Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care Picky Eating and Other Food Issues
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Have mealtimes become a battleground in your house, is your child a picky eater, or do you have a child who eats too much? We provide lots of tips in our conversations with Dr. Katja Rowell, a family doctor and author of Love Me, Feed Me, 2nd edition, and Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating. She has a special interest in supporting foster and adoptive parents.
In this episode, we cover:
- What are some of the typical food issues for adopted or foster kids, especially those who have experienced trauma?
- How does trauma impact feeding?
- Responsive eating leaves space to recognize what the body needs.
- What do you mean by felt safety and focusing on connection?
- What is a responsive and flexible framework for feeding kids with brain-based differences?
- How to best deal with kids who are significantly underweight.
- How to best handle extreme pickiness.
- How to handle children who are eating too much, emotional eaters, or who are overweight.
- Why do kids from foster care or institutional settings often become larger than optimal for their health?
- Practical tips for establishing healthy eating patterns in adopted or foster kids
- modified family style serving
- supporting nutrition
- sensory support at mealtimes
- food “exposure” therapy
Additional Resources:
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building