{"id":100,"date":"2018-04-26T16:31:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/?p=100"},"modified":"2018-04-26T16:31:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T20:31:08","slug":"4-ways-to-help-picky-eaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/2018\/04\/26\/4-ways-to-help-picky-eaters\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways to Help Picky Eaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><strong>Start small.<\/strong> Start by offering a tiny portion size. For example, try a single pea, part of a noodle, or a crumble of cheese. You can then gradually increase the portion at each meal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stick with it.<\/strong> Experts agree that it\u00a0takes an average of 6 attempts for kids to accept new foods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cut back on snacks and drinks.<\/strong> Research has shown that kids who resist new foods often eat snack foods or drink throughout the day, which limits their hunger for foods at meals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invite an adventurous friend over.<\/strong> Seeing a friend try a new food can encourage your child to try that same food.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start small. Start by offering a tiny portion size. For example, try a single pea, part of a noodle, or a crumble of cheese. You can then gradually increase the portion at each meal. Stick with it. Experts agree that it\u00a0takes an average of 6 attempts for kids to accept new foods. Cut back on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2244,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/elstere\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}