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How to Calmly and Wisely Navigate Halloween with Kids

How to Calmly and Wisely Navigate Halloween with Kids

Does Halloween candy stress you out? Learn some strategies for calmly navigating candy and other sweets.

Child Nutrition, Intuitive Eating, GeneralJanice DadaOctober 24, 2024halloween, halloween candy, switch witch, worried about sugar, how to manage desserts, kids and candyComment

Back to School!

It’s back to school time, which means back to packing lunches for many families. You may be considering what to pack, but have you also considered whether you need to set some boundaries with cafeteria monitors?

Child NutritionJanice DadaAugust 17, 2024back to school, kids nutrition, nutritionist, dietitian, school lunchComment

Body Diversity is the RULE, not the EXCEPTION

Body Diversity is the RULE, not the EXCEPTION

Child NutritionJanice DadaJanuary 30, 2020body diversity, pediatric nutrition, pediatrics, pediatric growth, growth chart, growth curveComment

Q & A: "My kid loves sugar! What should I do?"

Q & A: "My kid loves sugar! What should I do?"

Child NutritionJanice DadaJanuary 28, 2020sugar, kids nutrition, pediatric nutrition, pediatrics, feeding kids, intuitive eatingComment

Why'd the lunchbox come home full?

Child NutritionJanice DadaJanuary 23, 2020kids nutrition, pediatric nutrition, pediatrics, nutritionist, nutrition blog, registered dietitian, orange county dietitian, lunchbox, feeding kids, packing lunchComment

Q & A: Should I make my child eat all of the foods on his plate before getting seconds of another food? ⠀

Q & A: Should I make my child eat all of the foods on his plate before getting seconds of another food? ⠀

Child NutritionJanice DadaJanuary 21, 2020Q&A, nutrition questions, registered dietitian, parenting, feeding kids, kids, pediatric nutritionComment

Eating vs Feeding

Child Nutrition, GeneralJanice DadaJanuary 9, 2020child nutrition, eating, Feeding, registered dietitian, nutritionist, family nutritionComment

Baby's First Foods Workshop

Child NutritionJanice DadaNovember 26, 2019baby's first foods, baby led weaning, registered dietitian newport beach, baby feeding workshop, introducing solids, feeding babies, pediatric nutrition, newport beachComment

Halloween Pro Tip: Stay Calm and Let Kids Be Kids. ⠀

Halloween Pro Tip: Stay Calm and Let Kids Be Kids. ⠀

Child NutritionJanice DadaOctober 31, 2019halloween, candy, kids, halloween with kids, Division of Responisibility Comment

Positive Mealtime Language Hacks for Parents/Caregivers

Positive Mealtime Language Hacks for Parents/Caregivers

Child NutritionJanice DadaOctober 27, 2019parenting, mealtime, picky eating, tantrums, language, food language, nutritionist orange countyComment

It's Not a Kid's Job to Manage Their Nutrient Intake

It's Not a Kid's Job to Manage Their Nutrient Intake

Child NutritionJanice DadaOctober 24, 2019kids, feeding kids, parenting, pediatrics, pediatric nutrition, dietitianComment

How to Handle the F Word

General, Child NutritionJanice DadaJuly 12, 2019fat, fat phobia, haes, pediatric nutrition, nutrition tips, language, eating disorder prevention, body image, body positive, body positivity, body liberation, fat activism, fat positiveComment

Teach Kids About Body Diversity

Child NutritionJanice DadaJune 20, 2019body diversity, kids, nutrition, child nutrition, pediatrics, body image, weight stigma, growth, books for kids, nutrition tips, registered dietitian newport beach, orange county dietitian, california nutritionistComment

Kids should NOT be weighed in school

Child NutritionJanice DadaJune 17, 2019kids, body image, pediatrics, nutrition, nutritionist, registered dietitian, dietitian, teachers, math lessons, schools, weight, weight stigmaComment

Pediatric Growth Charts

Child NutritionJanice DadaJune 13, 2019growth chart, pediatrics, well visit, nutritionist, registered dietitian, child nutritionComment

Supportive Language for Meals with Kids

Child NutritionJanice DadaJune 6, 2019feeding kids, meals with kids, mealtime, family dinner, parenting, picky eating, Division of Responisibility, nutrition tips, nutritionist, registered dietitianComment

Babies are born intuitive eaters

Child Nutrition, Intuitive EatingJanice DadaMarch 29, 2019intuitive eating, infant nutrition, child nutrition, baby led weaning, breastfeeding, first foodsComment

No, I won't put your kid on a diet.

Child Nutrition, Intuitive EatingJanice DadaMarch 11, 2019haes, intuitive eating, non diet, health at every size, child nutritionComment

Is this food "Healthy?"

Child Nutrition, Heart HealthJanice DadaFebruary 14, 2019child nutrition, american heart association, healthy, nutrition, intuitive eatingComment

Don't Be Sneaky!

Child NutritionJanice DadaFebruary 11, 2019picky eating, mealtime, nutritionComment