Bingeing and purging. It may be impossible to imagine your three, four, or five year old touched in any way by such grown-up disorders. Yet a variety of experts believe that the potential for eating-related illnesses can develop very early in life. Tiny Tummies How to start healthy eating habits from day one. Like many childish behaviors picky eating can tear at the fabric of your family.
Meals can become battles with parents yelling at children, parents yelling at each other.
The atmosphere can become so tense and acrimonious that you dread sitting down to dinner. In fact as I reflect on the hundreds of parents whom I have counseled over the last twenty-five years it is clear that the damage created by picky eating is primarily to interpersonal relationships. It rarely does any serious nutritional harm. Tips for coping with a 'Happy Spitter' New parents find few things more distressing than having an infant who spits up after feedings. Fortunately, this problem is usually harmless.