Episode 276 - Feed Drop - Dr. Liz, Nutrition For the Early Years - 7 Mistakes NOT to Make in Feeding Your Toddler

7 Mistakes NOT to Make in Feeding Your Toddler

What if the nutrition choices you worry about most are not the ones that matter most? In this episode of Nutrition for the Early Years, Dr. Liz Daniels shares seven common feeding mistakes parents make during the baby and toddler years. With warmth and honesty, she explains why multivitamins are not always the answer for picky eaters, how kid-friendly leftovers can add to parent guilt, and why oral care should start as soon as teeth come in. She also talks about juice, flavored drinks, salt fears, food labels, and the need for parents to care for their own health, too. This episode gives parents simple, guilt-free guidance to focus on what truly helps kids grow strong and build healthy habits from the start. What You’ll Learn:

• Why food matters more than most supplements
• How to reduce guilt around leftovers
• When to start brushing your baby’s teeth
• Why juice does not need to be a daily habit
• How to focus on the big picture instead of stressing over every label detail
• Why caring for your own health is one of the best ways to support your child’s nutrition

Episode highlights:

Mistake 1: Relying on multivitamins for picky eaters

Mistake 2: Letting food waste and leftovers create guilt

Mistake 3: Skipping early oral hygiene

Mistake 4: Offering juice and flavored drinks too often

Mistake 5: Worrying too much about salt in home cooking

Mistake 6: Focusing too much on tiny label details

Mistake 7: Forgetting parent health matters too

Nutrition for the Early Years is a pediatric nutrition podcast for parents seeking evidence-based guidance on infant feeding, toddler nutrition, and child health. Hosted by dual pediatrician + registered dietitian Dr. Liz Daniels, this show explores newborn and infant nutrition, introducing solids, baby-led weaning, complementary feeding, formula feeding, multivitamins for kids, growth and development, and picky eating solutions—all through the lens of real pediatric nutrition science.

From feeding anxiety and selective eating to questions about appetite, supplements, and healthy eating habits, this podcast helps parents build a confident, guilt-free feeding mindset. You’ll learn how to support your child’s relationship with food in ways that nourish growth, protect early childhood nutrition, and align with your values—without fear-based messaging or all-or-none thinking.

Food goes deep. It’s often not until we begin feeding our own children that we revisit our childhood nutrition experiences—comments that shaped us, arbitrary rules, pressure around healthy eating, and the quiet guilt many of us carry. Feeding kids has a way of surfacing old narratives and challenging us to rethink what child nutrition really means.

This is where the conversation begins—supporting families through toddler feeding, early childhood feeding, and raising children with a strong, positive relationship with food. Because nourishing your family isn’t about perfection. It’s about clarity, confidence, and understanding what truly matters in the early years.

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Listen here: https://pod.link/1865258075

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/@drliznewstorynutrition

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