Fearless Feeding: How to Raise Healthy Eaters from High Chair to High School

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Top 10 Feeding Mistakes Parents Make

It's easy for parents to get off track with feeding in today's world. Here are common feeding mistakes parents make at each stage (and with themselves), and how to turn things around.

Infant Keep on Puree too Long: Babies have a steep learning curve when it comes to eating during the first two years. Around eight months, most are developmentally ready to pick up small pieces of food and self-feed. Parents often keep baby on puree too long because they either don't know this, or they like the control they have with spoon-feeding (and don't like mess!). Yet self-feeding aids children's self- regulation of food and increases the variety they are able to eat. So give children the opportunity to self-feed early in the game and allow them to learn at their own pace. Don't Bring Baby to the Family Table: Babies learn to eat by watching others. Yet it's not uncommon for babies to be fed separate meals all by their lonesome. This often translates to little ones getting the same food over and over, instead of a larger variety. It's important for parents to know that between the ages of 6 months and 2 years, children are the most open to new food. Serve them the regular meals you'll want them to eat later -- sandwiches, omelets and stir fries -- and eat together as often as you can.

Toddler Filling Little Bellies: As babies turn into toddlers things change quickly -- language blooms, growth slows and children become more susceptible to environmental cues around food. Parents often make the mistake of giving into requests for juice, milk and snack foods, which fill up little bellies (the size of a fist) so they don't eat well at mealtime. To avoid this mistake, feed on a structure at a designated place (3 meals and 2 -3 snacks) every 2-3 hours. Keep milk to about 2 cups and juice to only 4-6 ounces per day, with meals. Keep water the drink of choice between meals. Get Off Track with Picky Eating: At toddlerhood, children become skeptical of new food and previously accepted items (especially veggies). Most parents don't understand picky eating is a normal part of development and may begin to bribe children with dessert, insist they eat a certain amount, or cater and only provide foods they know their child will eat. All of these things make picky eating worse and negatively affect self-regulation. We recommend the Ellyn Satter Division of Responsibility where parents decide the what, when and where of feeding and children decide the whether and how much of eating. It melts away the battles, keeps eating enjoyable for all, and makes children feel more confident with eating.

School Age Banning Bad Foods: Your child will see all sorts of "bad foods" as he enters the broader

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