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 >>
Know the flow, don’t go with the flow! by Britt Pados PhD(c), RN, NNP-BC, bpados@email.unc.edu.
Parents often ask – “what is the best nipple to use for bottle-feeding my baby?” For most healthy, full-term babies, it really might not matter. Most of these babies will be able to manage the flow from any bottle nipple intended for newborns. Healthy, full-term babies are able to reduce sucking pressure or alter their sucking rate to manage milk flow. These babies also tend to have Keep Reading >>
Part One: Interview with Mary E. Schiavoni, MS, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist, Feeding Consultant, Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Therapist
1. What is your background and what led to the design of the Chewy Tube? From the earliest days of my professional career I have had an interest in specializing in the pediatric field, working with children having special needs. In addition to my educational preparation as a Speech and Language Pathologist, I also acquired certification as an Elementary Education Teacher, and in the area of Keep Reading >>
Using Gross Motor for Oral Motor – How Trunk Turning Exercises Can Improve Tongue Lateralization by Debbie Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP, owner & inventor www.ARKTherapeutic.com
The author, Debbie Lowsky, MS CCC-SLP gave permission for this article to reposted here. Looking at gross motor skills in relation to oral motor skills is an important concept. Developmentally, a child achieves trunk rotation before lateralization in the mouth. Therefore, It make sense that using exercises that develop rotation can help with the progression toward chewing. I also use rotation Keep Reading >>
Solid food dysphagia in pediatrics- what does it mean?
Some children will be referred for a feeding and swallowing evaluation because of solid food dysphagia or difficulty swallowing solids. Caregivers might describe coughing, choking or gagging on solid food during mealtime. What does this mean and how should it be evaluated? Solid food dysphagia can be related to several different etiologies. GI Issues: In adult patients, solid food Keep Reading >>
How To Examine A Baby For Tongue-tie or Lip-Tie by Bobby Ghaheri, from the website DRGHAHERI.COM
I came across Dr. Ghaheri's website DRGHAHERI.COM after reading one of his blogs posted on the website Ages and Stages, http://www.agesandstages.net/. He generously gave me permission to re-post one of his blogs here on examining infants for tongue and lip tie. I am often asked about the frenulectomy's by parents, this website has been very helpful. Great information for feeding Keep Reading >>
Aversive Feeding Behavior: Getting full mouth opening for the spoon and why it’s worth the trouble
Many children with feeding difficulty have aversive feeding behaviors or learned refusal patterns around the act of eating or feeding. I often tell my students that if a child doesn't want to eat, you can't make them. By the time children come to our feeding team, many caregivers have tried multiple ways to get there kids to eat. Usually they have tried force feeding and/or letting the child get Keep Reading >>
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