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This Is More Than Picky Eating: Now What Do I Do?

Always A Food Fight You’re finally in bed and running a mental checklist of how your day went.  The kids had a good day at school, errands went quick, even work was easy. So why do you feel so wrung out?  Then it hits you: it took FOUR hours to make and eat dinner…that’s right, four hours. It took thirty minutes to shop for groceries, another hour and a half to cook the entree and all the sides.  Your family spent an hour enjoying your delicious food. Wait…that’s only three hours.  So why did you think four? Oh that’s right; it took ten minutes to make a separate dinner for your youngest kiddo.  Then you spent at least fifty minutes trying to feed it to her. She happily ate the parts that she liked as she always does.  But then you tried to get her to eat something new and she fought and cried until … Keep Reading…

How Can I Help My Picky Eater?

Problem Eater Or Picky Eater You’ve spent the last two hours preparing a delicious meal, if you do say so yourself.  You think that everything smells AMAZING. This gives you the confidence to put just a teensy amount of one of the dishes on your kiddo’s plate.  The next thing you know, there’s creamed spinach in your hair. What did you do wrong this time? Were you expecting too much from your picky eater?  Or maybe you think you actually have a problem eater on your hands. Problem Eater There’s quite a distinction between a picky eater and a problem eater.    It’s not unusual for most toddlers and preschoolers to go through phases of picky eating.  However, a problem eater will repeatedly struggle with eating certain foods and trying certain textures.  Problem eaters need more support and intervention. Also, kiddos have to get a professional diagnosis as problem eaters. Picky Eater This isn’t to say … Keep Reading…

School Speech Therapy Isn’t Working…Now What?

School Speech Isn’t Working Maybe your kiddo is in school-based speech therapy.  Maybe you’re frustrated because there are only a few months left of school and you haven’t seen a lot of improvement in her speech and language skills.  You’re thinking that it’s time to switch to private speech therapy. But before you make that decision, what’s the difference between the two? Is there anything you need to know about school based speech therapy before you make any changes? Getting School-Based Speech Therapy It’s up to your kiddo’s teacher to give a recommendation for speech therapy before a speech therapist is contacted.  But to get to that point there are several steps involved. First, your child must be three years old and above before they are even eligible for speech therapy.  Second, a teacher must determine that speech and language problems are affecting your child’s education. Typically your kiddo would have to be severely delayed … Keep Reading…