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Day: July 6, 2018

The Flamingo Garden

Build and Rebuild

by thegardeningdietitian
Posted on July 6, 2018July 6, 2018

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” ~ Dolly Parton Hi.. Remember me? It has been…

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Why did nobody tell me?!?!?!? ——— You pick your child up from school. Their teacher tells you they were a well-behaved angel at school. You ask your child about their day and they totally shut down, there is whining, crying, and refusal to do things they love! After school restraint collapse is real! Just like we need time to decompress at work, kids need time to decompress after school. Keeping it together all day can be hard!!! ———- ——— Tips for dealing with it: 1. Don’t ask kids about their day right when you pick them up and don’t interrogate them for every little detail. Give them time to relax and they will start to open up and talk to you about their day. 2. Plan a healthy snack or quiet time activity for when they get home. 3. Let them do some physical activity after school before trying to get them to do academic work. This could be bike riding or playing tag - whatever your family likes to do. Remember after school restraint collapse should start to minimize by the second or third month of school. ————- ————- If it doesn’t start to get better you might want to talk to your child’s teacher or pediatrician about what is going on with your child!!!! ————— ————— #preschool #preschoolbehavior #behavioralproblems #afterschool #healthylittlelunchbox #childevelopment #backtoschool #parenting #parentingproblems #mentalhealth #sunflowers #diet #dietitian #nutrition #nutritionist #rd #rdapproved #health #healthyfood #thegardeningdietitian

Let’s talk about packing school lunches. After just two days of packing lunches for small child I have decided that the fabulous #lunchspiration on Instagram and Pinterest are not realistic for my lifestyle. I love the parents that have time to dress their children’s lunches up to have themes and look like characters but as crafty as I am - it is too much pressure for me. Instead I have decided to focus on making sure 1. Every food group is represented, 2. Small child is involved in picking what he has in his lunchbox 3. That there is some variety without going overboard and 4. That I avoid ultra processed foods as much as possible while realizing that some of it is unavoidable. Today small child had mixed berries, carrot sticks, a cheese stick and turkey and cheese wraps for lunch and he seemed VERY excited about it when he left for the day! ——————- ——————- #lunchbox #lunchboxideas #momlife #preschool #preschoollunch #lunchideas #healthylittlelunchbox #pickyeaters #healthylunch #lunch #diet #dietitian #nutrition #healthykids #nutritionist #rd #rdapproved #foodgroups #thegardeningdietitian

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I have a confession to make. I am freaking out about packing school lunches for small child. I have numerous dietetics degrees, have taken doctoral courses on child development, am a registered dietitian and childhood obesity prevention researcher and yet packing school lunches is still intimidating to me. With numerous food safety concerns (will the food stay hot/cold enough), picky eating worries (will he try new foods if mama isn’t there to encourage it) and knowing it will be a new environment (first time preschooler!) lunches can seem like an epic feat! Luckily I know that we can get through this and IG is a great place to share this journey while watching some of my favs who have been doing this for years! (@lunchboxdad, @kids.eat.in.color, @goodiegoodielunchbox and so many others!). —————- ————— So starting small to get ready with step 1: gathering my supplies!! I am an admitted stress shopper so I might have totally bought out my local @target ‘s lunch box aisle! Some essentials I knew I needed were: 1. Cold packs 2. Warm thermos 3. Reusable containers/bags for snacks etc (sustainability!) 4. Water bottle and 5. The lunch box! (Not pictured). I let small child help me pick all the patterns so he would be pumped for lunch time! Now it’s time to label everything with his name! —————- —————- #dietitian #nutritionist #diet #health #healthyfood #schoollunch #lunchbox #lunchboxideas #backtoschool #schoolsupplies #target #targethaul #nutrition #lunches #healthylunch #preschool #preschooler #firstdayofschool #backtoschoolshopping #thegardeningdietitian

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