If you’re concerned about the variety of foods your child is eating, one of the best tools you can use when you meet with your pediatrician to discuss the issue is a food inventory. And, if you’re referred on for a feeding evaluation, having a completed food inventory...

When I arrive to work with a new baby, I’m almost always the recipient of a puzzled expression when I introduce myself as “Tanya from Speech Therapy.” What in the world is someone from speech therapy going to do with this little one who obviously won’t be speaking for...

How is a feeding problem like an ogre? In the wise words of Shrek, “Ogres are like onions. They have layers.” I’ve never met a feeding problem that didn’t also have layers… at least as many layers as an onion! And as we begin to peel away the layers we often discover...

When the whole casserole is scarier than the sum of its parts This topic comes up all the time in feeding therapy: My child won’t eat mixed foods! Mixed foods are a challenge for many kids (and adults if we get right down to it). But why? For those of us that are...