{"id":1936,"date":"2016-05-30T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2017-01-08T20:29:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T20:29:15","slug":"mindset-at-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daniellebinns.com\/stagingsite\/2016\/05\/mindset-at-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindset at meals makes all the difference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s Monday! \u00a0Today’s Mommy Mantra is all about mindset at meals.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This morning neither Naomi or Sienna wanted to eat their breakfast, despite me whipping up some curried scrambled eggs that they both love. Yup, they love curry…well, they usually<\/em> do.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So once it was clear they weren’t touching their breakfast, I packed it up for later and let them head out the door with the nanny. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I let them leave with NO breakfast. \u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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It’s an uncomfortable feeling but I know they will be able to eat again shortly. \u00a0There’s a reason they wouldn’t touch their eggs and I have to be Ok with that. \u00a0Just as we have a good appetite some days, and then not at others – kids have an appetite that fluctuates big time (from meal to meal, and dad to day). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Previously, I would have danced around Sienna, or let her watch videos while sneaking a spoon into her mouth. Or maybe bribed her with dessert<\/a>. She’s a tiny girl so I had her weight gain on my mind at ALL times. I would see her next to other kids and my anxiety would spike – she was so small and I made it my mission to get her to eat. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I had an agenda at every meal. \u00a0That was part of our struggle and the source of my stress.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
I’ve learned and studied a TON over the past few years as it relates to children’s eating\/nutrition. Yet, in order to help our kids eat better and make meals enjoyable, one of the MOST important things we need to change is our mindset. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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All the proven feeding strategies I teach\/share can’t work well without mom & dad coming to the table with positivity.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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I had to take the time before meals to remind myself that Sienna (despite being small)<\/a> has the body she’s supposed to have. \u00a0She’s healthy, happy and developing well (which is really all that matters). \u00a0The more I interfered with her eating, the more I interfered with\u00a0every parent’s\u00a0ultimate goal – that their kids have a positive relationship with food in the long term.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I had to trust her body. And it was\u00a0SO hard.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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I had to give her control over what went in her mouth and how much of it. \u00a0Just offer, with no pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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That’s when my anxiety\u00a0levels dropped from an 8\/10 (high stress) to 3\/10 (low stress) and we all finally started to enjoy meals together.<\/div>\n
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You can change your mindset at meals.<\/h3>\n
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Mindset is just one of the SUPER important and SUPER impactful strategies I dig into in the Free Webinar <\/a>this week. Those who register will walk away with:<\/span><\/p>\n

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