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Some of you may have read or heard about the concept of “dandelion vs orchid” children in relation to highly ...

Did you know that the month of May is when we as feeding therapists build awareness about the diagnosis Paediatric ...

At Let’s Eat! we often get asked by parents and professionals about our feeding approach. After working in the industry ...

Welcome to part 2 of our “starting solids” blog. In the last post we focused on the more traditional “parent-led ...

Practice made perfect is the title of a journal article published in 2008. Although this article is now 12 years ...

There is so much information online about starting your baby on solids which can make it very confusing and challenging ...

Paediatric Feeding Disorders and why you may see us using this term in your child’s feeding reports. Up until recently, ...

The catch is? Your role will be in paediatric feeding only as per our specialist feeding private practice. The upside? ...

In Australia, we are limited as therapists with the ease of accessibility to feeding training. Don’t get me wrong, there ...

For the last 2 weeks, we have successfully helped many children with feeding difficulties. For older children, sitting at a ...

Today in our Let’s Eat Team meeting, Ashleigh and I talked about fussy eaters and mealtime stress. The phrase of ...

Being a food explorer in Japan was certainly an experience. For the first time, I was able to feel how ...

Do you know this is a question I often get asked and I know when I worked in acute hospitals, ...

Here is my 6 step plan on how to serve it up and hopefully enjoy that family meal. How were ...

When the One Handed Cooks team released their second book, I headed to the shops (twice) to look for their ...

The greatest art is to sit and wait and let it come – Yogi Bhajan The art and power of ...

Crunch and sip (also called fruit break) is an Australian initiative across primary schools that encourages all children to stop ...

I do hate it when we demonise snack foods and make martyrs of healthy foods – food is food and ...

I had a conversation with a mum today about her child who has recently started watching you tube videos and ...

Do you have a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and fussy eating? Have you tried different therapy strategies with ...

In our every fast paced life of to-do lists and devices, there are moments in my life and moments that ...

Meal planning is a sanity saver especially when it comes to children with fussy eating and feeding difficulties. I often ...

Day in day out, I see children with feeding difficulties and fussy eating difficulties. As a Paediatric Feeding Speech Pathologist ...

Fatten Charlie* Project….. Were the words that a mum used to describe her child’s feeding journey when we first met ...

Reader question: “What do I do if my toddler refuses their dinner meal – let them go hungry? or give ...

Sippy cups? Straws? Open cups? Which one is best for my child? Firstly, don't over think it, it can be ...

We are looking for another passionate Speech Pathologist to join our team...  Let’s Eat! Paediatric Speech Pathology is a private ...

Let’s take a chill pill with the healthy eating initiative – I am appealing to you as a Feeding Speech ...

A patient of mine recently contacted me about her child's eating at daycare and it got me thinking about this ...

Oh how wonderful it was to have 7 days away on a family break. This was my view where I ...

Good morning! Well you already know my readers that I am a fan of the One Handed Cooks blog and ...

As you know, I recently wrote a blog post on chewing difficulties and fussy eaters for the lovely Kyla from ...

Nipple confusion – fact or fiction? Being a feeding therapist and Speech Pathologist has lots of advantages, one of them ...

Oh it’s been a while since I’ve blogged and I apologise to you all. My practice has been super busy ...

The official definition of drooling/dribbling is the unintentional loss of saliva from the mouth. Drooling normally starts around 18-24 months ...

Part 2 – As you know, one month ago I started following Ellyn Satter's division of responsibility principles to the ...

As you know I recently attended the 3 day Ellyn Satter Australian tour in early September looking at The Feeding ...

Do you believe everything you read? I hope the answer is “no”. But if you’re like me, then sometimes as ...

Thank you for the awesome response to my last blog post on "dessert after dinner?", the Facebook post had 24 ...

It's been a while since I blogged and I apologise for that. Life got busy, in particular, my clinics got super ...

AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR CASE STUDY ARTICLE - Published in their magazine on 18th April 2014. Permission given to also have my ...

Okay, it's been a bugbear of mine for a while and this morning, I felt like discussing a controversial topic ...

Christmas is such a delicious nourishing eating time for most people (eg prawns, ham, yummy salads and our Aussie pav ...

Quick - help him, he is choking!! Do you feel like you are saying this inside your head or even ...

The importance of good positioning during mealtimes  I am so excited to have my colleague from The Little Foodies team, ...

I've been having lots of conversations about books with my patients this week - what age to introduce them, when ...

Another guest blog post and I'm so honoured to have done this one for the One Handed Cooks. Check out ...

I was so lucky to be asked to do a guest blog post for The Mummy Project, check out the ...

Every time I visit a family home for a feeding assessment for their child, I frequently turn up with my box ...

I love making pancakes for my family on the weekend. And if I'm awake enough, I usually double the recipe ...

When treating toddlers with chewing difficulties, I always struggle with "easy to chew" snack ideas. There are only so many ...

Babies with tongue ties (medically termed as “Ankyloglossia”) are one of the common referrals Paediatric Feeding Speech Pathologists get. They  are ...

Will dummies help or hinder feeding and speech development? I was recently chatting with some new mums about the facts and ...

I am often asked about fussy eaters in my practice, “Let’s Eat! Paediatric Speech Pathology”. It seems like everyone has ...

To start or not to start - the introduction of solids... The conundrum! When should I start my baby on ...