Feeding Therapy

Feeding therapy is a service provided to children that have difficulties eating. This is often a collaborative effort between occupational therapy and speech therapy to determine the underlying problems that are causing the difficulties with eating. These problems could be related to undiagnosed or underlying medical issues such as a tongue tie or acid reflux, poor oral motor skills, 

sensory processing, or behavior. 

 

Signs that your child might have a feeding problem include, but are not limited to: 

• Poor weight gain or weight loss 

• Choking, gagging, or coughing during feeding 

• Frequent vomiting after meals 

• Avoiding a specific food texture OR only eating one texture of food

• Eats less than 20 food consistently 

• More than one episode of nasal reflux (vomiting out of their nose)

• Difficulty transitioning to puree or baby foods by 10 months old 

• Difficulty taking table food by 12 months old 

• Difficulty transitioning from the breast or bottle to a cup by 16 months old 

• Unable to wean off baby food by 16 months old 

• You feel as though your child is a “picky” eater 

• Mealtime is a battle 

 

Thrive’s multi-disciplinary approach allows for a thorough process to ensure that all factors are being taken into consideration before establishing a treatment plan and goals for your child. Most importantly, detailed and rigorous family training, input, and follow through helps to create progress and meet goals to improve the feeding experience for both the child and family.