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Author Potter, Claire, author.

Title Getting the little blighters to eat : change your children from fussy eaters to foodies / by Claire Potter.

Publication Info. London : Featherstone, an imprint of Bloomsbury, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 24, 2016).
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Rule 1: Don't tell yourself that children are just naturally fussy; Rule 2: Forget everything your mother (or grandmother) told you!; Rule 3: Don't label your child a fussy eater; Rule 4: Give up your power; Rule 5: Stay in control of the shopping and cooking; Rule 6: Don't use pudding as a reward or punishment; Rule 7: Don't push them to eat everything on their plate; Rule 8: Don't tell them to eat anything -- let alone make them!; Rule 9: Keep their diet as savoury as possible; Rule 10: Keep offering them the foods they don't eat.
Rule 11: Don't buy into the idea of 'children's food'Rule 12: Don't give a running commentary at mealtimes; Rule 13: Keep introducing new and unfamiliar foods; Rule 14: Don't tell them what they like and dislike; Rule 15: Don't hide the vegetables; Rule 16: Keep preferences as preferences; Rule 17: Ban words like 'yuck', 'ergh', 'I don't like this' and 'I don't want that'!; Rule 18: Go easy on the praise; Rule 19: Never stop them trying something unusual or different; Rule 20: Relax about table manners!; Rule 21: Have a 'sweets day' once a week -- and stick to it!
Rule 22: Let them eat at their own paceRule 23: Offer the vegetables first; Rule 24: Don't use food as emotional comfort; Rule 25: Be a good role model; Rule 26: Stick to 'real' food; Rule 27: Make the dinner table a happy, relaxed, 'together' place to be; Rule 28: Involve them in the cooking -- even if it's a hassle!; Rule 29: Have fun and adventures with food; Rule 30: Be patient, be consistent.
Summary This exciting new book from Molly Potter addresses the perennial problem of how to prepare your child for secondary school. It will definitely help parents/carers feel more comfortable with their child's move to secondary school.
Subject Children -- Nutrition -- Popular works.
Toddlers -- Nutrition -- Popular works.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General.
Children -- Nutrition. (OCoLC)fst00855080
Toddlers -- Nutrition. (OCoLC)fst01152059
Genre/Form Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Other Form: Print version: Potter, Claire. Getting the little blighters to eat 9781408190746 (OCoLC)862649947
ISBN 9781472941633 (electronic bk.)
1472941632 (electronic bk.)
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