225. BTS: What do I do if my child would never stop eating unless I restrict them?

Beyond the Sessions is answering YOUR parenting questions! In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Hershberg and I talk about...

3:02 - The combination of a child who loves eating and a mom's anxiety about how much she is eating can be tricky.

4:04 - Strategies for slowing down mealtimes to build your child's ability for "tuning into their belly" versus just enjoying the taste of the food.

5:29 - What types and methods of restrictions are appropriate and which ones do you want to try to avoid.

10:42 - Understanding what is your job as a parent and what is your child's job, from the division of responsibility principles from Ellyn Satter's work.

12:14 - Limiting foods that are highly enhanced to make the flavors so rewarding that hunger/fullness cues are easily drowned out by the desire for more dopamine hits.

16:51 - Zoom out and look at meals of the week versus each individual meal.

17:44 - If your child does eat too much and feels uncomfortable from being too full, that can help them learn too.

REFERENCES AND RELATED RESOURCES:

📚 Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense, Revised and Updated Edition by Ellyn Satter

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MEALTIMES AND FOSTERING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS TO FOOD:

🎧 Listen to my podcast episode about cultivating your child's healthy relationship with food with registered dietician & nutritionist Katie Thomson

🎧 Listen to my podcast episode about picky eating and ARFID with Dr. Yaara Shimshoni

🎧 Listen to my podcast episode about diet culture with Amelia Sherry

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