When I found out that I was going to have a daughter, my first baby, I was in tears.

It was all because I was terrified that she would go down and eating disorder, slash

dieting body hatred path that I had lived.

And I didn't tell anyone that.

I didn't admit that for many, many years.

I, of course, was so excited to meet her and I love being a mom to two girls.

And I think I was given two girls for that reason to kind of address that own fear in

myself.

And not that, you know, boys can't go through this exact same thing either.

But I was so worried that I would pass on my own crap to my daughters.

Our relationship with food is loaded and it starts at a really young age.

I don't know many people who don't have some type of personal story around their relationship

with food, around their relationship to their body or how those all played out in their

own childhood with their own parent.

And actually being a parent has been so healing for me because I can do it differently.

I have the knowledge and the background to know how to help them develop a healthy relationship

with food, help them have a healthier way of interacting with and feeling about their

bodies that I grew up with.

Megan McNamy is a registered dietitian nutritionist, specializing in maternal child nutrition, food

sensitivities, and eating disorder prevention.

You might know her better as one of the brains behind the Instagram account feeding little's.

If you have a baby starting solids or small children struggling with picky eating or if

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