• Your New Mealtime Mindset with Yummy Toddler Food

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    Boy do we have a great episode for you. Amy Palanjian of Yummy Toddler Food & author of books, including Busy Little Hands Food Play, shares her wisdom of all things toddler food. Be sure to follow Amy on her website and on Instagram.

    Amy started in magazines and discovered when her oldest reached toddler age that there weren’t many resources out there with toddler meal inspirations. So, Amy started Yummy Toddler Food on the side. She taught herself how to be a food blogger, had a large backlog of content when she launched and has created a successful business and has 255,000 followers on Instagram. She knows her stuff!

    Takeaways:
    Amy taught us SO MUCH and we hope you do, as well. Did you know that the toddler phase is from age 1 to age 8? Who knew?! And that there’s a phase of development called neophobia, which is the fear of trying new foods but looks like picky eating in a toddler. It’s so important to update your mindset with what success means when it comes to feeding your toddler.

    “Have something on the table that everyone can eat & nobody cries about food!”

    -Amy’s goals with meal time
    • Want your kids to eat without fear, with kids who have a healthy relationship with foods
    • You won’t be in this phase forever
    • See if there’s anything that can help make meal times smoother, simple changes to change unwanted behavior – like changing a fork, change where you sit, turn on music
    • It is possible to “start over”
    • If your pediatrician recommends Pediasure, ask some follow up questions, like: how long should we do this? What’s the goal? Can we check in in three months?
    • Remember, you cannot move how hungry a child is in order to put on weight

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