Eat, Play, Grow Pediatric Feeding Therapy

Eat, Play, Grow Pediatric Feeding Therapy Feeding and speech therapy focusing on child-led and parent coaching models.

In home and virtual evaluations/treatment sessions with feeding specialist Meredith Coleman, MS CCC-SLP

🥤STRAW DRINKING TIPS🥤Try offering a primed straw with your finger held over the endWait for baby to close their lips aro...
02/20/2023

🥤STRAW DRINKING TIPS🥤

Try offering a primed straw with your finger held over the end

Wait for baby to close their lips around the straw

Once lips are around the straw, release your finger for the liquid to flow

As baby gets the hang of closing their lips around the straw, wait to release your finger until they start to suck.

They will be drinking from the straw in no time!

Does your toddler struggle with stuffing too much food in their mouth like a little chipmunk?! While this can be adorabl...
09/15/2022

Does your toddler struggle with stuffing too much food in their mouth like a little chipmunk?! While this can be adorable, it also poses a choking risk. Using visuals and modeling different size bites can help toddlers understand what bites are safe and which are not safe. Try modeling with these fun animal bites and practicing comparing sizes to help keep your kiddos safe while eating! Follow EPG for more toddler feeding tips 😋🌱

“How much should my child eat?”“Why don’t they eat more?!”“Are they getting enough??””As a pediatric feeding therapist, ...
08/31/2022

“How much should my child eat?”
“Why don’t they eat more?!”
“Are they getting enough??””

As a pediatric feeding therapist, these are questions I hear from caregivers alllll the time. Often our expectations for how much food a toddler eats during mealtime is similar to how much an adult might eat. A big plate of food can be very overwhelming to a toddler. They might think “I have to eat ALL of that?! Nevermind, I’m done”

Here are a few rules of thumb regarding how much food to give your toddler during meals or snacks:

⭐️ Offer 1 tablespoon per year of age, of each of the foods offered

⭐️ Give 3 foods minimum per meal or snack, with 5 foods generally being the maximum

⭐️ Offer at least one protein, one starch, and one fruit or vegetable per meal or snack

AND you can always offer more to your child if they ask and have more of an appetite that day 🌱

Using BUBBLES 🫧 to promote speech development!🌱 Improves joint attention: a foundation skill kids need to develop langua...
08/30/2022

Using BUBBLES 🫧 to promote speech development!

🌱 Improves joint attention: a foundation skill kids need to develop language. Or having your kiddo look back and forth between you and the item you’re playing with! Pausing right before you blow the bubbles is a great way to get that good good eye contact 🫧👀🫧

Follow for more pediatric speech and feeding tips!

Eat Play Grow is partnering with the Tot Spot for toddler and pre-k feeding groups and parent education! Come check out ...
07/28/2022

Eat Play Grow is partnering with the Tot Spot for toddler and pre-k feeding groups and parent education! Come check out the open house for more info 🍎🌱🍽

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