It’s been nearly 11 years since my journey with attempting to feed Lillie began, and it hasn’t got any easier; in fact, if anything, it’s getting worse. She’ll grow out of it As a small child, I was forever being told: “she’ll grow out of it; my daughter was a picky eater at that age”. So many times, I heard that one. The other favourite is “don’t fuss with them,…
fussy eater
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Have I failed my children? {Poor eating habits}
I was talking to my Mum last night about how hard I am finding mealtimes with the Beans at the moment. Heck, not even at the moment, I’ve struggled with mealtimes for years. History For those of you who aren’t familiar with the history of…
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Kindly keep your opinions to yourself #Talesofafussyeater
Our issues with Little Bean’s difficult eating have been well reported here on Mummy Matters and friends who know me in the ‘real’ world know all-too-well the troubles that we have had with her. I know that people who do not know me or Little Bean…
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We’ve been making Weetabix Weetabuddies again . . .
As children we were always told “don’t play with your food” but nowadays playing with your food is actively encouraged. If food is seen as fun, it’s more likely that it will be accepted and eaten and it is for this reason that Weetabix have…
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Could Selective Eating Disorder be the answer?
Two terms stood out for me; Food Neophobia and Selective Eating Disorder. I read further into each one with great interest because finally, I found a text which perfectly described Little Bean.
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Bento Lunch Boxes with Capri Sun Fruit Crush
If you know me well, you’ll know that mealtimes are my least favourite meal of the day as far as the Beans are concerned. I never intended for it to be that way, obviously, but over time Little Bean’s dislike for most foods coupled with…
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Eating Out Review: Beefeater Grill
With fussy eaters like ours, we don’t tend to eat out very often because it’s usually too stressful and quite frankly a waste of food and money trying to feed the Beans but we were asked recently if we would like to try out Beefeater…
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Back on the health kick with Breville Blend Active
I was a really good girl throughout the Summer months, friends and relatives would have seen me spamming their timelines with pictures of my healthy breakfast and lunch smoothies which helped me to lose the majority of my longstanding baby weight but then something happened,…
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Brightstart – the smart parent’s choice for smart kids
With fussy eating children we have to make sure that we give our Beans vitamin supplements to keep them strong and healthy. Brightstart is the new kid on the block as far as children’s vitamins are concerned. Brightstart is the new Vitamin D3 for infants…