Cooking with your child can help gain many great benefits. First and foremost, it is a nice way to have fun with your child, despite the possible mess. Cooking develops a variety of good skills including: Exploring and discovery – it can help get children to open up to new smells, textures,... read more →
Sep
19
May
06
A Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) can be a very useful tool in feeding therapy, especially for nonverbal children. It provides picture boards that parents can download or create and use as games to engage children in planning and preparing meals. The boards can be made into games or social... read more →
May
03
Feeding disorders include problems gathering food and getting ready to suck, chew, or swallow it. For example, a child who cannot pick up food and get it to her mouth or cannot completely close her lips to keep food from falling out of her mouth may have a feeding disorder.... read more →
Apr
26
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Apr
14
Many articles and professionals suggest that babies start eating solids at 4-6 months. I have many reasons why I believe that six months of age is the best age to begin with solid foods. At six months your baby has more time to mature and reach developmental milestones, acquire better... read more →
Apr
07
Surprisingly, no- not really! A good look at the nutrition labels will prove this. These statistics come right from the packages at the market. Let’s begin with the “grab and go” varieties. Those squeezable packages offer no muss/no fuss feeding, but do they actually nourish your child? The pouches of... read more →
Apr
07
Seriously! You need to monitor your child’s output nearly as carefully as you do his or her intake. You can learn a lot from it, and use what you learn to prevent or repair feeding issues. No, you don’t need a pair of gloves and a microscope. You don’t have... read more →
Apr
07
When, why and how your child eats will affect his or her entire life. And you, as the parent, have the important job of guiding behavior in their early, formative years. It’s not an easy job, either. Often, the ways you, as a parent, use food is to make YOUR... read more →
Apr
07
For a child to develop healthy eating habits, there must be substantial involvement and effort from the parents. They must take charge of their child’s eating behaviors if they want to avoid future problems, like overeating or extreme pickiness at mealtime. Habit…that’s the key! Children are creatures of habit, as... read more →