Feeding difficulties include a range of scenarios where infants are not willing to feed in order to meet their nutritional needs.
Feeding behaviours respond well to a framework of structure, nurture & boundaries, including feeding difficulties, toddler refusal and ARFID.
Cow’s Milk Allergy affects 1 in 20 infants in their first year of life. It is a spectrum condition, with a wide range of presentations, sometimes difficult to distinguish from other common problems in infancy.
Constipation describes from the slow movement of poo through the bowel, which is affected by body movement, food, fibre and fluid intake, breath, stress & anxiety, repeated illness and the quality of the gut microbiota.
Most young people comfort eat at some point, we all do, because food feels nice and when we eat, neurochemicals like dopamine are released into the bloodstream, making us feel good. It’s absolutely normal to comfort eat from time to time.
Dieting or not sharing foods with other family members, can feel difficult and upsetting at a deep and unconscious level.
Carine uses this framework in all the work she does with infants, children, teens and families. She acts as nutrition educator, guide and supporter, providing resources and strategic tools.
A diverse diet is the single most valuable way of meeting a child’s nutritional needs. The first nutritional need for a child to thrive well is energy.