I'll give you the answer first: a child's diet texture should be appropriate for their oral skill level. Sounds so obvious right? I've seen this scenario many times... a child is referred for a feeding evaluation because of poor eating (not eating enough), choking with meals, pocketing or expelling foods, or having prolonged meal time. Parents are at their wits end, they don't know Keep Reading >>
Starting feeding therapy for the child with gagging, vomiting, G-tube feeding and poor oral intake.
I want to share some simple ideas for assessing children with feeding disorders, specifically toddlers with feeding difficulty, g-tube dependence, or food refusal/ extreme picky eating and prioritizing intervention. Think about the whole child when assessing. The oral motor pattern is the last thing you should address(I realize this is the opposite of what most of us have been Keep Reading >>
Ask the Dietician: Comments on recommending infant formulas by Sharon Wallace, RD, CSP, LDN
This post comes from my colleague Sharon, one of the dieticians on our feeding team, in reference to Martina's comment and question on how best to recommend a special formula and how to convince parents to try something new that is more expensive.-Krisi From Sharon: What I would add to Krisi's response is that there are now so many different 'hydrolyzed formulas" on the market that it 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 >>
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