by Jay Baum | May 6, 2020 | Family Nutrition, Mealtime
WOWZA! You all loved my last post with The Original 50 Mealtime Conversations Starters Printable. I cannot believe how many of you downloaded it! Yay! Yay! Yay! I am thrilled that it was so well received. I am making content to support you. It feels good when I get...
by Jay Baum | May 3, 2020 | Family Nutrition, Feeding Kids, Mealtime
One of the BEST things that you can do at family meals is to talk about something other than the food. Trust me. This makes for much happier and stress free meals. For about a year now, we’ve been using “Conversation Starters” to make our breakfast...
by Jay Baum | May 1, 2020 | Family Nutrition
I’ve been quiet on social media over the past month #pandemic There has been an absolute overload of information lately as we are all scrambling to figure out how to cope with our new way of life. So many of us are just coming up for air after figuring out how...
by Jay Baum | Jan 3, 2019 | Intuitive Eating
Hello 2019! There is something so irresistibly delicious about a brand new year. A beginning. The start of something big. Inception. Birth. Dawn. Creation. These feelings are so large and powerful that it is no surprise that we often want to make large sweeping grand...
by Jay Baum | Oct 31, 2018 | Family Nutrition, Feeding Kids, Intuitive Eating
It’s Halloween! Are you excited about all the candy and fun? Or are you dreading all of the sugar? I have spoken to so many parents this week who are worried about how to handle all of the Halloween treats. So, I created an infographic to help parents switch the flip...
by Jay Baum | Sep 26, 2018 | Feeding Kids, Food Education
My son just started grade 1 this September and I am now in all new territory when it comes to school snacks. In kindergarten, there was a snack program. Parents paid a suggested fee twice a year and the rest was taken care of for them. (I had a bit more involvement...
by Jay Baum | Sep 23, 2018 | Feeding Kids, Food Education, Intuitive Eating, Mealtime
Let’s talk about postpartum for a minute. It can be an amazing time filled with joy, wonder, and big emotions. It can also be a time where self-care is hard…and at times self-care may even seem impossible. After my first baby, I was NOT kind to myself....
by Jay Baum | Aug 10, 2018 | Feeding Kids, Food Education, Recipes
Non-sneaky zucchini bread? What does that even mean? It means that my kids know that there is zucchini in this bread! And if you make it for your kids, I hope that you let them know too! I often come across the idea of “sneaking” vegetables into kid food....
by Jay Baum | Jul 18, 2018 | Food Education, Intuitive Eating
I am an “all foods fit” kinda dietitian. When I tell people this, they sometimes get a bit confused because people often think of registered dietitians as the food police. BUT, in my case, this couldn’t be further from the truth. My goal is to work...
by Jay Baum | Jun 15, 2018 | Feeding Kids, Food Education, Intuitive Eating
Mindful Eating. I practice it in my personal life. I encourage my kids to practice it. I tell my friends about it. I support my clients so that they can practice it in a way that makes sense for them. In fact, I often work through mindful eating and/or focused eating...
