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1. Start as you intend to continue.

2. Perseverance and Consistency

3. Lead By Example





  1. Beyond the Tantrums and Tears: 3 Lessons For Meal Times With Little Ones: Written by fantabulous mama extraordin...
    • Bonnie Duchscherer said…
      What a smart mama, what a lucky little girl to have parents like this. This is not just about food, but her relationship with her parents, just wait till she is a teenager, she knows where she stands with her parents. Mia will say to other , can't do that, my parents would kill me.
  2. Cherie said…
    One of the best peices of advice I had received when we were new parents was the following. Before you go ahead and you choose to allow your child to eat or do anything, such as eat certain unhealthy foods, tantrum in a store (which instead trying to appease, stop what you are doing and leave, to send the message this is not acceptable behavior...tough on you the first couple of times, but it works), or playing with certain items, etc., stop for a moment to ask yourself one question. The most important question is, if we do this once, am I willing to let them do this over and over and over again? It is a lot easier to not allow them to do something the first time than it is to break a bad habit. This simple question is priceless! We have five children and it has been amazing to see how it has saved us from so many tears and tantrums our friends families have gone through! Hope this helps. Mia is such a cutie, takes after her Mom!
  3. Karen said…
    What a lucky little girl! I believe that, along with Carly's wonderful guidelines, education is really important. Even when my boys were toddlers I would explain "these yummy carrots have lots of vitamins in them!". As they get older, the "lessons" get more detailed. Perhaps when they are older they will throw it all out the door but I believe they will always have that knowledge to come back to :)
  4. Beyond the Tantrums and Tears: 3 Lessons For Meal Times With Little Ones
  5. alison said…
    Great post Carly! can you please post the recipe for your pumpkin muffins?
  6. check our my post! “@meghantelpner: Awesome tips for instilling healthy eating habits in bebes! #parenting”
  7. Audrey Marsolais said…
    My kids are older (almost 7 and 9) and I take time to explain t them what bad food and good food do to them. They know about good ingredients, they read labels and they ask if the fruit they are eating is organic. It's not always and they have their sugary moments but overall they do pretty well in choosing the good stuff for them as they know they will feel better after (and stay healthy). They also saw me being very very sick with Crohn's disease and they understand that food can make you sick. I'm not saying Crohn's only related to food but since I'm on a gluten/sugar/dairy/yeast free diet I'm feeling so much better... and they see it. So I think teaching them the benefits of good food and the consequences of eating bad stuff (when they are old enough to understand) can help, too.
  8. Mary said…
    Three words: Baby. Led. Weaning. PS - My babe has toast sometimes and I think that's okay! She also has kale, swiss chard, kiwi, avocado, squash, zuchinni, snow peas, sugar snap peas, sweet potato and more veggies than most adults consume. But she has toast too.
  9. Mary said…
    PPS - Baby bok choi is the BEST baby food in the universe. Little handle. Loads of leafy green goodness.
  10. Great little post about feeding our kids. Simple. True. I needed this today! via @meghantelpner



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