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Be Well Nourishment Family Nutrition Be Well Nourishment specializes in nutritional therapy and dietary education.

I am passionate and committed to forming relationships with clients who are looking to improve their health and wellbeing, through a targeted nutritional approach.

14/10/2026

Want your picky eater to enjoy mealtimes again?

Start by changing the experience, not just the food.

🍽️ Include familiar foods at meals.

🥦 Offer learning foods without expecting a bite and focus on interaction to begin with.

🎨 Make food fun through cooking, food art or exploration.

🤗 Focus on connection rather than how much they’ve eaten.

When children feel comfortable and supported around food, we create more opportunities for curiosity, confidence and food learning.

The goal isn’t a clean plate. It’s a child who feels safe and confident around food.

Follow me for more practical, evidence-informed strategies to help your picky eater.

09/10/2026

Struggling to get your picky eater to eat meat?

Sometimes the texture is the biggest barrier!

Meat can be chewy, fibrous and unpredictable, making it difficult for some picky eaters to tolerate.

Try using a familiar food, like rice, as a starting point.

👉Start with their usual rice.

👉Add a few tiny pieces of finely diced, cooked chicken.

👉Gradually increase the amount and size of the pieces as your child becomes more comfortable.

The key is graded exposure — making small, manageable changes rather than expecting your child to jump straight to eating a whole piece of meat.

Keep the chicken visible, involve your child in preparation and avoid pressure to eat it. If mixing changes their safe food too much, offer the chicken alongside it first.

Small changes today can help build greater food confidence tomorrow!

👉 Follow me for more practical, evidence-informed strategies to help your picky eater become comfortable and confident eating more foods.


30/09/2026

Breaking free from the cycle of nuggets, chips, plain pizza, and crackers was a game-changer for us—but it didn’t happen by chance.

The key? Understanding why my child struggled with new foods, making small but powerful changes to how I served meals, staying consistent in my approach, and knowing exactly what to feed him to gently expand his diet.

It wasn’t an easy road, but with the right strategies, his plate (and my sanity!) transformed.

Want to learn how you can help your child, too?

Join my 6-week online Unfussy Eater program, where I’ll guide you step-by-step in using these same strategies to turn mealtime battles into victories!

👉 Comment UNFUSSY to get started!

24/09/2026

When we ask a picky eater:

“Do you want to try the broccoli?”

…we shouldn’t be surprised when the answer is “NO!”

For a child who already feels unsure about a food, repeatedly asking them to taste it can add pressure and make them want to avoid it even more.

Instead of focusing immediately on EATING, shift the goal to INTERACTING.

Try prompts like:

🥦 “Can you put a piece on my plate?”
🔪 “Should we cut it or break it?”
👃 “What does it smell like?”
🤏 “Can you find the smallest piece?”
🥄 “Can you scoop some into this bowl?”
👀 “What do you notice about it?”

Your child might start by simply tolerating the food nearby.

Then looking → touching → smelling → preparing → licking → tasting may gradually follow.

The goal isn’t to get the bite at all costs.

It’s to give your child repeated, low-pressure opportunities to become familiar, comfortable and eventually confident with new foods.

Because when we reduce the pressure to eat, we create more opportunities to learn about food.

Want to learn how to put strategies like this into practice with YOUR picky eater?

Comment 💬 UNFUSSY to learn more about my 6-Week Online Unfussy Eater Program.

21/09/2026

Your picky eater might not hate meat and vegetables… they might hate the TEXTURE.

Before giving up on these foods, try changing how you serve them.

Start by looking at HOW they prefer their food.

Write down your child’s accepted foods and look for sensory patterns:

👉 Crunchy or soft?
👉 Smooth or lumpy?
👉 Dry or wet?
👉 Chewy or melt-in-the-mouth?
👉 Mixed or separate?

Then use those preferences as your starting point for introducing new foods.

Love crunchy pastry?
Try making thin sausage rolls. Blitz the meat and vegetables to create a smoother filling, spread a thin layer onto familiar pastry and bake until crisp.

Prefer smooth textures?
Explore fruits or vegetables blended into a familiar smoothie — while keeping the ingredients visible and involving your child where possible.

The goal isn’t to keep meat and vegetables modified forever.

We’re using a texture your child already feels comfortable with to create a bridge to something new.

Rather than repeatedly serving meat or vegetables in a form your child finds difficult, meet them where they are and build from there.

Want to learn how to identify your child’s sensory food preferences, build food chains and choose realistic next foods?

Comment UNFUSSY to learn more and join my 6-Week Online Unfussy Eater Program.


18/09/2026

“It HAS to be that brand!” 😩

Brand fixation can be a very real part of picky eating, particularly for some autistic children. Familiar packaging can signal safety and predictability - this is the food I know.

Rather than suddenly swapping brands, work on flexibility gradually:

👉 Familiar food + familiar packet
👉 Watch you remove it from the packet
👉 Familiar food served without seeing the packet
👉 No packaging needed
👉 When ready, explore a very similar alternative brand

The goal isn’t to take away a safe food or trick your child.

It’s to gradually reduce reliance on the packaging and, over time, build a repertoire of similar foods across several brands.

Small changes. At their pace.

Follow me for more practical, low-pressure strategies to help your picky eater build confidence and flexibility around food.

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