Feeding and Swallowing Therapy
Feeding Therapy
If mealtimes are painful instead of playful and your child is having a particularly hard time eating, there may be more going on than just “picky eating”. Feeding Therapy can help.
You deserve to have pleasurable eating experiences together.
**For chewing and swallowing problems related to myofunctional difficulties, please refer to Orofacial Myofunctional Treatment.
What do feeding difficulties
look like?
While this isn’t a comprehensive list and can’t diagnose your child, it can give you an idea of what may indicate a feeding difficulty:
Difficulty transitioning from breast/bottle feeding to solid foods
Food refusal, limited food repertoire, or avoidance of whole food groups
Stress during mealtimes
Gagging, choking, or vomiting during meals
Difficulty chewing and swallowing (can be taking forever to chew food or does not chew food enough!)
Difficulty drinking from a straw or a cup
Messy eating – food or drink falling out of the mouth
Underweight/slowed growth
If you’re concerned about any of these or you just feel like something isn’t right, contact us and we’ll set up an evaluation!
How We Can Help:
We assess and determine needs for every client.
We recommend the ideal tools and environment for ideal positioning, mouth play, and approaches to improve and encourage tongue movement, chewing, and drinking.
We provide opportunities and strategies for families to expose their children to new foods gradually and safely.
We collaborate with other professionals that are working with your child (pediatrician, OT, nutritionist, etc.). We have a large network of referral partners.
We make eating fun again for you and your child!