Providing the tools
to help you trust
yourself and your child
with food

Providing the tools
to help you trust
yourself and Your child
with food

I help you, as a parent, gain knowledge and confidence in your feeding skills by helping you understand the WHAT and HOW of feeding your kids. Trusting your instincts and what your kids are telling you when it comes to eating allows you to do what is right for YOUR family.

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About Renae

As a dietitian, how to create great relationships with children and food has always been my passion. When I had my daughter and started thinking about how to feed her I realized firsthand how harsh the mommy shaming can be. Some of the worst shaming happens around food and what you feed your kids! I felt compelled to start New Ways Nutrition to help parents build a foundation for feeding. I help parents learn how to keep their kids safe and how to prevent picky eating, while giving them the confidence to do the rest of the feeding in their own way. A way that's right for their family.

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It's lentil time!! 🎉These hearty little legumes are nutritional powerhouses, and an amazing way to get iron into your babies and toddlers. I know that they aren't exactly a typical food for a lot of people though, so I thought I'd give you some ideas of how you can serve them!⁠
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➡️Add them to spaghettis or curries. For spaghetti, just add some cooked red lentils right before you serve. Stir them up and it's like they aren't even there.⁠
➡️Lentil pancakes. These are from @healthylittlefoodies, and are a great option!⁠
➡️It doesn't matter what kind of lentil pasta you find, they're generally pretty similar. The cheapest I've found is from @traderjoes but we also love the @barilla ones. Pasta is so easy for babies to eat right from the beginning when they don't have a pincer grasp!⁠
➡️Cook some lentils with low sodium veggie or chicken broth. These are green lentils, but any type will do. These might be hard for an early eater to grasp before they develop the pincer grasp, but a lot of babies are able to figure out how to use their palms to get them into their mouths!⁠
➡️Lentil meatballs like these from @wellplated. Make it super easy for babies to hold and bite from.⁠
➡️Just plain old lentils cooked in water. Nothing fancy, just a basic side of iron. 🤷‍♀️I love introducing spices and seasonings, but it's also good to let them experience plain food at times! These can work with a spoon, or just in a mound like this and let them go to it and figure out how to eat them.⁠
👇Do you have any favorite ways to use lentils? Or recipes to share? I love finding new ways to cook them!👇⁠
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Surprise! It's so fun to finally share with you all that we're expecting baby number 2 this spring!⁠
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It was a rough first trimester, and I'm so happy to be on the other side of it, and finally (🤞hopefully?) back to being able to put more of my energy into creating new stuff for you all!⁠
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**In sharing something like this, I just want to say that for all of you on the other side of this, I never feel like I'm someone that has the right words to say. But know that I know you're there and I'm thinking of you. And I send all of my love and thoughts your way. ⁠
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Do you ever find yourself introducing new foods at dinner time? I know I do! When it comes down to it, dinner can often be the worst time for introducing new foods! Your kid is cranky, been going the whole day, and is just waiting to crash. Then all of the sudden they're introduced new foods that they aren't familiar with, or foods served in a new way, at dinner time. More often than not it doesn't lend itself to a good environment. 🤯⁠
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So what do you do instead? I recommend a couple of different things. The best is to try introducing new foods for afternoon snack, or really any other time of the day that your kid is in a better place. When they are alert and in a better mood they tend to be much more open to trying new things. If that isn't a possibility, keep cooking new things for dinner while making sure there is always a familiar food on the table as well, even if it is only bread. Then make sure there are leftovers, and try serving them again during the next 1-2 days. Ensure that the leftovers are served during an earlier meal, and see if it makes any difference in how open your kid is to it. And remember, especially for new foods, even touching it or letting it be on their plate counts as an exposure! They don't have to clean their plate to consider something a success.⁠
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Have a baby who hasn't hit the toddler selective eating phase yet? This can apply to you, too! Sometimes at the end of the day your baby just won't be that hungry. Don't assume they don't like the food, it could mean they just are too tired to eat. Try serving the same food during different times of the day to see if the results are any different. And even if there isn't a huge difference, keep in mind it can take ages of exposure to actually see your child eat something! Just keep up with that patience!⁠
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