Growing Intuitive Eaters
By Dr. Taylor Arnold (PhD, RDN)
Growing Intuitive EatersMay 04, 2022
23. Tips for grandparents pressuring kids to eat, family making comments about weight (GIE101 5/6)
Check out the video descriptions for each module link below for key point summaries, homework, relevant links, and citations:
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
22. Sweets obsessions and holiday food (GIE101 4/6)
Check out the video descriptions for each module link below for key point summaries, homework, relevant links, and citations:
Module 9: HOW to ditch the sweets obsession
Module 10: HOW to navigate family meals
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
21. Grazing, schedules, food language, and family meals (GIE101 3/6)
Check out the video descriptions for each module link below for key point summaries, homework, relevant links, and citations:
Module 6: Grazing and flexible schedules
Module 7: Food and body language
Module 8: The science of family meals
Downloads:
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
20. YOUR relationship with food as a parent + expectations and boundaries to set you up for success (GIE101 2/6)
Check out the video descriptions for each module link below for key point summaries, homework, relevant links, and citations:
Module 5: Expectations and Boundaries
Video: What to do when your kid refuses dinner?
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
19. Growing Intuitive Eaters 101 course introduction, intuitive eating, and responsive feeding (GIE101 1/6)
Check out the video descriptions for each module link below for key point summaries, homework, relevant links, and citations:
Module 2: Introduction to Intuitive Eating
Module 3: Introduction to Responsive Feeding
IMPORTANT:
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Take my FREE courses: Growing Intuitive Eaters 101, Variety 101, Feeding Baby 101
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
18. 1st and 2nd trimester recap + business happenings
I'm so excited to be back at the Growing Intuitive Eaters podcast! In this episode, we will chat about:
- 1st and 2nd trimester recap
- Emetophobia + OCD during pregnancy
- Symphysis pubic dysfunction (SPD) during pregnancy
- Launching the free courses
- What's next for GIE and the podcast
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
17. Let's talk about SODA and JUICE
Is my approach to soda and different than my sweets approach? How do I handle soda and juice with my 15 month old and 3.5 year old? In this episode, we chat about:
- The difference between my approach to sweets, soda, and juice
- Some research on sugar sweetened beverages
- How I make my decisions about soda and juice for MY family
- How my approaches may change as my kids get older
- The difference between soda and juice
- Juice vs. smoothies
- When juice can be very useful
- How limited access to fresh fruit changes things
- What if juice is the only way my kids will stay hydrated?
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
Extra resources 👇
- My favorite small popsicle molds (affiliate link)
- My favorite large popsicle molds (affiliate link)
- FeedingAmerica.org - a tool to locate food banks
- Guide to ditching the sweets obsession for your kids
16. Both of my kids had FPIES (a type of food allergy)
FPIES is a rare type of food allergy that causes delayed reactions like vomiting or diarrhea - and BOTH of my kids had it. My daughter had FPIES to egg and my son had FPIES to wheat, so we are just an allergy family! In this video, I go over:
- What we initially thought my daughter’s allergy was
- What her first reaction was like
- When and how we reintroduced eggs
- How we knew my son also had FPIES
- How we navigated FPIES at daycare
- When and how we reintroduced wheat
- The medical providers we had on board for both
- How they’re both doing now
- My top two tips for FPIES parents
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
Extra resources 👇
- My daughter's laryngeal cleft story on APPLE PODCAST and SPOTIFY
- FPIES info from the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- International FPIES Association
15. Answering all your questions about healthy relationships with sweets!
This episode is from an Instagram Live, and I wanted to share here with the timestamps for each question so you can find it easily!
1:26 - When you say "give them all they want," is there a limit?
3:18 - At what age do you implement these strategies?
5:04 - Do you have any links to articles to support your method?
5:38 - I'm worried about passing on my unhealthy mindset towards food
6:18 - Should I still serve sweets if my kid eats better without them?
7:20 - How can I manage this mindset with grandparents and babysitters?
9:08 - How to handle grandparents giving kids sweets frequently
10:49 - Do you portion sweets the same way as other foods?
11:48 - What to do if we don't eat/have sweets regularly in our home?
13:16 - How to handle sweets at snack time
14:33 - What if desserts are served after a meal at a relative's house?
15:30 - Do you REALLY offer unlimited amounts?
16:36 - How to handle kids always asking for sweets
17:33 - How to handle birthday parties where sweets are limited
18:27 - What if I eat sweets but my partner doesn't?
19:20 - What about soda?
20:18 - Do these strategies work for kids with autism?
21:00 - How to stop sweets cravings without making it a "forbidden fruit"?
21:30 - Do these strategies work for kids with type 2 diabetes?
22:52 - Does offering sweets after dinner on the porch make it too special?
24:26 - What other language can I use instead of "treats"?
24:40 - I've tried all these things but it's not working!
QUICK GUIDE to ditching the sweets obsession (on YouTube)
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
Other resources I mentioned 👇
• How to ditch the sweets obsession (IG post)
• Partner guide to raising healthy eaters
13. How I weaned my one year old son to morning + night breastfeeding ONLY!
We are officially on morning and night nursing sessions! It has been quite the process, but we made it! If you want a play-by-play of how I weaned my son, then you are in the right place. In this video, I talk about:
- Transitioning to a toddler breastfeeding schedule
- Starting cow's milk
- Weaning off the bottle
- Stopping pumping
- Transitioning off breastmilk at daycare
- Weaning during illness
- Weaning during travel
- Why things didn't go according to plan
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
Resources I mentioned 👇
• Milk 101 (free course about milk for toddlers and kids)
• A review of my favorite straw cup
• My original breastfeeding weaning plan
• My daughter's weaning story + her laryngeal cleft diagnosis
12. How baby sign language makes mealtimes easier + the most important mealtime signs!
I chatted with Laura Payne (sign language expert with a master's degree in deaf education) all about baby sign language, the most important signs for mealtimes, why so many baby sign language books are inaccurate, and how to be an ally for the deaf and HOH communities.
Laura has a membership where she teaches sign language to parents to help your little ones communicate! You can check out her resources at www.laurapayneco.com. You can also find her on IG at www.instagram.com/mybaby.signs.
SUBSCRIBE to the podcast to help your kids eat more veggies, not obsess over sweets, and develop healthy relationships with food!
SUPPORT ME by sharing my content with your family and friends, sharing Growing Intuitive Eaters with your favorite brands and podcasts, or buying me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/drtaylorarnold 😊
Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
Additional resources 👇
ASL video dictionary resources:
Deaf managed IG accounts for ASL / resources:
https://instagram.com/theasllab
https://instagram.com/languagepriority
https://instagram.com/girlandcreativity
https://instagram.com/rhymeswhensigned (these are the rhyming board books)
11. Our story with laryngeal cleft, dysphagia, and thickened liquids
My daughter has a laryngeal cleft (deep intraaryteniod notch) that required her to have two surgeries, be on honey thickened liquids for over a year, and attend feeding therapy. Here is our story!
- How an oversupply, overactive letdown, tongue tie, and lip tie complicated things
- When we knew something was wrong
- The surgery and swallow study that led to her diagnoses
- Her failed post-op swallow studies
- Navigating thickened liquids at daycare and in everyday life
- How we chose our treatment plan
- The wean off of thickeners
- How she is doing today
SUBSCRIBE to the podcast to help your kids eat more veggies, not obsess over sweets, and develop healthy relationships with food!
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
Articles/resources I mentioned 👇
- Type 1 laryngeal cleft: a multidimensional management algorithm
- Management of Type I and Type II laryngeal clefts: controversies and evidence
- Feeding Matters: an organization supporting kids with feeding disorders
- @pediatricfeedingslp (Brianna Miluk): my favorite pediatric feeding/swallowing SLP on IG
- Dysphagia Outreach Project
10. Constipation 101 - What foods can help? Should I give my kid a supplement? How does picky eating affect it? And how often should my kid be pooping?
Welcome to Constipation 101! 💩🎉 This episode is a FREE (seriously... no upselling or strings attached) course all about constipation in kids. Because my mission is to make sure that every parent has access to free, practical, and evidence-based nutrition info for their kids.
If you prefer to access this course in video format, check it out on my YouTube channel HERE.
This podcast answers the questions:
- What causes constipation?
- What is the Rome IV criteria?
- How often should my kid be pooping?
- How do the different types of fiber affect our poop?
- How does our gut bacteria impact our poops?
- Quick tips for helping your kids eat more fiber
- How does water intake affect constipation?
- Can my kid get too much fiber?
- Can picky eating cause constipation?
- Can constipation cause picky eating?
- How does sensory needs affect pooping?
- Tips for families dealing with constipation during potty training
- Foods to eat to help with constipation
- Do fiber supplements help with constipation?
- What about magnesium supplements?
- Should I give my kid a probiotic to help them poop?
- Should I avoid any foods if my baby is constipated?
- What are MY thoughts on Miralax in kids?
- How are food allergies and constipation related?
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Happy feeding (and pooping)! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
9. Sensory needs, tantrums, and meltdowns with a pediatric occupational therapist
I chatted with Laura Petix (a pediatric occupational therapist) all about sensory needs, her experiences as a mama to a little one with sensory needs, and the difference between tantrums and meltdowns in kids. She dished on:
- The difference between tantrums and meltdowns, and why it is important
- Why you shouldn't try to prevent meltdowns
- What is a sensory cup?
- Sensory seekers vs. avoiders
- Mixed threshold sensory needs
- Sensory processing disorder
If you are a parent of a child who has sensory sensitivities related to any of the following: picky eating, loud sounds/busy environments, sensitive to clothes, messy play, sensitive to nail clipping, bathing, hair washing, hair brushing or taking baths, Laura has a parent membership and program that can help you address and understand your child's needs. Check out her free masterclass at www.theotbutterfly.com/masterclass.
SUBSCRIBE to the podcast to help your kids eat more veggies, not obsess over sweets, and develop healthy relationships with food!
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
8. My kid keeps asking "Is this healthy?" How to answer while supporting a healthy relationship with food
"I got so frustrated at the healthy food and bad food lessons they had this year. Now she asks me every time we eat 'is this healthy?'"
In this episode, I chat all about:
- How I would answer these questions from my daughter
- Why healthy isn't a bad word
- The words we can encourage our kids to use instead of healthy
- The importance of teaching kids about how food affects our bodies
HERE is the original post on IG reviewing my thoughts on this question
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
7. Picking a prenatal multivitamin supplement
Prenatal supplements. There are SO MANY OPTIONS.
In this video, I chat all about:
- What I look for when I'm picking a prenatal for myself or my friends
- Folate, vitamin B12, biotin, choline, iodine, iron, calcium, DHA in prenatals
- How to pick a good quality supplement
- My favorite prenatal + a second option
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about yours or your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your dietitian.
Supplements I mentioned 💊 (not affiliate links)
Articles/resources I mentioned 👇
- US Preventative Services Task Force
- Mock DM, Quirk JG, Mock NI. Marginal biotin deficiency during normal pregnancy. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Feb;75(2):295-9. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/75.2.295. PMID: 11815321; PMCID: PMC1426254.
- Shaw GM, Carmichael SL, Yang W, Selvin S, Schaffer DM. Periconceptional dietary intake of choline and betaine and neural tube defects in offspring. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Jul 15;160(2):102-9. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwh187. PMID: 15234930.
- Shaw GM, Finnell RH, Blom HJ, Carmichael SL, Vollset SE, Yang W, Ueland PM. Choline and risk of neural tube defects in a folate-fortified population. Epidemiology. 2009 Sep;20(5):714-9. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181ac9fe7. PMID: 19593156.
- Mills JL, Fan R, Brody LC, Liu A, Ueland PM, Wang Y, Kirke PN, Shane B, Molloy AM. Maternal choline concentrations during pregnancy and choline-related genetic variants as risk factors for neural tube defects. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Oct;100(4):1069-74. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.079319. Epub 2014 Aug 13. PMID: 25240073; PMCID: PMC4163794.
- Andrea N Hacker, Ellen B Fung, Janet C King, Role of calcium during pregnancy: maternal and fetal needs, Nutrition Reviews, Volume 70, Issue 7, 1 July 2012, Pages 397–409, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2012.00491.x
- von Schacky C. Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Pregnancy-The Case for a Target Omega-3 Index. Nutrients. 2020;12(4):898. Published 2020 Mar 26. doi:10.3390/nu12040898
6. How to stop your kid from throwing food! AND why they do it in the first place
Food throwing! This can be SO frustrating, especially when you spend time making an awesome meal for your little one and everything ends up on the floor.
In this Single Scoop video, I chat all about:
- WHY your kid might throw their food
- WHEN food throwing might be a sign of a medical issue
- HOW to STOP food throwing (for babies and toddlers)
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love,
Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your pediatric dietitian.
Favorite products for food throwers (affiliate links) 👇
5. My breastfeeding weaning plan. I'm ready to be done pumping!
My weaning plan! My son is ALMOST one year old, so I am thinking about my weaning strategy now. While I am so grateful I have been able to successfully pump while he is at daycare, I am SO looking forward to not pumping anymore.
In this Single Scoop video, I chat all about:
- Why I am thinking about my weaning plan
- HOW I am going to wean my baby from breastmilk
- When we are going to start weaning off of bottles at daycare
- When we are going to wean off of breastfeeding altogether
- How weaning my second baby is different from weaning my first baby
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love,
Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your pediatric dietitian.
Looking for individual help with weaning your baby? Check out these directories to help you find a lactation consultant. Look for a credentialed IBCLC specifically! 👇
- https://portal.ilca.org/i4a/memberDirectory/index.cfm?directory_id=19&pageID=4356
- https://uslca.org/resources/find-an-ibclc/
4. Metabolism in kids: Why do my kids have so much energy? Can kids have a slow metabolism?
I chatted with Stephanie Edwards-Compton (PhDc), a PhD candidate and metabolism researcher, all about metabolism in kids. She dished on:
- What affects metabolism
- Some myth busting of metabolism internet jargon
- Metabolism and growth
- Some SUPER interesting studies (including one comparing the metabolism of endurance athletes and young kids)
FOLLOW STEPH on IG @steph.compton.nutrition
Check out Steph's NUTRITION LAB membership at https://the-nutrition-lab.mn.co/
SUBSCRIBE to the pod to help your kids eat more veggies, not obsess over sweets, and develop healthy relationships with food!
FOLLOW ME ON IG: @growing.intuitive.eaters
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SUPPORT ME by sharing my content with your family and friends, sharing Growing Intuitive Eaters with your favorite brands and podcasts, or buying me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/drtaylorarnold 😊
Happy feeding! 🥦
With love, Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your pediatric dietitian.
Articles/resources we mentioned 👇
Birat A, Bourdier P, Piponnier E, et al. Metabolic and Fatigue Profiles Are Comparable Between Prepubertal Children and Well-Trained Adult Endurance Athletes. Front Physiol. 2018;9:387. Published 2018 Apr 24. doi:10.3389/fphys.2018.00387
3. What to do when your kid refuses dinner? Do you offer another option? Send them to bed hungry?
Welcome to the first Single Scoop 🙌 In these episodes, I will chat about one (single) topic and give you the scoop about the how-to for a common feeding concern!
In this Single Scoop episode, I chat all about:
• What should you do when your kid refuses dinner?
• Should you send them to bed hungry?
• How old should a kid be when you implement this strategy?
• What if they say they aren’t hungry for dinner but ask for dessert?
• What if they say they’re hungry later?
• What if they wake up hungry?
• How to handle this if you're concerned about weight gain?
• Are they getting all the nutrition they need?
• How does it affect their energy level/mood the next day?
• What about offering an alternative option? Is doing that bad?
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Happy feeding! 🥦
With love,
Dr. A
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your pediatric dietitian.
Articles/resources I mentioned 👇
- Instagram post that started this discussion: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPoakANLkbK/
- How I served cake to my daughter so that she actually ate her other food: https://www.instagram.com/p/COLTK8KL7oJ/
- Resources and support for families navigating pediatric feeding disorders: https://www.feedingmatters.org/
2. Milk 101 (part 2) - Transitioning from formula/breastmilk to milk, constipation, increased mucus
This episode is from my milk 101 mini course (first released on YouTube). In this episode, we cover:
- How to transition from breastmilk/formula to milk?
- What about "toddler milk"?
- Can milk cause constipation?
- Can milk cause increased mucus?
In the previous episode, which is part 1 of the milk 101 mini course, we chatted about:
- Does my kid really need to drink milk?
- Which one is the best?
- Is oat milk a good choice?
- How to choose the best milk for my unique kid?
- What if my kid doesn't want to drink milk?
- How much milk should you give your kids?
- How much is too much?
Articles/resources I mentioned 👇
Perrin MT, Fogleman AD, Newburg DS, Allen JC. A longitudinal study of human milk composition in the second year postpartum: implications for human milk banking. Matern Child Nutr. 2017;13(1):e12239. doi:10.1111/mcn.12239
Dror DK, Allen LH. Overview of Nutrients in Human Milk. Adv Nutr. 2018;9(suppl_1):278S-294S. doi:10.1093/advances/nmy022
El-Hodhod MA, Younis NT, Zaitoun YA, Daoud SD. Cow's milk allergy related pediatric constipation: appropriate time of milk tolerance. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2010 Mar;21(2 Pt 2):e407-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2009.00898.x. Epub 2009 Jun 25. PMID: 19555354.
Crowley ET, Williams LT, Roberts TK, Dunstan RH, Jones PD. Does milk cause constipation? A crossover dietary trial. Nutrients. 2013;5(1):253-266. Published 2013 Jan 22. doi:10.3390/nu5010253
Balfour-Lynn IM. Milk, mucus and myths. Arch Dis Child. 2019;104(1):91-93. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2018-314896
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your pediatric dietitian.
1. Milk 101 (part 1) - Comparing the milk types, choosing a milk, how much should my kid drink
This episode is from my milk 101 mini course (first released on YouTube). In this episode, we cover:
- Does my kid really need to drink milk?
- Which one is the best?
- Is oat milk a good choice?
- How to choose the best milk for my unique kid?
- What if my kid doesn't want to drink milk?
- How much milk should you give your kids?
- How much is too much?
In the next episode, which is part 2 of the milk 101 mini course, we will chat about:
- How to transition from breastmilk/formula to milk?
- What about "toddler milk"?
- Can milk cause constipation?
- Can milk cause increased mucus?
Articles/resources I mentioned 👇
Vanderhout SM, Aglipay M, Torabi N, et al. Whole milk compared with reduced-fat milk and childhood overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020;111(2):266-279. doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqz276
American Academy of Pediatrics milk recommendations
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, or to provide medical nutrition therapy. If you are concerned about your child's nutrition or eating habits, contact your pediatric dietitian.
Welcome to Growing Intuitive Eaters
Welcome to Growing Intuitive Eaters! This podcast is for parents who want their kids to eat more veggies, not obsess over sweets, and have a healthy relationship with food (even if this is something you’re struggling with). We’re going to chat practical tips, lots of science, hear from guest experts, and answer YOUR questions about feeding your kids. I will also be releasing my courses here for FREE, because I believe that every parent should have access to ACCURATE information about HOW to feed their kids! My name is Dr. Taylor Arnold. I am a pediatric registered dietitian, nutrition PhD, and mom to two. And I am on a mission to help parents feel 100% confident feeding their kids so we can raise the next generation of eaters to love and nourish their bodies. Ready to join me?! Hit subscribe and tune in!