Adventures in Veggieland by Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP Check out this new and creative book on teaching children to venture in to the world of vegetables. I will confess I got a sneak peak a few months back. What I love the most is that the vegetables are introduced by seasons. This book is filled with beautiful pictures, creative activities, and yummy recipes. While we have been Keep Reading >>
How to Use Purees in Feeding Therapy
Why do we use purees in feeding therapy? To improve intake of food with an easy texture. To stimulate midline and lateral tongue movement (pre-exercise for chewing) To introduce new textures and flavors in an easy to manipulate form. This post is inspired by my latest trainee who said one of her take home messages after spending this past week with our feeding team was the benefits Keep Reading >>
Hello and Happy New Year!
Hello and Happy New Year! I hope everyone is getting off to a great start to their New Year! I want to sincerely thank everyone for their support of this blog. Each year I have doubled or even tripled my blog traffic and it has been a lot of fun as well as educational for me to interact with clinicians and families form all over the world. So, Thank You! I want to let you know some of the Keep Reading >>
Differentiating milk allergy (IgE and non-IgE mediated) from lactose intolerance: understanding the underlying mechanisms and presentations
Differentiating milk allergy (IgE and non-IgE mediated) from lactose intolerance: understanding the underlying mechanisms and presentations by Joanne Walsh, Rosan Meyer, Neil Shah, James Quekett, and Adam Fox. Children with food allergy and, in particular, infants with suspected adverse reactions to cow’s milk, commonly present to primary care. It is thought that 6–8% of children aged <3 Keep Reading >>
Autism studies hampered by lack of reliable test for gut problems
Autism studies hampered by lack of reliable test for gut problems BY DANIELE FALLIN, CALLIOPE HOLING , original post at spectrumnews.org In his first description of autism in 1943, Leo Kanner described children with social problems, repetitive behaviors and language difficulties. But one more feature in his description would become a mainstay of autism: gastrointestinal distress1,2. Read Keep Reading >>
Should You Be Worried About the Arsenic in Your Baby Food?
By RONI CARYN RABIN, DEC. 7, 2017, The New York Times Rice cereal is often a baby’s first solid food, but it contains relatively high amounts of arsenic, a source of growing concern. Now an advocacy group reports that while the levels of this potentially toxic substance in infant rice cereals have dropped slightly in recent years, rice cereals still contain six times more inorganic arsenic, on Keep Reading >>
Learning in Feeding Therapy
by Jenny McGlothlin MS, SLP-CCC, CLC “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -Benjamin Franklin As I finish my 16th year as a feeding therapist, I have come to realize that I have learned a few things about learning. Learning is at the crux of what I do every day. Helping parents understand how learning to eat happens and teaching them how to transition Keep Reading >>
Feeding Flock News
I love being apart of this wonderful group of researchers! Read about the Feeding Flock in Carolina Nursing, pages 12-15 https://nursing.unc.edu/files/2017/10/Carolina-Nursing-Fall2017-v9-WEB.pdf Keep Reading >>
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