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Parenting in the Rain, Episode 9 Helping Picky Eaters Try New, Healthy Foods with Jill Castle In This Episode:   Jill Castle is America’s Childhood Nutrition Expert.  She is a registered dietitian/nutritionist and a childhood nutrition expert. With over 25 years of experience with babies, toddlers, children and teens, in a variety of settings from private practice and consulting to author and writer.   Jill has 4 children, so she knows what it is like to feed healthy meals to kiddos on a busy schedule. In this episode, Jill gives us some practical tips that we can use to successfully take on the issue of picky eating in our families. Always make sure that when you feed your child, you include a “safe” food in the selection.  This increases the child’s comfort zone and likeliness to try new foods. Tasting a new food could be smelling, kissing, licking, etc...  Every, little step along the way is progress. Being patient with your child is SO important.  The more pressure that you put on your child, the more re