What are typical feeding concerns and how are they addressed?
Feeding issues may include, but are not limited to: “picky” eating, refusing to eat, choking, gagging, food pocketing, drooling, difficulty transitioning to more demanding textures, and difficulty with cup drinking. Feeding issues often require oral-motor therapy. A feeding technique often used with babies includes obtaining lip closure and reducing tongue thrust through a specific spoon-feeding method. Later on, when a child is ready to talk and he or she now can close his or her lips, it should make it easier for the child to articulate sounds like m, b and p.
Feeding issues may include, but are not limited to: “picky” eating, refusing to eat, choking, gagging, food pocketing, drooling, difficulty transitioning to more demanding textures, and difficulty with cup drinking. Feeding issues often require oral-motor therapy. A feeding technique often used with babies is a spoon-feeding method that helps achieve lip closure and diminishes tongue thrusting. Later, when a child is ready to talk and can now close his/her lips, it should make it easier to articulate sounds like m, b and p.
