Founded by Valerie Gent, Let's Eat! Feeding Therapy is a Newcastle based Private Paediatric Feeding intervention service for babies and children from birth to adolescence.
Feeding difficulties in babies and children can be very stressful for parents as well as their child. The goal of Let's Eat! is to empower the family to be able to understand and respond to the feeding difficulties their child may present with. Treatment is clinic based but home and school visits can be arranged with an additional travel fee.
The team at Let's Eat is passionate about feeding difficulties, we love working with families in a practical and team focused way.
We look forward to working with you too!
Starting Solids: Keeping safe with Baby-led Weaning
Welcome to part 2 of our “starting solids” blog. In the last post we focused on the more traditional “parent-led weaning” approach. You can check this one out here: Starting solids, parent-led weaning or baby-led weaning? – Let’s Eat! Feeding Therapy. This post will look at a feeding approach
Starting solids, parent-led weaning or baby-led weaning?
There is so much information online about starting your baby on solids which can make it very confusing and challenging to know where to start. Step one is determining whether your baby is ready… The World Health Organisation recommends starting solids by 6 months, but not before 4 months.
Paediatric Feeding Disorders (PFD) – the new diagnostic term..
Paediatric Feeding Disorders and why you may see us using this term in your child’s feeding reports. Up until recently, if you had a child with a feeding difficulty, your health providers may have termed it differently. A Speech Pathologist might have called it “delayed oral motor skills” while
How can I get feeding therapy for my child when I can’t go to a clinic in this COVID-19 telehealth world?
Getting feeding therapy for your child in this COVID-19 climate.
What I don’t recommend doing when you come to eat with your fussy eater…
Today in our Let’s Eat Team meeting, Ashleigh and I talked about fussy eaters and mealtime stress. The phrase of “parents provide and children decide” is commonly used and forms the platform of how we work with families. This phrase was coined by Ellyn Satter in her Division of
Swallowing tablets? Do you or your child have difficulties with it?
Do you know this is a question I often get asked and I know when I worked in acute hospitals, I often got asked by doctors to help patients with their meds. When a cousin recently asked me, I struggled to find a lot of information online and then
Are mealtimes a cause of stress in your household?
Here is my 6 step plan on how to serve it up and hopefully enjoy that family meal. We were all little once and as parents now, we serve up meals on what we know and often how we were served as children. This could be pre-plating and sitting
Practice makes perfect
Practice made perfect is the title of a journal article published in 2008. Although this article is now 12 years old, it is a good one that gives us as therapists and parents important information about how a child learns about a food. In our clinic, we often see
We are looking for a new therapist to join our team!
For the first time ever- this job position is open to a Speech Pathologist OR an Occupational Therapist. The catch is? Your role will be in paediatric feeding only as per our specialist feeding private practice. The upside? If you have loved feeding difficulties / fussy eating and have
Here is the link if you would like to listen to our interview (scroll to 3:14:47). https://www.abc.net.au/radio/newcastle/programs/breakfast/breakfast/13447362
If you would like a copy of the book, you can purchase it on my website: https://letseatfeeding.com.au/product/but-im-not-hungry-for-my-dinner/, at local good book stores and on book depository.
Val #letseatfeeding
Nervous and excited to talk about this new book that I’m so proud of! Val Gent #letseatfeeding
I’m feeling so inspired and full of new ideas to support the wonderful kids on my caseload.
Throughout this workshop, Marsha has continually reminded us all that as adults it is not our job to “get food in children”!
When children are worried about food we have to help them find a way to interact with foods at their own pace and find ways to “dilute the worry”
“The only get should be GET PERMISSION” - Jenny McGlothin
See you all in the clinic soon
Ash
Do you have a preschool fussy eater (2-6 years old)?
We have one place left in our parent group starting in 2 weeks (29th July) and would love for you to join us.
In this group, we will develop feeding plans with you for your child. The goal is to empower you so you can problem solve the feeding difficulties long term.
What does it include?
4 fortnightly sessions (2 hours each)
What does it cost?
$400
Which is a bargain because 8 hours of therapy sessions would normally cost $1440.
If you’re interested or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email Ash: Ashleigh@letseatfeeding.com.au
We hope to see you there!
