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November 16, 2020

Suggestions for Transitioning to Table Foods

New eaters should remain on single ingredient foods for at least 3-5 days. After your baby has a small variety of single ingredient foods that they enjoy, begin to vary their diet. Be sure to change only one element of the food at a time. Changeable Food Elements: Texture Shape and size Temperature Taste Color Remember to

November 12, 2020

Oral Apraxia

The ability to tell your body how to move smoothly and efficiently to do what you want it to is called motor planning. Children who can’t plan how to move their mouths to chew and speak may have oral Apraxia or other difficulty with sensory feedback. This third category of children stuff too much food

December 14, 2017

Lack of time on tummy shown to hinder achievement

APTA recommendations in line with survey findings ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 6, 2008—The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging parents and caregivers to ensure that babies get enough “tummy time” throughout the day while they are awake and supervised, in light of a recent survey of therapists who say they’ve noticed an increase in motor

December 9, 2017

Mealtime Minefields

How to go from mealtime minefields to table top diplomacy. Is your family fighting at the dinner table? Would you like to stop the fighting? Mealtime squabbles can be over food, over manners, or other behaviors. Fighting at mealtime certainly does not lead to family togetherness, or peaceful eating. Many times the discontent is because parents are concerned that