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Hi, I'm Krisi Brackett, MS SLP/CCC this blog is dedicated to current information on pediatric feeding and swallowing issues. Email me at feedingnewsletter@gmail.com with questions.

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Gagging: What You Need to Know About Feeding Baby

July 21, 2017 by Krisi Brackett Leave a Comment

Check out Melanie Potock's article for PARENTS.com Gagging: What You Need to Know About Feeding Baby By Melanie Potock Your baby may gag when learning to eat solid foods, especially with baby led-weaning. Here's when gagging is good—and when you need to be concerned. Baby-led weaning, or baby self-feeding, is more popular than ever when it comes to starting solids. But whether your new Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: General Feeding Information Tagged With: gagging

Can Infants Handle Regular Food Without Choking?

September 21, 2016 by Krisi Brackett 3 Comments

Can Infants Handle Regular Food Without Choking? Interesting news clip....note, you will have to sign up for the med page today alerts to watch http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/60352   Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: Research, Swallowing Tagged With: baby led weaning, choking, gagging

Hypersensitive Gag Reflex and Pediatric Feeding Delays By Donna Scarborough Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S Miami University, Oxford, OH scarbod@muohio.edu

April 3, 2014 by Krisi Brackett 3 Comments

Introduction Historically, two clinical areas in speech pathology have tested the gag reflex response as part of a standard oral mechanism examination including: a) assessment of maximum velopharyngeal excursion (Mason & Simon, 1977; Pannbacker, 1985)   b) bedside evaluations of swallowing (Daniels, McAdam & Brailey, 1997). However, due to the complexity of velar Keep Reading >>

Filed Under: Oral-motor and Sensory Tagged With: feeding problem, gag reflex, gagging, oral hypersensitivity, oral motor

Starting feeding therapy for the child with gagging, vomiting, G-tube feeding and poor oral intake.

March 30, 2014 by Krisi Brackett 3 Comments

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 >>

Filed Under: Case Studies, Feeding Treatment, General Feeding Information Tagged With: feeding problem, feeding therapy, gagging, vomiting

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