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...with a certain food, don’t give up on it or assume that your child doesn’t like it. A certain degree of “neophobia,” or the fear of new foods, is normal for toddlers and young children. According to Angela Haas, a speech language pathologist and feeding therapist with many years of experience, children may need up to 20 exposures to a new food before they will accept it. So, if the first try isn’t successful, continue...

...we mean by “new experiences?” Well, your baby will need time to get used to new tastes, new textures, as well as feeding from a spoon. A lot of parents become frustrated when their baby makes a funny face or pushes the spoon away. That’s perfectly normal and it’s based on research, we didn’t just make it up thank you, scientists!)! Keep at it if your baby isn’t a big fan the first time she...

...pan with water Step 2: Place the cleaned feeding and preparation equipment into the water. Make sure that the equipment is completely covered with water and that no air bubbles are trapped. Step 3: Cover the pan with a lid and bring to a rolling boil, making sure the pan does not boil dry. Step 4: Keep the pan covered until the feeding equipment is needed. If you are interested in checking out the World...

...the digestive tract, either through a feeding tube or by eating regularly. So what exactly does it mean for the small intestine to adapt? We’ll focus on this subject in today’s blog post! What is intestinal adaptation? After a significant portion of the small intestine is removed, the remaining small intestine goes through a process of adaptation that increases its ability to absorb water and nutrients. What changes are involved in adaptation? The remaining portion...

...Unfortunately for our little guy, the infant oatmeal did not agree with him; he broke out in hives within hours. So needless to say my first experience with feeding him solid foods was not as smooth as I had hoped! After some discussion with our doctor, we decided to delay grains for our baby, allowing his GI tract to mature a little more. Instead we started infant veggies and fruits, and luckily he did great!...

...standard North American format, which is Month/Day/Year, but some may be Day/Month/Year – either way, it will be obvious! Oley Foundation One option is to consider donating to an organization that assists those in need who can’t afford formula. One such example is the Oley Foundation. The Oley Foundation was started in 1983 and it “strives to enrich the lives of those living with home intravenous nutrition and tube feeding through education, advocacy, and networking”....