At UNC Hospitals, I do about 7 new feeding evals each week. 5 of these are with our pediatric feeding team which includes speech, GI and nutrition and 2 are scheduled as a speech pathology/feeding evaluation. The evals are scheduled based on the doctor's referral so they come in earmarked for feeding team or written for a speech path feeding eval. I've been making a mental note of the Keep Reading >>
Neuroanatomy Review Relative to Swallowing: Part II Susan G. Butler, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Review of the Cranial Nerves We Assess Indirectly During Oral Mechanism Examinations Cranial Nerve V: Trigeminal • The Trigeminal Nerve emerges from the pons of the brainstem. It has both motor and sensory components. Motor: Supplies muscles of mastication and some of the suprahyoid muscles (i.e., anterior belly of digastric, mylohyoid) that facilitate hyolaryngeal elevation. Keep Reading >>
Transitioning past a suckle oral transport pattern
By Cathy Fox MS OT/L & Krisi Brackett MS SLP/CCC Children with feeding problems often get stuck in the suckle oral transport pattern and have difficulty advancing to higher level oral skills. The suckle is a normal transitional pattern that emerges as a child transitions from lower to higher level oral skills. It is important to determine what is blocking the child from advancing to Keep Reading >>
Soy Protein-Based Formulas in Infant Feeding- use them or not?
Traditionally, soy protein-based formulas have been recommended as an alternative to cow's milk formula when an infant presents with colic or suspected intolerance or allergy. However, there is evidence and caution moving away from recommendations to use a soy and now indicating a better choice would be to trial a hydrolyzed formula. See below for information regarding the concerns for use of soy Keep Reading >>
The Enteric Nervous System
I saw this posted on the dysphagia list serve from Renee Campbell and thought I would repost: For information about the relationship between the CNS and the digestive system an excellent review is available at: The Enteric Nervous System http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Enteric_nervous_system#Organisation_and_relationships John B. Furness (2007), Scholarpedia, 2(10):4064. Keep Reading >>
Baby Led Weaning
Baby Led Weaning Recently, I have had several parents and friends ask me my opinion about Baby Led Weaning (BLW). Baby Led Weaning is defined on the BLW website as “letting your child feed themselves from the very start of weaning” meaning at the start of adding solids into their diet. The website shows a picture of an infant, around 6-7 months, self feeding a pork chop. Having Keep Reading >>
Welcome to Pediatric Feeding News!
I want to welcome you to pediatric feeding news! You have most likely found yourself here because you work in the area of pediatric feeding or you are interested in feeding issues and want more information on how to intervene. Some of you have received my newsletter in the past and I want to welcome you back! I have really missed putting the newsletter together and I am excited to start the Keep Reading >>
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