09/19/2024
I asked someone recently to describe with the word nourish means to them. Like I, they had believed “nourish” to be a word derived from nutrients, and/or the act of feeding children. After some investigation, I learned that is not true.
The word nourish comes from the Latin root Nutrio and French root Nourrir. If you look at the definition of each of those words, it is expanded to a much more sensitive, caring, and nurturing sense of the word. When it comes down to it, there is a sense of connectedness and nurturing we feel when providing kids with a meal that time and love has been poured into.
Sometimes connection is sacrificed in the name of nutrition (for example: force-feeding, bribing, negotiating). Nutrition is important, YES, but having a positive mealtime experience and feeling connected carries us so much further than “just getting another bite in”.
Things are going to look a little different around here - we will be rebranding to “Nourished Pediatrics” to encompass the acknowledgment that mealtimes need to include - yes, nutrition - but also space to come together as a family to nurture those connections and make mealtimes positive.
While we do specialize in picky eating, my goal with this rebrand is to also demonstrate that we work in every area of pediatrics, including gut health (constipation, diarrhea, SIBO), food allergies, growth concerns and failure to thrive, starting solids, transitioning to milk, formula feeding, and others.
I am also launching a course this fall (for real this time) called “Nourishing Picky Eaters: creative solutions for peaceful meals, healthy kids, and connected families”.
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