ITCA WIC March 2014 PARENT/CHILD FEEDING RELATIONSHIP.
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ITCA WICMarch 2014
PARENT/CHILD FEEDING
RELATIONSHIP
SUMMARY
OBJECTIVES
Learn how to help our families solve common meal-time conflicts and make meal and snack times with their kids fun and healthy.
Topics that will be covered:
• Roles for the caregiver and child• Appropriate vs inappropriate
foods for kids• How to handle/provide NE for
common scenarios• Counseling strategies for
caregivers of overweight/underweight children
• Sample handouts and tips to utilize them
• Sample goals/ways to meet goals
Likes eating and feels good about it
Is interested in food
Likes being at the table
Relies on internal hunger cues and fullness to know how much to eat
OUR GOALS SHOULD BE TO RAISE A CHILD WHO…
GOALS, CONT.
Enjoys many different foods
Can try new foods and learn to like them
Can turn down foods politely
Can make do with less than favorite foods
WHAT ARE SOME COMMON CONFLICTS?
I’m not hungry/I don’t want to eat.
I’m hungry now.
I don’t like that.
I want [cereal] please.
See what a good eater I am?
I want to do it myself.
Are kids under 5 old enough to plan a menu? Or go grocery shopping?
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
Caregiver decides:What is served (what to eat)
When it is served (when to eat)
Where food is served (where to eat)
Children decide:If they will eat.How much they will eat.
DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY WHO DECIDES WHAT?
CAREGIVER ROLESDETAILS
CAREGIVERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Controlling what food comes into the house
Making and presenting meals
Insisting that children show up for
meals
Making meals pleasant
CAREGIVER ROLESCONT.
CAREGIVERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Teaching children to behave at the table
Regulating timing and content of snacks
Making other rules (no standing at the refrigerator door, no candy before dinner, etc.)
Other rules?
CAREGIVERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR…
How much the child eats
Whether the child eats
How the child’s body turns out
Scenario:Sally is worried about how much soda her overweight son is drinking. What actions are appropriate for her to take?
HOW MUCH SHOULD KIDS EAT?
Guidelines are available, but we don’t really know
Children’s brains/bodies tell them how much they should eat
Eating needs vary from child to child and from day to day
What about children who are overweight or underweight? Any difference in responsibilities?
Texture Nutrient content
Low/No added
sugar/salt
Variety Portion size
APPROPRIATE FOODS
Cautious about foods
Asks for something
else
Never seems hungry
Only likes one or two
foods
Only wants junk food/drink
s
COMMON ISSUES
1. Offer a familiar food along with 1 or 2 new foods
2. New foods in small amounts
3. Offer a choice between two new foods
4. Encourage child to at least try it
5. Mix it in with something familiar
NUTRITION EDUCATIONCautious about foods
1. Offer two choices of what is available or has been served.
2. Let her help make/serve the meal.
3. Serve the food and let her decide if she will eat or not.
4. Offer a small amount of the preferred food if it is available.
NUTRITION EDUCATIONAsks for something else
1. How much milk/juice/other drinks are they having, and when?
2. What is their feeding schedule like – set times vs grazing?
3. Have him sit at the table with the others.
4. Offer meals/snacks every 2-3 hours.
NUTRITION EDUCATIONNever seems hungry
1. If it is a healthy food, may offer it often-once a day or a small amt more often.
2. If it is unhealthy, do not buy it/bring it in the house.
3. Offer other foods along with the favorite.
NUTRITION EDUCATIONOnly likes 1 or 2 foods
1. Avoid purchasing.
2. Avoid letting kids see you eat them.
3. Be a good role model – eat with your child. Let them see you eat healthy.
NUTRITION EDUCATIONOnly wants junk food
1. How much milk/juice/other drinks are they having, and when?
2. What is their feeding schedule like – set times vs grazing?
3. Do the parents know what an appropriate portion size is?
4. Do not make a big deal about whether the child eats or not. Just offer a variety of healthy foods at set times.
NUTRITION EDUCATIONEats only small amounts
Picky EatersIs your child a picky eater?
Juice
Healthy Snack Options
Make snack time fun and healthy
The F/V guide to good TASTE for kids!
SAMPLE HANDOUTS
OtherFit WIC Newsletters
Problem: Child just wants to drink milk and juice and is never hungry.Goal: Limit juice and milk. Ways to meet:1. Starting tomorrow, only offer milk
and juice with meals and one snack. 2. Offer water at with other snacks and
between meals.
SAMPLE GOALS
Problem: Child doesn’t like to try new foods.Goal: Encourage new foods.Ways to meet:1. Offer one new food at meal times
along with foods the child does like.2. Start at dinner today and do this for
every meal.
SAMPLE GOALS
Problem: Child doesn’t eat so caregiver gives whatever the child wants so she’ll eat something.Goal: Encourage healthier eating.Ways to meet:1. Serve the same foods to the entire family.2. Let your child serve herself out of the foods
that are offered. OR Offer a choice of 2 items.3. Serve the food and don’t make a big deal about
it if she eats it or not. 4. Try this for at least 2 weeks starting this week.
SAMPLE GOALS
Problem: Child only wants junk food.Goal: Encourage healthier eating.Ways to meet:1. Starting this week, at meal times serve
the types of foods you want your child to eat.
2. For one snack out of the day, serve a small portion of the junk food your child likes along with some healthier snack options.
3. Do not buy junk foods when you go grocery shopping.
SAMPLE GOALS
Problem: Child doesn’t like any vegetables.Goal: Encourage vegetables.Ways to meet:1. Ask the child to pick out vegetables on
your grocery list when you’re shopping. 2. Let your child help prepare the
vegetables they picked out.3. As a snack/art project make fun faces
out of small pieces of vegetables with your child once a week.
SAMPLE GOALS
Problem: Child only picks at his food and doesn’t eat a whole meal.Goal: Offer regular meals/snacks.Ways to meet:1. Offer 3 meals and 2-3 snacks a day so
he has a chance to eat every 2-3 hours. 2. Do not offer foods or drinks except water
between those times.3. It’s ok if your child does not want to eat,
he has his next meal or snack in 2-3 hours.
SAMPLE GOALS