Eating Together as A Family
Eating together as a family is important and can help encourage healthy eating habils in children.Picky Eaters
With a little creativity and patience, you can help your child develop healthy eating habits, with minimal stress.Cooking with Kids
Preschoolers can help with simple food preparation. Having kids help in the kitchen now will help them develop healthy eating habits that will continue as they grow older.
Feeding Your Preschooler
Feeding your 1-3 year old is a challenging, but rewarding, task! It is important to recognize that parents and children have different roles in feeding.1 A parent's responsibility is to offer healthy foods and to decide when and where meals and snacks will be served. It is the child's responsibility to choose what to eat, and how much to eat.1
Children’s appetites can change from day to day, but they know when they have had enough to eat.1 Most kids stop eating when they are full. Trust their cues. Your child will get enough to eat if you offer regular meals and snacks and let them choose from what is served. Look at what your child eats over a period of time and don’t focus on a few small meals. You are an important role model for your child. If you eat right, are active and have a positive attitude, your child will follow your lead.
Last modified on: May 5, 2022
Resources
- Bowel Habits of Babies and Children (PDF 277KB)
- Fruit Juice (PDF 364KB)
- How to Build a Healthy Preschooler (PDF 726KB)
- How to Build a Healthy Toddler (PDF 708KB)
- Iron for Babies and Young Children (PDF 385 KB)
- Managing Meal Times (PDF 274 KB)
- UnlockFood - Preschool Nutrition Videos
References
https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/how-to-feed/the-division-of-responsibility-in-feeding/