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Strategies & Information on How To Feed Your Premature Baby
By: Heidi Leifer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, CLC For babies born prematurely, feeding can become the family’s biggest concern because it is also the one that it seems like we can control. After the...
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Five Things You NEED To Know About Sippy Cups
By: Brianna Craite, M.S, CF-SLP Sippy cups are a great tool for your developing toddler. They may help with feeding development and hand to mouth coordination. Although sippy cups are widely used...
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What If Your Child Is Refusing the Sippie Cup?
By: Brianna Craite, M.S, CF-SLP Sippie cups are used for transitioning from bottle or breastfeeding to open cup drinking. They decrease spills while your child is developing self-feeding skills but are...
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How to Care for Your Child’s New Teeth
By: Lauren Civiello, MS, CCC-SLP When should I start brushing my baby’s teeth? It’s a good idea to start cleaning your baby’s teeth twice a day as soon as you see a tooth emerging. If you start early,...
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Is Baby-Led Weaning Right for Your Child?
By: Heidi Liefer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, CLC Baby Led Weaning is becoming more popular as an option for transitioning children onto solid table foods. This involves introducing the child to...
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Finger Food Fun – How To Help Your Child Learn to Self-Feed
By: Heidi Liefer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, CLC Would you like to have your children feed themselves table foods? Here are some strategies and ideas! This process can be part of Baby-Led Weaning...
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Tube-Free Tuesday: L J
We will be bringing you a tube-feeding superstar on Tuesdays throughout the year. Here is our first installment…LJ, a tube-free superstar! “LJ is such a courageous boy and in 2011 we focused on getting...
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Feeding Aversions: Skill vs. Dysfunction
By: Jennifer Berry, OTR/L Those of you who have children with feeding disorders are well aware of how dramatic and difficult helping a child overcome a feeding aversion can be. The most loving parents...
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The Pressure of Praise
By: Heidi Liefer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, CLC As a feeding therapist, I always thought that I was being helpful when I “coached” children through their bites, cheered, and “whoo hoo-ed!” for all...
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How To Stop Your Child From Throwing Foods at Mealtimes
By: Jennifer Berry, MS, OTR/L Mealtimes hold some of the most wonderful and adorable moments of early childhood. As most parents know, sharing a meal with an infant or toddler can also be an exercise...
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Spectrum Pediatrics in Chicago!!!
Spectrum Pediatrics is proud to announce that our very own Heidi Moreland is now seeing children for speech therapy and feeding therapy in the Chicago area. Heidi brings a wealth of knowledge,...
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Occupational Therapy Month: Focus on Feeding
April is Occupational Therapy Month! OTs play a large role in helping children learn how to complete their “occupations” that are important to their daily activities, including dressing, writing,...
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Trick of the Trade From Ashley Glasser, MS, OTR/L
The Boppy – Not Just for Nursing! The semi-circular pillow used for nursing has become a nursery staple for many mothers. It allows for a more comfortable breastfeeding experience for some and can even...
View ArticleFeeding Tube to Family Table: How does that work?
Did you ever wonder why feeding therapy doesn’t look anything like the meals you hope to have? We did too! At Spectrum Pediatrics, we believe that tube-fed kids need to learn to eat in the same safe...
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Feeding Friday: Tube-Free Superstar Piper
Piper was born early and had difficulty breathing, so she received oxygen and an NG–tube on her first day of life. Her breathing improved, but she continued to struggle with eating. She remained in...
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Feeding Friday: Tube-Free Superstar LJ
Meet LJ. He is a graduate from our Feeding Tube Weaning Program and is a Tube-Free Super Star! “LJ is such a courageous boy and in 2011 we focused on getting him off his feeding tube. I remember being...
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Technology Tuesday – Cookie Doodle
This app has received the Parent Choice Award, and many other sites have also sang its praises! Cookie Doodle helps a child target a variety of skills, and your kiddo will enjoy the app because it is...
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5 Reasons Why Kids SHOULD Play with Their Food & How to Help Them
By: Heidi Liefer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, CLC Play is the way kids learn. Play and experience builds the brain – the more you interact with food (or anything), it builds connections that will...
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Helping Older Kids Play with Food
By: Heidi Liefer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, CLC Exploring food isn’t just for little guys! Three to five-year olds can have fun, too! Once kids outgrow the toddler years (see food play ideas for...
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Quick & Easy Finger Foods for Toddler Meals
By: Heidi Liefer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, CLC The baby food aisle has a number of options designed to appeal to the toddler palate. However, most toddlers are ready for the same foods you are...
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