Take the work out of your mealtimes and understand what your child needs as their eating habits and behaviours develop so you can feel confident, calm, and prepared to help your child grow up with good eating habits
You want to make sure your child is getting all the nutrients they need but….
Regardless of whether this is your first or fourth child, trying to get your child to eat something they don’t want is never fun.
There is a lot that goes into feeding your kids but frankly all you want is to know they are getting everything they need and will grow up healthy? All while not tearing your hair out every night – is that too much to ask?
You feel like you have tried it all but it’s all just left you tired, confused and overwhelmed
So instead of being that cool confident parent where your child eats whatever you serve up, most mealtimes look like this:
X You spend time and money preparing a healthy meal for your toddler – only for them to refuse it all, yep even the bits you through were ‘safe’ foods
X You want to just ask them to try things – but you also know that pressure is at mealtimes is bad. So you are left guessing how to react and feel like you are getting it wrong every time.
X You spend 40mins at the table waiting (HOPING) for them to put any of the food they are smooshing all over their clothes into their mouth.
X You try to find the right balance between serving up foods you know they will eat and trying to get them to try something new – only to be up making them toast 30mins later because they refused it all.
And all of this leaves you feeling worried, anxious and frustrated because you are never thought YOUR mealtimes would be this tricky.
Does this sound familiar?
Good News. You are not alone, In fact it sounds like every parent I have worked with.
Sure, on the surface mealtimes sound easy, until you are in the trenches you don’t understand the nuanced steps to be able to:
+ Have calm and relaxed mealtimes every single time, so you or your child don’t even up in tears.
+ Keep up with your child’s every changing preference and introduce them to new foods with ease
+ navigate the world of nutritional requirements and what your growing child needs to eat (and how to get them to eat it)
+ Help your child develop a good relationship with all foods and create neutral associations with them all – yes that means they love and eat veggies just as much as snacks and sweets.
When you have the tools and the strategies in place mealtimes can become easy and stress free and most importantly adaptable.
The good news? I’ve create the perfect solution to transform your mealtimes…
A step-by-step guide to walk you through the process of transforming your mealtimes from stressful and overwhelming to successfully getting your child to try new foods and get the nutrients they need so you can be confident they will grow up healthy.
A mumma to be, a lover of all things food and a dog obsessed gal (with two of my own gorgeous pups).
I’m also a Paediatric Nutritionist with over 10 years’ experience working in developing kids eating behaviour, food psychology and school nutrition programs. And I have helped hundreds of parents to take the overwhelm out of mealtimes and get their child eating and trying new foods so they can feel confident they will grow up healthy.
Mealtime Magic is my way of bringing together what I have learnt from 1000’s of hours of university, nutrition consults and even just questions in my DM’s to help you simplify your mealtimes and set up the foundations of your child’s eating habits from the beginning.
So if you are sick of spending hours googling ideas, recipes and tips and you are running out of ideas (and hope) to make a change to your child’s eating habits.
Then I can’t wait to guide you.
My toddlers are great at trying new things but Shelley helped me to work on avoiding the throwing behaviours by giving us permission to play. Since doing that, we rarely have a meal that’s thrown in its entirety!!! Shelley knows so much about the process. I can honestly say, Shelley and her program helped me to stay on the right path with my toddlers and help them continue trying new things, eat veggies that they’d refused and most importantly, create positive meal associations.
Thank you Shelley for your advice and support!’
→ one that focuses on building consistent boundaries
→ one that prioritises your bond with your child
→ one that takes the guesswork out of the equation
→ one that works around your family, not the other way around.
→ one that doesn’t rely on expensive food, equipment or time consuming strategies.
New modules is released every week containing multiple mini lessons designed for the busy parent – (they are maximum 10mins long).
You can work through the entire course step by step, without jumping ahead and getting overwhelmed.
Once you join Mealtime magic you are part of the Mealtime Magic fam for life.
Children are constantly growing and developing and changing needs – or maybe you have more than one?! That’s why you will have access to mealtime magic and any future updates for life.
Worried about the program not being as effective as working 1:1 with a practitioner? Get three 1:1 nutrition coaching sessions throughout the 6 week course to help you implement the strategies and transform your mealtimes. This is a chance for us to explore the lessons further, adapt them to your mealtimes and answer all of your questions.
‘Our mealtimes used to be very stressful and we never what my son would eat let alone eat anything at all. Before I worked with Shelley I was worried this was how it would be forever and had low expectations of what could be improved. But with a few tweaks (that I never would have thought of) complete turn around! Ended up being so blown away with his improvements, worth every penny.’
Kellianne
Module 1
After this module you’ll be able to:
+ take a look at your relationship with food and how it might be impacting your childs mealtimes
+ Understand how to remove the pressure at mealtimes so you know your child will always be comfortable and open to engaging at mealtimes.
+ Know how to set mealtime expectations and boundaries so you can confidently feel in control of your mealtimes
Module 2
After this module you’ll be able to:
+ Know exactly how much and what your child needs to meet their nutritional needs
+ How to work with your child’s appetite to help them meet their nutritional needs with ease.
+ Know how to serve up food to your child so you are never left worrying they aren’t getting what they need.
Module 3
After this module you’ll be able to:
+ Understand your and your child’s roles and responsibilities at mealtimes and feel confident in trusting your child to take control at mealtimes
+ Set a mealtime schedule that works for your child and into your family life without extra stress
+ Understand exactly how to get your child to the table and stay at the table without hassle every single time.
Module 4
After this module you’ll be able to:
+ Confidently serve up foods to your child even if you thought they would never try it again
+ Understand what steps your needs to take to introduce a new food to your child to help them learn to like it
+ Know what to do when they start refusing foods they previously liked.
Module 5
After this module you’ll be able to:
+ Understand how to set respectful boundaries with your child at mealtimes that actually work
+ Have the knowledge and skill set to tackle any mealtime challenge so you’re never left feeling helpless or out of control.
+ Trouble shoot any mealtimes behaviour you can think of – from refusing food, throwing food, giving second, managing mealtime meltdowns and so much more.
Module 6
After this module you’ll be able to:
+ Learn how to talk about food as your child grows up to help them develop a healthy relationship with food.
+ Understand how to serve up snacks and sweets to remove the excitement around them
+ Completely trust your child’s instincts around food so you can be confident in their eating habits even when you aren’t there.
“I can already see how positive associations with food have been helping my boy. I remember my parents forcing my sister to eat veg she hated eating and it really was detrimental to the development of a healthy relationship to food. Thanks Shelley for some fantastic strategies!”
Rachel, Mother of 1
Extra Support
Meet Shelley fortnightly for coaching on your specific mealtimes issues. This is a time for us to expand on the lessons and trouble shoot your specific mealtime issues.
You will be sent an intake questionnaire after you join so I can better understand where your mealtimes are at and personalise the support to you.
NOTE: Coaching is unavailable until March when Shelley returns from Maternity leave!
Lifetime Access
Once you join Mealtime magic you are part of the Mealtime Magic fam for life.
Children are constantly growing and developing and changing needs – or maybe you have more than one?! That’s why you will have access to mealtime magic and any future updates for life.
+ 6 Modules to work through in your own time
+ Weekly workbooks to help you progress quickly
+ Lifetime Access to course
PLUS
+ 3 x 1hr 1:1 coaching sessions
+Access to implementation support in-between sessions
+ 6 Modules to work through in your own time
+ Weekly workbooks to help you progress quickly
+ Lifetime Access to course
PLUS
+ 3 x 1hr 1:1 coaching sessions
+Access to implementation support in-between sessions
+ 6 Modules to work through in your own time
+ Weekly workbooks to help you progress quickly
+ Lifetime access to modules
→ You feel like you have tried everything before
You can try it all alone and still not find the answer. I have the lessons you can work through along and figure it out along the way. But sometimes you need the outside expert looking in to help you discover the small tweaks that will make the huge difference at your mealtimes.
→ You don’t have the time…
I don’t know a single parent that isn’t time poor. But with mealtime magic VIP you will simplify your mealtimes, so they aren’t the time struggle they have always been.
You can spend hours on google trying to piece it all together or you can turn to a trusted expert for lessons and support. It’s your choice to make.
→ Your toddler wasn’t fussy as a baby, so surely it’s just a phase….
Let me ask you, how long has it gone on for? If the answer is longer than a month then it’s no longer just a phase your child will snap out of.
With expert guidance you can improve your mealtimes in no time at all and go on feel confident feeding your child.
