Rimily Living Focus by MARY ANN K. OYLER Franklin Co. Cooperative Extensioi Kids & Food Yuck! How many parents of pre schoolers and toddlers hate to hear a child utter this lovely word? I will admit, with three young children in our household, 1 have heard that word uttered just a few too many times! The effect of this word is magnified even more when a group of chil dren are together in a child care center or at a family picnic. When caring for infants, we pretty much feed them upon demand and get relatively little resistance to the foods we offer them. As children move from in fants into toddlerhood, often times the child that once ate ev erything now eats very little or only certain foods. 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You may find they are fussy about things, such as only See For Your Water Garden Need 35t)i Mon-Fn 8 AM to 8 PM, 17171445-5046 sat s am to s pm » ■ ■ * • c|Qsed Sund For More Information 1-800-468-4909 717-354-4929 Leave Message eating sandwiches which are cut in triangles, only eating a certain type of cereal or only drinking from a certain cup. This is normal. When feeding toddlers and preschoolers, consider what a plate full of food looks like to a little one. Serve children food on a child size plate and offer small servings of food (1-2 table spoons). They can always ask for more if they are still hungry. Remember that children have small stomachs and can’t hold enough food to keep them going from one meal to the next. Regu lar meals and snacks give chil dren the energy they need to keep them going during the day. Plan snack time for l-lVz hours after a meal. Trying New Foods Trying new foods is “no sweat” for some children but for others it is a monumental job! 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