Is it snack time yet? Coping with kids and food while physical distancing, with Catherine Lippe, RNutr Eating Words

Catherine Lippe is a Registered Nutritionist who is really experienced in supporting nurseries, parents and carers around children's early eating behaviours. This episode is aimed at parents and carers who, like both of us, are currently trying to juggle working, educating and feeding children under the restrictions of physical distancing. Catherine shares her tips on coping with constant snack demands and we chat through simple, low-pressure ways to manage mealtimes, fussy eating and weaning, and being kind to yourself when none of it goes to plan. We also discuss what positive food education can look like at home and what parents and carers can do to help children maintain positive relationships with food and their bodies. (Spoiler: it's not all on you). 

During our conversation I spoke about resources that might be helpful for learning about food at home. I'll follow this up with a blog post but in the meantime here are a few websites that might be helpful:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/topics/food

https://www.tasteeducation.com/tasted-fun-and-games-for-families-at-home/

https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/gardening-children-schools/family-activities

Catherine also has lots of suggestions for meals and snacks on her instagram account @lippenutrition and you can find her 'weaning in lockdown' blog post, as well as her contact details, on her website.

You can also find me at: www.sarahdempster.co.uk