Plain and simple...Ellyn Satter is the Goddess of the children and infant nutrition world! In this article she states that it should be up to the parents to decide what the child eat, but the child should be in control of how much and everything else. I know what most parents are thinking when reading that (one of two things) statement: 1. my child will not know when to stop eating and WILL become overweight/obese; or, my child may not eat enough and could possibly stay hungry. Just think about it...humans are born wanting to eat. We arrive on this Earth with the innate ability to eat, swallow, chew, grab, etc. So giving your child the freedom to eat however much or little they want as well as how fast or slow they want is a great thing! You will develop positive feeding habits from the get-go. Also, you are less likely to have a fussy child or baby when allowing them to have some control over the situation.
I love this picture! So simple, yet extremely powerful :)
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