Confident Pre-School Eaters Programme
Support your child to move beyond a beige diet - without pressure, battles or bribery
If your child survives on a handful of foods, refuses anything unfamiliar, or mealtimes leave you feeling stressed, worried and exhausted, you’re not alone.
Many parents find themselves preparing separate meals, negotiating over every mouthful, pleading with their child to try something new, worrying about nutrition and wondering if they’re somehow getting it wrong.
Fussy and selective eating is rarely as simple as “they’re just being difficult and they’ll grow out of it” but the good news is that early intervention and with the right help, it can be overcome.
The Confident Pre-School Eaters Programme is a 12-week step-by-step programme created by Award Winning Children’s Dietitian Dr Kirsty Porter to help parents understand why their child struggles with food and how to gently build confidence, flexibility and variety over time.
- No pressure.
- No forcing.
- No food battle .Just practical, evidence-based guidance that helps you support your child with confidence.
Next Programme Starts
Feb 2027
Imagine if mealtimes felt calmer...
- Imagine sitting down to a family meal without feeling anxious about what your child will or won't eat.
- Imagine no longer preparing multiple separate meals every evening.
- Imagine understanding exactly how to respond when your child refuses food instead of second-guessing yourself.
- Imagine seeing your child become more comfortable around new foods, textures and experiences.
Progress isn’t measured by cleaning their plate. It’s measured by confidence, curiosity and positive experiences around food.
This programme is for you if...
- Your child eats a very limited range of foods
- Their diet is mostly beige foods such as white bread, crackers, pasta, cereal, chips or nuggets
- You've tried encouraging, rewarding, bribing or hiding vegetables without success
- Mealtimes feel stressful and unpredictable
- You're worried about whether your child is getting enough nutrition
- You feel judged by family members who think your child is simply being "fussy"
- You're exhausted from making separate meals
- You're overwhelmed by conflicting advice online
- You want expert guidance from a qualified registered children's dietitian with extensive NHS experience across the UK
If that sounds familiar, you’re exactly who this programme was designed for.
Why most approaches don't work
Many parents are told to:
- "Just make them try one bite"
- Use rewards or dessert as a bribe
- Hide vegetables in meals
- Keep negotiating during mealtimes
- Cook several different meals to avoid conflict
While these approaches are well-intentioned, they often increase pressure and anxiety around food, making eating difficulties harder to overcome. The Confident Pre-School Eaters Programme takes a different approach. Instead of focusing ongetting your child to eat more, we focus on helping them feel more comfortable around food.When confidence grows, progress follows.
What you'll gain over the next 12 weeks
Learn how to nourish your child right now
Even if they only eat a limited range of foods, you’ll learn practical ways to support their nutrition while working towards greater variety. You’ll receive guidance on:
- Balanced nutrition for selective eaters
- Whether supplements may be appropriate
- Fortified foods such as breakfast cereals, milk, fruit juices and breads
- Reducing nutritional gaps while progress is happening
Understand why your child refuses certain foods
Discover the role that sensory preferences, development, anxiety, pressure and previous experiences can play in selective eating. Many parents describe this as the moment everything finally starts to make sense
Build a positive relationship with food
Learn what to say, what not to say and how to remove pressure that can unintentionally make eating difficulties worse.
Move beyond a beige diet
Using evidence-based techniques such as food chaining and gradual exposure, you'll learn how to expand your child's accepted foods in a way that feels safe and achievable.
Feel confident when challenges arise
Because progress isn't always linear. You'll know how to respond when illness, holidays, changes in routine or food refusal create setbacks.
Create calmer mealtimes
Reduce stress, arguments and second-guessing while creating a more positive family experience around eating.
Your 12-Week Roadmap
Month 1: Understand What's Really Going On
Before we can create change, we need to understand why your child is struggling.
You’ll complete an audit that helps you see food through your child’s eyes and identify the factors affecting their eating.
For some children, it’s texture.
For others, it’s smell, appearance, pressure, routine or previous experiences.
This month provides the clarity that many parents have been searching for.
Month 2: Build Confidence Around Food
Month 3: Expand Variety & Create Lasting Change
Now it’s time to build flexibility and help your child continue progressing long after the programme ends.
Why Start Now?
Many families spend months – or even years – hoping their child will simply “grow out of it.”
Meanwhile, mealtimes become more stressful, food choices become more limited and parents become increasingly worried about nutrition.
The earlier you start building positive experiences around food, the easier it is to create meaningful change.
Every month you delay is another month of:
- Stressful mealtimes
- Food-related arguments
- Worry about nutrition
- Feeling unsure what to do next
You don’t need to wait until things get worse.
Start today and take the first step towards calmer mealtimes, greater confidence and a child who feels more comfortable around food.
Included Every Month
- Weekly 10-minute bite-sized guidance videos
- Monthly live Q&A with Dr Kirsty
- Supportive parent community
- Practical worksheets, tools and planners
- Lifetime access to all programme materials
£165 or £55 per month x3
Expert guidance. Practical strategies. Realistic progress.
Support your child to become a more confident eater — and finally feel confident yourself.
Enrolment is now closed.
Next Programme Starts Feb 2027.
Join now to secure your place and receive access to all programme materials when the programme begins.