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During 1:1 consultations, parents often tell me their child ate almost nothing today and they can’t figure out what changed. One of my first questions is usually: how did they sleep last night? That question surprises people. We think of sleep and food as separate worlds – one happens at bedtime, one at mealtime. But for small children, the connection between the two is much tighter than most parents realize. A poorly rested child doesn’t just become cranky. They often become a completely different eater. Once I started asking about …

This is one of the most common questions I hear in consultations. And whenever a parent asks it, I can hear what’s underneath the words — it’s not just about limited eating. It’s the feeling that meals are getting harder, that variety is shrinking instead of growing, and that somehow you’re moving backwards from where you were six months ago. A parent told me recently that her eighteen-month-old would only eat plain rice, banana, and curd. “That’s it,” she said. “Three things. Every day. I don’t know what happened.” I …

There’s a moment many parents describe almost identically during consultations. “My child used to eat everything. We never had feeding issues. And then suddenly — they just stopped.” Meals that once felt easy become unpredictable. Foods they loved get pushed away. Portions shrink. Some days they seem to survive on air and two bites of banana. It feels sudden, it feels worrying, and it often feels personal — as if something you’re doing has gone wrong. Here’s what I want you to know before we go any further: In most …