Episode 18 - Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters with Jessica Mancinik

0:00  Introduction with Jessica Mancinik, M.A. CCC, SLP, pediatric feeding therapist 3:16 How Jessica found herself in this niche of therapy 4:16 Eating habits and kids: positive peer pressure, siblings, and educating them 10:03 Different cases that Jessica sees in her practice, and how can a feeding therapist work with a patient past nutritional coaching 29:12 General questions about working with picky kids: best ways to get them to be more opening in trying foods, how many interactions can it take to build a positive association with a certain food, dessert WITH dinner? 41:26 Teaching kids about finding a connection between what they eat and how they feel 47:20 Learning to accommodate your children's nutritional wants and needs along with your own without becoming a short order cook. 50:43 Working with your children’s safe foods while growing their food tolerances 52:51 Showing yourself grace as your children works to eat a bigger variety of foods 54:39 “Eat Smarter” by Sean Stevenson and learning to eat past the usual 10 items most people tend to choose  1:07:25 Dealing with outsider’s input on your children’s foods and eating habits 1:10:40 Check out Jessica’s website https://www.thehangryhelper.com/ She offers “food school” and personal consultations, along with an in-depth newsletter. Check out her social media @hangry_helper 1:12:15 Conclusion  Referenced in the pod 12:49 ARFID:  Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder. Children with ARFID are extremely picky eaters and have little interest in eating food. They eat a limited variety of preferred foods, which can lead to poor growth and poor nutrition. Symptoms of ARFID not only take place in children and adolescents; in fact, many adults can show signs of ARFID. Individuals with ARFID in their adult years may still have symptoms that were experienced in their adolescent years and can be categorized as Avoidant, Aversive or Restrictive types of ARFID.  More info can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2f5ape3p 54:39 “Eat Smarter” by Sean Stevenson  https://a.co/d/0IQJSb3