even on their plate or sometimes the big ones to get a plate. So you could have a little learning plate. Encourage them to be food scientists and spit it out into a “no thank you bowl”. – Karina Savage, Tricky Little Tummies
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About Karina Savage
Karina Savage
Karina is a mum of two and leading Paediatric Dietitian from Tricky Little Tummies. She has been helping families for 20 years and loves working with parents to take the stress out of feeding children, especially fussy eaters.
Karina’s passion for the gut has led her to become an Australian leader in the field. She is renowned for her knowledge in paediatric gut disorders and nutrition and regularly presents on this topic, together with providing expert comment to media. She is incredibly passionate about gut health, specialising in fixing tummy troubles, so that babies and children can live their best lives.
She loves sharing her knowledge to ultimately enhance the lives of our future generation.
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