Moms of small, picky eaters will want to read this post!
If you've been reading long enough, you know I'm a bit of a psychology nerd. I majored in Psych as an undergrad and quickly fell in love with learning because everything was so interesting. Forget practical application, I just thought it was a heck of a lot better than going to math and physical science classes for that other degree I wanted once upon a time. Anyway, as I got older and progressed through the program, I started conducting my own research. I started to believe that there really was something to this- the way humans react and learn.
I remember the famous study by Bandura in which he used Bobo dolls to study patterns of aggression and social learning. Look it up if you have no idea what I'm talking about- it's interesting! In it, he found that children do tend to model behaviors based on what they've seen by other children and adults. In addition, many other research projects focus on the influence that media can have on our attitudes. I've always been intrigued by this and one of my own experimental research projects focused on this very thing.
Still, if you had asked me a week ago if I could teach my one year old to eat a larger variety of foods by simply letting him watch a DVD, I'd have said, "Probably not."
Enter
Copy-Kids Media.
I was contacted to review a DVD by fellow mom Cai Dixon. She noticed that her daughter was more likely to eat fruits and veggies if she saw other children doing the same. This revelation came to fruition in a DVD where toddlers are enjoying eating various foods.
Baby K is a little fussy about his foods. He gets in a routine and wants to stick with that in every aspect of his little life. Handing him new food usually results in a toss to the floor. And that's exactly what he did when I handed him an avocado shortly before viewing the DVD.
I cut the avocado in half and placed it on his tray. He isn't a huge fan of avocado. He readily ate it when mixed with a banana, though. Always, always it was pureed. I wasn't very hopeful, but I stuck the DVD in our computer and suddenly he was transfixed to the screen in awe of the other tiny human who was eating an avocado like a champ! Within a minute of watching, Baby K was doing the same. I couldn't believe it.
Could.not.believe. it.
I thought it was likely a fluke so next I switched it to the tomato section of the DVD. K has never had a tomato before but after watching the other kids enjoy it, he did too.
I am so pleased with this DVD. I can't wait to try the other foods listed which are: bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, broccoli, oranges, bananas, raspberries, strawberries, apples, and blueberries.
The DVD has won numerous awards and was approved by the USDA and added to their Education and Training Materials
Database for pre-school nutrition!
Cai Dixon has generously offered up another copy of the DVD for one lucky reader. Please use the Rafflecopter form below to enter for your chance to win!
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(Note: I received a copy of the DVD and offer to provide this giveaway. No monetary compensation was given. All opinions are my own and may differ from yours.)
