Karen has a special interest and is filled with great passion in supporting parents and their children (aged 0-5) who are presenting with early feeding difficulties. Some of the feeding difficulties that we work with include:
Parent's concerns/struggles
- EVERY mealtime is a battle and is one of the most stressful times in the day.
- My child is not gaining weight.
- Parents run out of ideas for 'hiding' nutritious foods in the meals.
- Parents feel extremely worried that the child is not eating enough.
- Parents wonder why the child eats better at child care but not at home.
Child's feeding difficulties/struggles
- difficulties with breastfeeding support and/or bottle feeding support
- sucking, swallowing and breathing difficulties during feeding
- breathing difficulties during mealtimes
- difficulties starting solids/puree, transitioning to lumps and/or finger foods
- oral motor problems and chewing difficulties
- fatigue easily during mealtimes
- fussy eater (e.g. refusing to try new foods, the child prefers a particular food group (e.g. biscuits) and/or a particular texture (e.g. dry, crunchy foods)
- discomfort/distress during mealtimes, stressful mealtimes (e.g. lots of crying)
- poor weight gain
- avoidance of social events that involve eating and drinking with others
Phone (612) 6278 3287
Email kipspeechclinic@gmail.com
"Children refuse for a reason. Always."
Cheri Fraker (Speech-Language Pathologist, feeding specialist, Author of the Food Chaining Book)