At Let’s Eat! we often get asked by parents and professionals about our feeding approach. After working in the industry for 18 years, I have refined and developed our Let’s Eat! approach so that it continues to be evidence based and clinically delivers the feeding outcomes that parents want. We use a responsive feeding approach […]
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Let’s take a chill pill with the healthy school initiative…. I am appealing to you as a Feeding Speech Pathologist and parent (with a personal story)
Let’s take a chill pill with the healthy eating initiative – I am appealing to you as a Feeding Speech Pathologist and parent (with a personal story). The media has been full of stories about junk food bans on lunch boxes and canteens with every social media opinion on top of that! Now I understand […]
Part 2: Reducing mealtime battles and improving fussy eating.
Part 2 – As you know, one month ago I started following Ellyn Satter’s division of responsibility principles to the letter and you would have seen in my first post, the videos of what “not to do” and “what is recommended”. Thank you for all the positive feedback with part 1 of this blog, I […]
Reducing the mealtime battles and fussy eating – ‘Division of responsibility’ (Ellyn Satter) in real life.
As you know I recently attended the 3 day Ellyn Satter Australian tour in early September looking at The Feeding Relationship and Eating Competence. The 3 days were great and I have preached her wise words particularly on the Division of Responsibility (DOR) for years. But I walked away with several questions running through my mind and […]
The role of a Speech Pathologist in feeding difficulties
I was so lucky to be asked to do a guest blog post for The Mummy Project, check out the blog post here: http://themummyproject.com/the-role-of-a-speech-pathologist-in-feeding-difficulties/
Healthy muffin recipe for toddlers (and learning to chew bubs)
When treating toddlers with chewing difficulties, I always struggle with “easy to chew” snack ideas. There are only so many cruskits and sweet biscuits you can have and the reality is that most families will have a combination of fruits, cheeses, yoghurts with the occasional muffin as snack options. So my goal was to make […]
Tongue Ties – will it affect your child’s feeding skills and speech skills?
Babies with tongue ties (medically termed as “Ankyloglossia”) are one of the common referrals Paediatric Feeding Speech Pathologists get. They are usually diagnosed at birth and regardless of feeding method, most mothers worry about the impact of their baby’s tongue tie on feeding and speech development. Source of picture: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/medical/IM04660 Is it common? The incidence of […]
Dummies, Dummies, Dummies – A Speech Pathology perspective.
Will dummies help or hinder feeding and speech development? I was recently chatting with some new mums about the facts and myths behind dummies. If you think about it, dummies have a long history. The first mention of them was in Germany in the 1500s but excavations of ancient burial sites show evidence of clay dummies […]
Fussy eater or Resistant eater, how do you tell the difference? My top 10 tips
I am often asked about fussy eaters in my practice, “Let’s Eat! Paediatric Speech Pathology”. It seems like everyone has an opinion on fussy eating and parents frequently feel like they have to trawl through the internet looking for strategies before seeking any professional help. There is actually a difference between fussy eaters and resistant eaters. […]
When to introduce solids to your baby?
To start or not to start – the introduction of solids… The conundrum! When should I start my baby on solids is a question posed to Paediatric Feeding Speech Pathologists, Doctors and Baby Health nurses nearly every day. When I answer it in my practice, ‘Let’s Eat! Paediatric Speech Pathology’, I find that it’s not […]