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Hi, I'm Krisi Brackett, PhD, CCC-SLP,C/NDT. This blog is dedicated to current information on pediatric feeding and swallowing issues. Email me at feedingnewsletter@gmail.com with questions.
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To All of my Feeding Friends, I want to wish you a Happy New Year! I want to thank you for all that you do for our clients and families. If you are a parent or caregiver, hang in there, we understand the road is challenging. I hope everyone was able to take to take some time for yourself and your family over the holidays and that you feel refreshed going into 2019! Highlights for my local Keep Reading >>
I'm sure this will be an amazing course for those of you near Tucson! The Get Permission Approach to Anxious Eaters/Anxious Mealtimes Marsha Dunn Klein, MEd, OTR/L, FAOTA The focus of this course is on helping anxious eaters, worried eaters. When children are anxious eaters, mealtimes become stressful for whole families. These children may be extremely picky Keep Reading >>
This information was sent to me from Dr. Brown to share with blog readers. In full disclosure, I do use the Dr. Brown Bottle system with my patients as well as several other types/brands of bottle systems and nipples. I thought this was interesting info and wanted to pass this on. Lisa Kleinz was nice enough to answer 2 questions for me at the end. Krisi Optimize Infant Keep Reading >>
Pados BF. Symptoms of problematic feeding in children with CHD compared to healthy peers. Cardiol Young. 2018 Nov 20:1-10. The purpose of this study was to describe symptoms of problematic feeding in children with CHD compared to healthy children without medical conditions,. Oral feeding was measured by the Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool. This secondary analysis used data collected from Keep Reading >>
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE disease) in Children Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an inflammatory condition in which the wall of the esophagus becomes filled with large numbers of white blood cells called eosinophils. Read more here: https://www.gikids.org/content/5/en/eosinophilic-esophagitis?fbclid=IwAR1uIoiYhqn9c9-ZjiD0p5eBg33RBFALF3tPPcZlY4V4bB9CwTkfAxqK3-M Keep Reading >>
Kids & Open Cup Drinking: Try this Tip! from Melanie Potock Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHWOXhLjYrE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3iVpCi4423qKIjVC2Mr7MD4gTFhF1cA1i5zOOR1B_0NF4kuBCNTFktHq4 Keep Reading >>
5 Of The Best Pieces Of Advice On Feeding Children I’ve Ever Received by Maryanne Jacobsen from https://maryannjacobsen.com Jill Castle and I (my coauthor) just finished the final edits of the second edition of Fearless Feeding. Going through the book got me thinking about how much great advice I’ve received through the years. I’ve had the honor of interviewing some of the best Keep Reading >>
Move over, peanuts: Milk allergy more common in kids, study says Milk is the most common food allergy for children under 5, but a new study says many cases are not diagnosed and parents are unprepared. By Avichai Scher Peanuts get a lot of attention, but the most common food allergy for kids under 5? Milk. In a study released on Friday, researchers found that milk allergy affects over Keep Reading >>