How to feed your kids organic food
In an ideal world, every parent would like to see their children delve into their dinner and eat the lovely array of mixed vegetable before them with no complaints. It can be very frustrating for us parents when our children go through fussy eating phases. I have only met a couple of mums over the years who have happily declared that their child eats everything, no worries! I am not sure to take this with envy or disbelief! Here are some helpful tips and advice that I have had over the years from experienced healthy mums. These may help you through those fussy times…….
#1 Never give up serving it up!
I almost fell out off the kitchen chair this week when our son Charlie told me that he “likes zucchini now mummy”. We have been feeding him zucchini since he was 6 months old! It has taken 4.5 years for him to finally like it. Don’t fall into the trap of not serving up a certain veggie at the dinner table because your little one doesn’t like it.
#2 Fun encouragement
“Every good dinosaur tries everything at least once
#3 Food is to be enjoyed
Even if your child is causing grief at the dinner table, remember that you are enjoying your dinner. Having a conversation around the table about how tasty the food is and what a great job dad or mum has done creating this delicious dinner will create interest to the one making a fuss. Soon they will realise that they are missing out and will want to join in.
#4 There is always breakfast!
When all else fails and dinner is out rightly refused, there is always breakfast. Food should not be forced. Our reply to Charlie in those moments is “No problem, you might have to go to bed hungry, but tomorrow we can make a big breakfast”. Making separate meals to keep your toddler happy not only creates a bad habit but extra work and stress for you preparing endless meals to keep the peace.
Remember, making the lifestyle choice of eating healthy organic foods is the best choice you could have made for you and your family!
By Sarah Butler
Educate the kids by feeding them the knowledge of probiotic foods and their health benefits. Let tomorrow’s generation be healthier and stronger enough.
Is there any online video to train up parents related to this topic? There could be a hugh market demand in China (translated).
Make something for them that look really very delicious but very healthy and organic. And introduce to the kids as early as you can what is good and what is bad.
My son used to love organic red beets (pureed) when he was an adventurous 1 1/2 year old. We’ve got some great pictures of him (blond hair, blue eyes, fair skin) with lots of deep red beets on his face – he always managed to eat only about 50% of what was on his spoon, the rest he wore on his face, hands and clothes. Funnily enough at the tender age of 3, he decided he hated beets and didn’t touch them again for 20 years. He’s 28 years old now and loves a good beet salad, but still won’t eat beets warm!
*LOL* Kris, my son is 18 months old and he LOVES red beets
I hope he continues to do so beyond the age of 3!
I have a 16 year old daughter that loves beet salad but ironically she never used to eat it when I would give it to her in her baby years.
Great post there! yes it’s important to start a child on organic food early in life. Nowadays there are so much harmful chemicals in food that are creating sickness, allergies and behavioural problems in kids..it’s really sad
I’m amazed and happy to see how many parents are warming up to organic -it’s great! I’m 42 years old and my mother raised me on organic food and holistic beliefs. At the time it really wasn’t so acceptable. Kids where a little cruel at lunch time, I had brown bologna, they had artificially pink bologna. My mother didn’t really explain this enough so my advice would be…keep them informed on why we eat organic. They’re a lot smarter than we think!