serving dessert probably doesn't seem that complicated until you have kids. Then you start to wonder,

how often should they be having this? When do I offer it? Do they need to finish their dinner in order

to get it? Do I want to handle dessert the same way my parents did? Or does something feel off about that

approach? Today's episode is answering a listener question from Natalie.

Hi, Natalie. She's wondering about when to let her kids have dessert, how often, and whether

they need to eat their main dish to get it.

Welcome back or welcome in if this is your first time here to feeding toddlers made easy.

I'm Casey Barnes from Mom and No's Nutrition. I'm a registered dietitian nutrition. I have a master of

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Or you want recipes, there's recipes. We've got it all. Okay, let's hear from Natalie.

Hi, my name is Natalie and I have three little girls, a six-year-old, a four-year-old, and a one-and-a-half-year-old.

My question is, what's your advice in terms of dessert?

Like, you know, I've heard somebody else say, you know, you shouldn't tie dessert with

how much dinner they're eating.

It's either a dessert night or it's not a dessert night.

And I tried that for a while, but something just feels so long about giving them dessert,

letting them eat dessert, and they didn't even touch or try or just look at the main dish

on their plate.

And it'd be one thing is that was every once in a while with my two older girls, but with my middle one in particular to the four-year-old, it is literally every meal.

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