Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You. Happy Birthday, Dear Happy Meal, Happy Birthday to You! I know it’s hard to believe. Time flies, doesn’t it? My eyes tear when I think today, March 3, is my Happy Meal’s first birthday. They grow up so fast, don’t they? I purchased a Happy Meal, not [...]

Take the Baby Bites quiz— Find out how proficient you are at promoting picky eating in your prodigy.   If your offspring is eating primarily fast foods, white flour, sugar, and only a few whole foods, you’re headed in the right direction for raising a picky eater. Picky eaters universally love these foods while refusing [...]

Picky eating is a prevailing concern for parents and rightly so. We have more picky eaters than every before. Depending on the study, between 20 and 66 percent of parents say they have a “problem eater.” A mom with a picky eater asks for advice. She’s concerned about her toddler, who was born prematurely and [...]

Children are experts at parent manipulation. If you have a picky eater, you know firsthand how frustrating it can be to get her to eat one tidbit of nutritious food. Picky eaters have built a wall of resistance to avoid eating nutritious foods. They love fast foods and junk foods, while refusing to eat whole [...]

The only vegetables six-year-old Heather eats are French fries and ketchup-and that’s using the term “vegetable” loosely. What’s alarming is that she’s not alone. Today over 60 percent of children, ages two to nine, don’t consume the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables per day. You might be surprised, even the most resistant child can [...]

Isn’t it time to transform YOUR picky eater into a healthy eater? “Baby Bites: Transforming a Picky Eater into a Healthy Eater” gives you the knowledge, tools, encouragement, help and, more importantly, the hope so desperately needed. Good ol’ fashioned Nonna-sense (Nonna is Italian for grandmother) is at the core of the Baby Bite Steps. With [...]