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Entries Tagged as 'Foodie Fridays'

Teach a Child to Grocery Shop…

January 13th, 2012 by · 7 Comments

My husband has a very physical job, and our daughters, M and J, are incredibly active kids. It takes a little more effort on my part to fit exercise into my day, since I have a desk job, but I do my best. I will admit that I haven’t been good about working out since [...]

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Tags: Balance · Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children · Other people · School-Age

Kids in the Kitchen

October 23rd, 2011 by · 1 Comment

Every time that I start to stress about J and M’s eating habits, I remind myself of our parenting goal: Healthy, happy, whole adults. Of course I want our children to have a healthy diet in the here and now, but it’s far more important to me that they be equipped to make good food [...]

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Tags: Development · Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children · Preschoolers · School-Age · Solid Foods · Toddlers

Ask the Readers: Handling Picky Eaters

October 19th, 2011 by · 8 Comments

It’s been a while since we’ve Asked the Readers. Please, help us out in the comments! What is your favourite trick for tempting a picky child at mealtime? I was quietly ecstatic when my kids first took to solid food. Fish, spinach, fennel—they loved them all. I thought they were set for a lifetime of adventurous [...]

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Tags: Ask the Readers · Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children · Solid Foods · Theme Week · Toddlers

Foodie Friday: Maybe Early Intervention does know what they're talking about…

March 13th, 2009 by · 4 Comments

My kids are now almost two—and part of me has no idea how that happened. It seems like just a month or two ago, we were starting solid foods. And working on sleeping through the night. And outgrowing the bucket carseats.  However, since they’re not infants anymore, they do lots of fun toddler activities. One activity they go to [...]

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

Foodie Friday: Eating healthy foods

February 20th, 2009 by · 3 Comments

  Abigail’s all ready to help Daddy cook! When my babies were young, it was easy to have them eat only healthy foods. We made our own babyfood, and mostly they ate veggies, fruits, rice, oatmeal and some proteins—-chicken, turkey, cheese etc….In fact, I remember once looking at their meals and commenting to my husband [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children · Toddlers

Foodie Friday: Snacks for toddlers

January 24th, 2009 by · 10 Comments

Feedings toddlers—mine are 21 months—seems to be an evolving challenge. Obviously, there are all the challenges that come with toddlers’ newfound picky eating habits, as I wrote about here a few weeks ago. And that is a whole ‘nother challenge. But sometimes, we just get stuck in a food rut. It’s that post afternoon nap [...]

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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Mommy Issues

Foodie Friday: Breastfeeding takes forever?

January 16th, 2009 by · 7 Comments

I’ve been thinking about breastfeeding this week. First, LauraC reposted her thoughts about her decision to stop breastfeeding. And then, a mom posted a question in the comments about how to get regular naps when her babies fall asleep when nursing and take an hour to eat. This got me thinking some more about the [...]

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Tags: Breastfeeding · Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Infants · Mommy Issues

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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Tags: Feeding · Foodie Fridays · Older children

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