Click here for complete Love Me, Feed Me resources, and resources on adoption and fostering

 

in my own words, a sampling…

 

• You Can’t Always Count on Your ‘Experts’ to Help You Raise a Competent Eater, Huffington Post
• When Feeding Therapy Becomes Aversion Therapy Huffington Post
• “Eat Happy” Article for New Moon Girls Magazine  for girls age 9-14 on eating well
• Talking to Your Kids About Food; Wedge Coop Newsletter
• Mom Enough Podcast (12/2012) Taking Off the Pressure
• Mom Enough podcast (2010)
• Blog interview series with Dawn Friedman at This Woman’s Work
• Betty Crocker Blog
• Feeding Children Without Pressure; Wedge Coop Newsletter
• TodayTravel MSNBC
• Sheknows blog
• Creating a Family Blogtalk Radio show, post and link to interview on feeding and weight struggles for foster and adoptive families

…on Adoption and Fostering

• 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 podcast recorded

handouts/reproducible PDFs:

*as long as you do not change the content, and you include copyright information, you may reproduce and distribute these PDFs

• Talking to Children About Food : A brief article with do’s and dont’s when talking to kids about food
• Questions to Ask a Feeding Therapist: One page list of questions to consider before starting with a feeding therapist

stage-specific one page “just the fact” sheets

• Starting Solids: A one page “just the facts” sheet for your spouse, your fridge, in-laws and babysitters
• Feeding Tips for Preschoolers: A one page “just the facts” sheet for your spouse, your fridge, in-laws and babysitters
• Feeding Tips for the School-aged Child:  A one page “just the facts” sheet for your spouse, your fridge, in-laws and babysitters

 

feeding, children and weight: resources

 

websites/links

• Ellyn Satter Associates (for parents)
• Ellyn Satter Institute (for professionals)
• From The Cook- Heart  (Ellyn Satter) “rules” from the cook
• Tracking growth at the extremes: Satter Newsletter about Z-scores with links to online scoring tools
• What Should We do About Children and Weight: printable article from ASDAH
• Helping Without Harming: Kids, Eating, Weight and Health PDF  Articles by Robison, Satter, Jackson 2007
• Raise Healthy Eaters blog
• CDC growth charts
  Weight for Stature, Girls
  Weight for Stature Girls birth-36 months
  Weight for Stature boys
  Weight for Stature Boys birth-36

books

• 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

DVDs and video clips

• DVD: Ellyn Satter’s Feeding with Love and Good Sense II DVD 2011
• DVD: Healthy Mealtimes & Healthy Kids 2010, Learning Zone Express with Katja Rowell M.D
• Montana free video link to Comfortable Cafeterias using the Division of Responsibility
• The Feeding Doctors Youtube Channel
• University of Idaho video clips on feeding young children in the group setting. video vignettes, handouts and more. Amazing.

 

adults, eating and wellness

 

articles

• Definition of “normal eating”, Ellyn Satter
• Hierarchy of Food Needs, Ellyn Satter on poverty, food insecurity
• Article examining evidence for HAES approach (Health at Every Size) Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor

books

• The Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: Orchestrating and Enjoying the Family Meal 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
• Children and Teens Afraid to Eat: Helping Youth in Today’s Weight-obsessed World, by Frances M. Berg
• Great Shape: the First Fitness Guide for Large Women by Pat Lyons
  
• Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight, 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.

DVD/Video links

• Amazing videos on How to Eat. Pam Estes RD. Watch the series!

websites/blogs

• www.fatnutritionist.com (HAES nutritionist)
• www.ellynsatter.com
• www.healthyweight.net (Healthy Weight Network) health at any size
• Weightless blog
• Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH
• Joy of Eating, Peggy Crum RD
• Guidelines for Health Care Providers who treat fat patients, from NAAFA

 

 

 

parenting

These are a few resources that I have found helpful and have heard great things about from parent educators, parents and teachers. As with everything, finding the approach that feels right for your family is critical.

• Parenting With Love and Logic (Cline and Fey)
• Transforming the Difficult Child, the Nurtured Heart Approach: Glaser
• 1-2-3 Magic, Effective Discipline for Children (Phelan 2010): caution, as the author recommends withholding desserts and treats as one form of consequence. There are better options than using food as discipline or reward. Also, skip the chapter on “Suppertime” if you plan to use the Trust Model of feeding, as his approach is a control model and may slow down the process of becoming eating competent for many children.
• Parent Child Help (Mary SheedyKurcinka online)
• Raising Your Spirited Child Mary Sheedy Kurcinka 2006
• Sleepless in America: Is your child misbehaving…or missing sleep Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

 

special needs

• Support For Special Needs online support forum
• Mealtime Notions feeding, Get Permission approach

eating disorder information

• Something Fishy
• Understanding Nutrition
• www.eatingwithyouranorexic.blogspot.com (eating disorder blog support and info)
• http://www.justtellhertostop.com/ book and online support
• www.feast-ed.org (family support with eating disorders)
• www.emilyprogram.com (personalized treatment for eating disorders)
• http://harrietbrown.blogspot.com/ (feedme! blog)

 

 

related things I like

• www.newmoon.com (magazine for tween girls)
• NEDA: Tips for Eating Well and Feeling Good About Yourself (for kids)
• The Night My World Caved In Dawn Friedman (essay on body image)

 

cooking

• Ingredient Magazine: A magazine for children ages 6-12 about food and cooking
• Quick Fix Meals: 200 simple, Delicious Recipes to Make Mealtime Easy, Robin Miller, 2007
• The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook

 

safe places for activity (no body-shaming, health focus)

note: Most of these are based on blog reader and facebook recommendations, I can’t make any guarantee about your experience, but others have shared a joyful, welcoming experience with these centers/individuals… Please let me know if you have others to add to the list!

United States:

• California
  Dances for Every Body, North Hollywood
  
• Connecticut
  YMCA, Hamden
• Florida
  The Yoga Shala, Winter Park
• Illinois
  Champaign Gymastics Academy, Champaign IL
• Michigan
  Nia Class, Lansing
• Minnesota
  Twin Cities
  
  • Teatro Dance, Ballard, Minneapolis
  • Minnehaha Ice-skating lessons, Minneapolis, MN
    
  • Minneapolis Yoga Center
  • Moksha Yoga, Minneapolis
  • Oxford Community Center: St Paul. Open swim and yoga classes have been recommended
  • YWCA Midtown

  The Edge Martial Arts, Stillwater, MN
  Yoga Pioneers, Bloomington
  Yoga Studio, Plymouth MN
  Eden Prairie Community Center

• New York
  Zumba at Dance Central, Pearl River
  Bryant Park ice-skating

Canada:

• YWCA in Québec city
  Bellydancing with Dominique Brillon, Quebec

Australia:

• Netherby Australia, Rhythmic Gymnastics