Question to the Blog About Feeding Preterm Infants in the NICU: My observation, like other therapists, is that many of the micro preemies and/or babies that have had very involved respiratory issues and complex treatment needs because of these issue, often require increased sensory input related to feeding (temperature variance, thickened consistency). What we have observed is that these Keep Reading >>
Visualizing Infant Feeding with nfant Feeding Solution
Visualizing infant feeding with nfant Feeding Solution: by Amanda A. Peeler MCD, CCC-SLP; Account Manager East for Nfant Labs, LLC. Blog Note: I saw this system demonstrated at a feeding conference and asked Amanda if she would write a post explaining it and what it can do. Thank you Amanda! As a speech language pathologist in the neonatal ICU, I have personally experienced the Keep Reading >>
Manipulating Feeding Schedules to Improve Intake
We (me and a dietician) recently saw a medically complex child with who was refusing her bottle. Her mother expressed extreme frustration with feeding time stating that she had to sing and dance in order for her child to take her bottle. Bottles took 45 minutes to an hour with frequent refusals and pulling off of the nipple. It was so exhausting she had returned to NG feeds for the last feed of Keep Reading >>
Ideas for transitioning off of a feeding tube
Ideas for transitioning off of a feeding tube From Dr. John Baker, Pediatric GI I recently received an email from the mother of a child who was fed via NG tube and refusing to orally feed. Her doctor was recommending a G-tube but she was interested in getting a second opinion and avoiding surgery. I was able to put her in touch with an SLP, Jenny Hyatt McGlothlin, author of Helping Your Keep Reading >>
App’s that can be used in Feeding Therapy
If you are against using an IPAD during feeding therapy, STOP reading here. See you for the next post. If you use an IPAD for therapy to encourage fun with food games, familiarity with foods or to encourage eating as a distraction tool, I’ve assembled a list of app’s about healthy eating and apps that expose kids to foods and provide education about food groups. Some apps I use and some I Keep Reading >>
Feeding Therapy Thoughts
A question for feeding therapists? Are you providing feeding therapy with parents present? Are you working closely with caregivers to understand their goals as well as provide teaching and training to build their feeding skills? Each patient has the unique opportunity of teaching us something as therapists and really as human beings if we let them. As therapists, we have an interesting Keep Reading >>
Incorporating complementary Traditional Chinese Medicine into a Multidisciplinary Feeding Program
Incorporating complementary Traditional Chinese Medicine into a Multidisciplinary Feeding Program by Dr. Mitchell Katz, MD http://www.choc.org/programs-services/feeding-program/ At CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange, California, we approach the evaluation and treatment of children with feeding problems with an individualized and multidisciplinary approach. Children enter our intensive Keep Reading >>
Hunger vs. Starving During Tube Weaning
by SABINE MARINSCHEK Reposted with permission from No tube, https://notube.com The most frequently discussed aspect of tube weaning is the reduction of tube feeding. Should the amount of nutrition be reduced and, if so, how much and how fast? Raging myths abound and range from, ,,the child will suffer severely” to ,,further development will be compromised” or even ,,there might be Keep Reading >>
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