Ep. 2: 3 strategies to feel confident with amount your child eats
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Have you ever felt unsure about the amount of food your infant, toddler, or child eats at a particular meal? Many vegan parents just like yourself often feel worried that your vegan baby, toddler, and/or child didn’t eat “enough”. This in turn makes you feel concerned whether or not they’re meeting their nutrient needs on a vegan diet. And so, naturally as a parent, you react based on that underlying fear of not meeting your child’s nutritional needs on a vegan diet. And this fear then leads to you intervening in some way or form.  Say goodbye to that worry because today you’ll learn the top strategies I follow myself and teach to my clients to feel confident as a vegan parent.  On today’s episode, I’m sharing with you my top 3 strategies to feel more at ease with the amount of food your vegan kids eat any particular meal.  Here’s what you’ll learn: How a child’s stomach size impacts their appetiteHow observing your child helps you learn their usual intakeWhy trusting your child’s appetite helps you feel more confident with what they eatIntervening in any way can impact your vegan child’s relationship with food, and thus overall intakeHow role modeling plays a role in the amount your child chooses to eat Links mentioned in this episode:  FREE Essential Starter Kit to Feeding Vegan Kids
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