Top Tips for raising healthy kids: 1. depending on age, kids need between 10 – 12 hours sleep 2. water is the preferred drink 3. follow the division of responsibility: it’s the parents job to provide the food at appropriate times. It’s the kiddies job to choose how much they eat from what is offered…
Tag: fussy kids
How to Stop your Kids being Fussy in One Easy Step
Feeding kiddies can be hard. One minute they love a food the next they hate it. One day they have huge appetites and eat everything in sight, the next they pick at meals and eat virtually nothing. These behaviours are understandably frustrating, but actually completely normal! Children, especially the littler ones, are great at listening…
Kids love dairy food? Here’s what you need to know
Do your kiddies love these dairy foods? Each one of these chocolate dairy foods contains 14.9 grams of sugar. Each one of the strawberry dairy foods (pictured) contains 15.9 grams of sugar….. ….there are 4 grams of sugar to one teaspoon…. …. so that means there are nearly 4 tsps of sugar in each pottle!!!…
Help! My kid is over weight, what do I do?!
All parents worry about their kids. We all want what’s best for our kiddies, we want them to be happy, healthy and to do well in school. A lot of parents worry about their childs’ size. And with the “obesity epidemic” being a “major health concern” and we’re told that 6 out of 10 New…
Veggies in packaged muesli bars: great idea or just marketing genius?
Hidden veggies in a fruit bar?! Sounds like a great way to get veges in your kiddies doesn’t it? Until you look a little harder and realise this product: A. Has 10 different types of sugar B. Is more than 1/4 sugar per bar C. Only 14% of that tiny bar is spinach. Which equals…
Want to get your kiddies trying a new food?
Kids are notorious for fussy behaviours, one day they like a food, the next they don’t. And the amount of times they screw up their face and declare a food to be ‘yuk’? well, let’s not even go there! All kiddies will react differently to new or challenging foods and they will all have their…
Why Kiddies should not count calories
So this game popped up on my news feed…. It’s being advertised as an educational resource for teaching healthy eating 😱😱😱 Excuse me while I get my ranty-pants on! Counting calories and matching the calories you’ve eaten, with burning calories off by doing certain exercises IS NOT helping kiddies learn about health and nutrition! This…
Rainbow Jelly Cake
Rainbow Jelly Cake For each layer you will need: 1 1/2 to 2 cups of fruit (frozen, tinned or fresh), 100 ml of water or juice, 3 tsps of gelatine and 1 tsp of sugar (optional). Different colours work best to make the layers look more distinct. Each layer needs to be made separately and…
Kids and Junk Food: Why calling it ‘junk’ is a bad idea
Kids and ‘junk’ food – there’s a fine line between making sure our kids have a healthy diet and making sure they don’t feel like they are “missing out” from foods their peers commonly eat. Foods that may not fit within our food values. I recently met up with an old friend from primary school…
Fish Fingers
Fish Fingers are super easy to make and much healthier than the packet version! To make: Choose a firm fish such as Trevally, lemon fish, fresh tuna (Hoki is not great as its flaky). Dice fish into bite sized pieces or strips. Coat in flour of your choice pan fry in olive oil or butter….
Feed Nourish Feast 