by DanielleBinns | Aug 5, 2015 | Feeding strategies, Kids' nutrition, Picky Eaters |
I have always had a healthy appetite, so watching my daughter subsist on two blueberries was baffling and concerning. Despite eating ‘solids’ for over 18 months, I could only recall her requesting food a handful of times. But today something rare...
by DanielleBinns | Aug 4, 2015 | Mommy Mantra
Our daughter, the selective eater, made history the other week. She ate sausage for the first time and enjoyed it. This was a big deal for a chipmunk – I mean a child – who was notorious for holding hard-to-chew foods in her mouth. I almost cried tears...
by DanielleBinns | Aug 1, 2015 | Picky Eaters
Let me just say that I don’t love labelling our kids in any way, especially not as “picky eaters” (or other unspoken names I feel like throwing out when they drive me crazy!). Here’s why: If they hear us call them “picky eaters”,...
by DanielleBinns | Jul 31, 2015 | RSS
It was mid-June and our short Canadian summer was about to make an appearance. It’s no surprise that my husband and I anxiously agreed to an annual cottage weekend in the Muskokas (the Hamptons of the North) with close friends who we only see twice a year. A...
by DanielleBinns | Jul 15, 2015 | RSS |
As many of you may already know from reading my story, or from my “Holistic Solutions” Facebook group, motherhood rattled my world when our first daughter was diagnosed with both a congenital heart condition and a genetic mutation called Russell Silver...