When is Feeding Therapy Necessary?

When is Feeding Therapy Necessary?

When is Feeding Therapy Necessary? Mealtimes can be a source of joy and connection for families, but they can also be filled with stress and worry, especially when a child’s eating habits deviate from what’s considered ‘typical’. In such cases,...
Introduction to Starting Solids

Introduction to Starting Solids

Introduction to Starting Solids A (very) brief introduction to starting solids with your tamariki.  When should I start solids?  The World Health Organization recommends beginning solids around 6 months, once your child show signs of  Sitting without support (for a...
Speech Therapy role in Feeding Therapy

Speech Therapy role in Feeding Therapy

Speech and Language Therapists play a crucially important role in the feeding therapy team, we have expanded our service to now include speech and language therapy to our Multidisciplinary feeding team.  Speech and Language Therapists tend to predominately support...
Paediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) Diagnostic Assessments

Paediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) Diagnostic Assessments

Paediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) Diagnostic Assessments    This month is Paediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) awareness month. PFD is defined as impaired oral intake that is not age-appropriate, and is associated with medical, nutritional, feeding skill, and/or...
Parental Mental Health during Feeding Challenges

Parental Mental Health during Feeding Challenges

Parental Mental Health Month The month of March brings awareness to Parental Mental Health, a hugely important topic, particularly regarding raising a child experiencing Paediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD). A quote from Feeding Matters, an organization raising awareness...
Navigating the School Lunch Box

Navigating the School Lunch Box

Children with Fussy Eating and/or Paediatric Feeding Disorder (and their parents) can find the school lunch box a place of worry, stress, and uncertainty.   Are there going to be foods that I know I can eat? Are my teachers and peers going to ask me how much I...
When to seek help?

When to seek help?

When do I need feeding therapy? What flags should I look out for? When is it more than just Fussy Eating?  These are frequently asked questions parents are asking as to when feeding therapy is needed. For some of our tamariki their feeding therapy journey begins very...
Fussy Eating and the Holidays

Fussy Eating and the Holidays

Fussy eating and the holidays  Children experiencing Fussy Eating, Paediatric Feeding Disorder (PFD) or ARFID, often find the holidays overwhelming and stressful. Caregivers of children experiencing feeding challenges, also find the holidays extremely stressful and...
Occupational Therapy role in Feeding Therapy

Occupational Therapy role in Feeding Therapy

This blog is dedicated to my favourite profession (biasedly because it is my profession), which is Occupational Therapy! Typically, a dietician or speech therapist is sought after regarding feeding therapy, while their role is important, an Occupational Therapy role...
Feeding challenges and mental health

Feeding challenges and mental health

Looking after our mental health in times of stress   Fussy eating and feeding challenges can cause a lot of stress for caregivers. Our mental health is important and supporting it directly impacts feeding and mealtimes. I don’t know about you but the things we...