Picky Eating and Other Food Issues

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care

Have mealtimes become a battleground in your house, is your child a picky eater, or do you have a child who eats too much? We provide lots of tips in our conversations with Dr. Katja Rowell, a family doctor and author of Love Me, Feed Me, 2nd edition, and Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating. She has a special interest in supporting foster and adoptive parents.

In this episode, we cover:

• What are some of the typical food issues for adopted or foster kids, especially those who have experienced trauma?
• How does trauma impact feeding?
• Responsive eating leaves space to recognize what the body needs.
• What do you mean by felt safety and focusing on connection?
• What is a responsive and flexible framework for feeding kids with brain-based differences?
• How to best deal with kids who are significantly underweight.
• How to best handle extreme pickiness.
• How to handle children who are eating too much, emotional eaters, or who are overweight.
• Why do kids from foster care or institutional settings often become larger than optimal for their health?
• Practical tips for establishing healthy eating patterns in adopted or foster kids
  • modified family style serving
  • supporting nutrition
  • sensory support at mealtimes
  • food “exposure” therapy

Additional Resources:

• Love Me, Feed Me
• Blog: Parents on dessert with dinner
• Follow Dr. Rowell on Instagram

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