Common Reasons to Seek Feeding Therapy:

  • Difficulty breastfeeding

  • Difficulty bottle feeding

  • Difficulty maintaining or gaining weight

  • Lengthy feeding times (more than 30 minutes)

  • Tongue Tie or tethered oral tissues

  • Frequent coughing, gagging, choking when eating or drinking

  • Your child dislikes eating

  • Your child refuses age appropriate foods

  • Challenges with smelling, touching and eating certain foods

  • Your child gets some or all nutrition through a g-tube

  • Mealtimes are a struggle

  • Delay or dysfunction in oral motor skills necessary for eating

  • Inadequate tongue or lip resting postures