Mommy & Me Infant/Toddler Palate Training

8 - 12 Months, 13 - 18 Months, 19 - 24 Months, & Mother/Parent

Type: Private, small mommy & baby/toddler group OR private mommy, baby, and dietitian/feeding therapist

Length: 1 hour

Day: Varies

Time: Weekday mornings & early afternoons

Description: Some children are born having specific "innate" food preferences, regardless of actually tasting or trying a particular food. However, before babies or children begin to eat "table food," their palates are like an "artist’s canvas," a "clean slate," or "virgin palate," as we call it. Research shows that a baby/child’s palate can be "trained" to prefer and enjoy healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables if introduced with patience, persistence, alternatively, repetitively, and gradually over time. The purpose of this program is to teach parents how to do just that. To begin, we will help parents bottle or breast wean babies. Then, parents will learn how to introduce healthy age-appropriate foods, solids, textures, and liquids to instill and develop eating behaviors and food preferences that will prevent possible future "food for age" obstacles, food jags, demands, food manipulation, as well as sensory-texture refusal. In addition, Moms will learn how to establish and adjust healthy daily living, eating, and sleeping schedules. Babies and Moms will have the opportunity to try some foods and meals in our baby/toddler food test kitchen.

Join One Potato Two Tomato® in Albertson, NY today and sign up to learn how fun fitness and healthy lifestyle habits can transform the way your child thinks, plays, and lives. Choose the program that's right for your family, and register today. Our registered dietitians and youth fitness trainers will be happy to give you a tour and answer all of your questions. We're just a phone call away. Don't let another day pass by. Change your child's life today, and enjoy the benefits for years to come!