Know the flow, don’t go with the flow! by Britt Pados PhD(c), RN, NNP-BC, bpados@email.unc.edu. I have had multiple requests for the charts on nipple flow rates which are hard to see in the original post. I have added a pdf link under each chart. If you click on the pdf link it will open up the chart in a new page.I will also add the links here. Pados Graph 1 for Blog Post PDF-2 Keep Reading >>
Childhood Food Allergies: Exploring the Facts and Myths
Internationally renowned pediatric food allergy expert, Dr. Wesley Burks, chief physician of N.C. Children’s Hospital and chair of the UNC Department of Pediatrics, sat down for an insightful interview exploring the facts and myths of childhood food allergies. Q: Is the “explosion” in childhood food allergies a real phenomenon or is there simply a perception that food allergies are on the Keep Reading >>
Ideas for Transitioning off of a G-tube
When a child is referred for feeding therapy to transition off of a feeding tube, what is the best intervention strategy? The best answer is the one that works in the most efficient way possible! In all honesty, there is no standard approach to transitioning off of a feeding tube. There are many different approaches that range from: reducing tube feeding volumes to encourage Keep Reading >>
Lessons from the Best: Supporting Your Fellow Therapists by Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP
When Krisi asked me to write something for her blog about feeding therapy, I thought about all the various aspects of helping kids to eat: the physiological and/or medical concerns, the sensory piece, the motor skills and the learned behaviors. But what keeps popping into my head are the lessons I learned from many expert clinicians, like Krisi. (She’s turning red right now, but let me Keep Reading >>
Question about Tongue Tip Elevation in the Preterm Infant by Catherine Shaker, MS/CCC-SLP, BCS-S
QUESTION: I am posting this for a colleague that works in our NICU department; we'd appreciate any insight you might have! "Can there be significance to infants with tongue tip elevation as the preferred position while at rest? We currently have two infants on our NICU caseload that consistently hold this position. It is interfering with feeding as the infants both root but will Keep Reading >>
Solutions for Retching by Susan Agrawal, the editor of Complex Child
Solutions for Retching by Susan Agrawal, the editor of Complex Child, http://www.complexchild.com/ Complex Child is a monthly online magazine written by parents of children with special healthcare needs and disabilities. It is intended to provide medical information, along with personal experiences, in simple language that other parents can understand. Articles are on a wide variety of topics Keep Reading >>
Working on Cup Drinking: The Benefits of Using an Open Cup
When it is time to start working on cup drinking, I typically start with an open cup. Every child's situation is unique and must be considered individually when making the decision about which cup to use. These are typical scenarios where an open cup may be beneficial: The child refuses the cup and is solely dependent on bottle or breast feeding. The child will drink water in Keep Reading >>
WHAT BABY FOOD JARS DON’T TELL YOU ABOUT INTRODUCING FOODS Diane Bahr, MS, CCC-SLP, Feeding Specialist
The Problem Parents often receive little instruction about “when and how to introduce foods and liquids” to their babies. They mostly rely on their pediatricians who give them the best information they have during “well baby” visits. Then parents turn to family and friends who themselves have limited knowledge and experience. Baby food manufacturers also place minimal guidelines on their Keep Reading >>
Bottle or Breast Feeding Dependence and Transitioning to a Cup
Cup Transition For most children, the recommendation to transition from the bottle to cup is typically around 1 year. Prolonged bottle use can cause: tooth decay or bite malformation may encourage your child to drink much more milk than he needs may find it hard to Keep Reading >>
The Failure to Thrive Pediatric Feeding Disorders by Cathleen Piazza, Ph.D. and Jennifer Dawson, M.A.
I want to thank Dr. Piazza for giving permission to repost this article.It was originally printed in Paradigm Magazine, • Fall 2000, pg. 8-9. It's one of my favorites. Krisi “Don’t worry, she’ll eat when she gets hungry” is the common assumption of most practitioners working with pediatric populations. Even though this adage applies to the majority of infants and toddlers, there is a Keep Reading >>
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