From the Book – Love Me, Feed Me

Appendix items

• Snack and Meal Ideas
• Feeding and Intake Journal
• Lunchbox Card

Links to WEBSITES mentioned in the book

Center for Adoption Medicine
feeding info from University of Minnesota’s International Adoption Clinic
Spoon Foundation Adoption Nutrition and Feeding Resources
Ellyn Satter Associates (for parents)
Ellyn Satter Institute (for professionals)
www.fatnutritionist.com (HAES nutritionist)
Weightless blog
Mealtime Notionsfeeding, Get Permission approach

Links to PRODUCTS (For examples. I get no financial reward from any product or book.)

BellyFULL frozen pops info and recipe downloads
Baby-safe mesh “feeder”
Oxo Tot Sprout chair
Ikea high chair
Duo-spoon
Tri-Chew teething and oral exploration ring

 

Links to BOOKS

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents  by Deborah Gray
Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping adoptive families heal and grow  by Keck and Kupecky
Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
The Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: Orchestrating and Enjoying the Family Meal by Ellyn Satter
Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense by Ellyn Satter
Your Child’s Weight: Helping Without Harming by Ellyn Satter
Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss-and the Myths and Realities of Dieting, by Gina Kolata
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch,
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight, by Linda Bacon
(Listen to her advice about skipping the chapter on food selection until you feel ready. If talk of food selection brings about feelings of deprivation or cravings, leave thinking about the what to eat until you are comfortable with how.)
Parenting With Love and Logic by Cline and Fey
Transforming the Difficult Child, the Nurtured Heart Approach: by Glaser
Baby Led Weaning by Rapley and Murkett

links to DVDs

Ellyn Satter’s Feeding With Love and Good Sense II
Mealtime Notions DVDs on the Get Permission approach, and tube feedings

 

General information and resources

 

Katja’s Writing and Musings

• Hoarding, Overeating and Food Obsessions with Adopted Kids, Creating A Family blog post
• Love Me, Feed Me, for Adoptive Families Magazine article on food insecurity, hoarding and food obsession
• Healing From Food Insecurity: Beyond the Stash NACAC newsletter
• Adoptive Families,  Q and A recorded
• radio podcast with Creating a Family on feeding, nutrition and adoption also with Dr. Julain Davies
• Blog and Podcast #2 with Creating a Family’s Dawn Davenport, Love Me Feed Me, feeding, weight struggles and more for foster and adopted parents

 

Adoption and fostering

• Adoptive Families Magazine
• Adoption Learning Partners
• Adoption Mosaic
• Beyond Consequences Institute
• Center for Adoption Medicine
• Center for Adoption Support and Education
• Child Trauma Academy
• Childrens Home Society and Family Services (adoption resources)
• Creating a Family, Adoption, fostering and infertility support
• feeding info from University of Minnesota’s International Adoption Clinic
• House Calls Counseling (Chicago area attachment therapies)
• Joint Council on International Children’s Services
• North American Council on Adoptable Children information and support
• Open Adoption Support
• Rainbow Kids
• Spoon Foundation Adoption Nutrition and Feeding Resources
• Tapestry Books
• Fostering Thrifty Families: Adoptive and Fostering Families Living Well on a Budget (blog)
  
• Wilder Center for Children With Reactive Attachment Disorder

Media

• Chaos to Healing DVD and rent through Amazon.com

Articles

• Article: Principles of Working with Traumatized Children, from Dr. Bruce Perry
• GFCF Diet, FASD, and Adoption: Food for Thought by Kari Fletcher

Books

• Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents Gray
• Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping adoptive families heal and grow Keck and Kupecky
• Three Little Words: A Memoir Ashley Rhodes-Courter
• Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors Forbes and Post
• The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family Purvis, Cross, Sunshine
• In On It: What Adoptive Parents Would Like You to Know About Adoption by Elisabeth O’Toole