Ask A Therapist: Food & Eating

 

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Food and Eating Concerns with Children

 

Listed below are a few previous questions from our Ask The Therapist form relating to speech and language.  You may also want to review:

 

Eats Limited Foods, Refuses Food, Picky Eater

My 15-month old son is refusing table food...

My son just turned 23 months and he refuses to eat table food...

I have a 2 year old who will not eat anything...

We adopted a boy from Russia. He refuses to drink or eat...

I have a three year old little boy that has severe eating issues...

My son is 18 months old and still to this day all he will eat is fruit (mainly bananas, apples, grapes, mixed fruit)...

What kind of delays/issues could this be a sign of? Excessive fluid intake and minimal food. Pushing away food. My child is 22 months. ...

Our 11 month old daughter eats purees (stages 2 and 3), yogurt, oatmeal and has attempted some table foods...

My son will be 2 and refuses to eat any solid foods...

Our daughter is 15 months old and she does not take table food yet...

My son is 2-1/2 years old and has been a "picky eater" since he stopped eating jarred baby food after stage 2...

My son will be 18 months next week. He doesn't talk solid words but babbles on and off...

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Gagging, Choking, Trouble with Solid Foods

What are some ways to help teach a child not to stuff his mouth when eating...

My baby was born four weeks early and lately we have been having problems with her feeding to where she either falls asleep during her feeding...

My daughter just turned a year this month and will NOT eat table foods...

My daughter is three years old. She speaks all right but does not chew any solid food and throws tantrums...

My 27 month old refuses to eat. He can drink milk through a bottle...

I have a 2 year old that is still eating #2 baby foods which she eats without a problem, some #3 baby foods which has gotten better but will gag some of the time ...

My toddler is 16 months old and gags on toddler food...

My daughter just turned one and she is not eating table food...

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Self-Feeding

My 17 month old daughter refuses to eat most table food and will not feed herself at all...

My one year old grandson was "tongue-tied" and this was surgically corrected when he was 8 months old...

Our 11 month old doesn't have much interest in eating table foods except for cheerios, crackers and the like...

 

Special Needs and Developmental Concerns

My husband and I adopted a little boy from China. He had cleft lip and cleft palate; both have been repaired...

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Other Feeding Concerns

My daughter is 15 months old. Everyday is a struggle for me to make sure she drinks enough milk and water...

We would really like to know if you have any child food therapists listed in Jakarta, Indonesia?

 

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