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Entries Tagged as 'Older children'

Foodie Friday: The mysteries of toddlers

January 9th, 2009 by · 9 Comments

As always, if you have a food related topic you’d like to see, write your suggestion in the comments. We’d love to hear from you. My 21 month old kiddos are heading quickly towards their twos. And no where can you see it more than in the changes we’ve seen lately around food. They have [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Mommy Issues · Older children

Foodie Friday: Holiday meals and two toddlers

December 26th, 2008 by · No Comments

 As always, if you have a topic in mind that you’d like to see discussed on Foodie Fridays, or have a tip or some advice you’d like to pass on, just write it in the comments? We’d love to hear from you. To those families out there that celebrate Christmas, I hope that you had [...]

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Foodie Friday: Favorite holiday recipes

December 19th, 2008 by · 4 Comments

 As always, if you have a topic in mind that you’d like to see discussed on Foodie Fridays, or have a tip or some advice you’d like to pass on, just write it in the comments? We’d love to hear from you. I think that one of the best parts of the December holiday season is [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children

Foodie Friday: Happy Halloween!

October 31st, 2008 by · 3 Comments

  I had a couple of ideas for longer food-related post ideas for today, but then I realized that 1) It’s Halloween and 2) I am completely exhausted from our craptacular week this week (someone recently questioned whether this was a real word—believe me! He would not have done this had he lived my week this [...]

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Tags: Celebrations · Foodie Fridays · Older children

Foodie Friday: Desserts? Kids? What to do?

October 10th, 2008 by · 6 Comments

I have gotten several requests to talk about how to introduce sweets to kids in a way that helps them develop a positive relationship with sweets and avoids the issue of a sweet tooth. Hmmm. I would LOVE to know how to do this?! Oh, I’m the one who’s supposed to write about it? This [...]

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Foodie Friday: Interesting article on kids and eating

September 26th, 2008 by · 3 Comments

The New York Times had an interesting article last week which identified six food “mistakes” that parents commonly make. If you didn’t get a chance to see it, check it out! I always enjoy gathering more information about the tricky topic of feeding and kids—-even if (or maybe especially if?) the information just confirms what [...]

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ilunchbox.com – Great Resource!

August 26th, 2008 by · 1 Comment

My oldest child just started 8th grade yesterday, and my older set of twins has been in kindergarten for a few weeks now. Buh-bye, summertime! I’ve got a houseful of zombies over here, as we haven’t really adjusted yet to getting up at the crack of o’dark thirty yet. And somehow, I still haven’t gotten [...]

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Tags: Older children · School-Age

Toddler meals

August 15th, 2008 by · 3 Comments

Want to see a topic covered on Foodie Friday? Have a great idea for a post? And idea or tip you want to share with the rest of us? Post in the comments section! When we started the kids on solid foods, I loved this website: www.wholesomebabyfood.com. I recommend it to everyone now. It has [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children · Preschoolers · Toddlers

Foodie Friday: Eating out with twins

August 8th, 2008 by · 5 Comments

Have a food related topic you’d like to see discussed? A food question you’d like to ask the moms at HDYDI? A food related tip that you’d like to share with the rest of us? Post in the comments section! The topic  of this week’s Foodie Friday post is eating out with your twin babies [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children · Preschoolers · Toddlers

Foodie Friday: Quick dinner ideas

August 1st, 2008 by · 2 Comments

Something that is always in need in our house is a quick meal. After a long day with the kids (me) or a long day at work (him), neither of us wants to do a lot of cooking, but we would both like to eat. This is not a good combination, unless you are our [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children