Feeding and Eating
Discover how to help young children learn self-feeding skills, which types of foods are best for different developmental levels and how to create nutritional diets even with dietary restrictions.
Development, Feeding and Eating
Developing Oral Motor Skills in Children
Oral motor skills develop throughout your child’s first two years of life. Wondering what to expect? Our list of skills by age will help keep you informed.
Feeding and Eating
Help! Milk is Coming Out Of My Baby’s Nose!
Babies’ spit-up flows out fairly gently without causing too much distress while vomit is forcefully expelled by stomach muscles contracting.
Feeding and Eating
Help! My Baby Won’t Burp!
Burping babies isn’t foolproof, and you might find that your baby won’t burp! It could be that they just don’t need to.
Feeding and Eating, Health & Nutrition
Thickened Liquids: What is it, Who Needs it and Will Insurance Pay for it?
If your child has problems swallowing, or dysphagia, it can be difficult for them to get thin liquids down the right side of their throat when drinking.
Feeding and Eating
Tray Haven Keeps Everything On Your Child’s Tray
Wouldn't it be great if you could just put up a fence around your child's tray so they couldn't lose their cups and toys? Now you can!
Feeding and Eating
Teaching a Blind Child How to Use a Spoon Independently
Tips, ideas and resources for teaching your blind child how to scoop and use a spoon on their own without using hand over hand techniques.
Feeding and Eating
What can your blind child learn while baking in the kitchen?
The kitchen is the perfect place to teach your visually impaired child important life lessons. Think about all the things you learn just while making cookies!
Feeding and Eating, Health & Nutrition
Making Lunch Time More Fun for Blind Kids
We've rounded up some tips and fun ideas to help you plan ahead to make your child's lunch quick to assemble, plus fun and healthy too!
Feeding and Eating
Scooper Bowl & Plate with Suction Cup Bases
Ableware sells two assistive dinnerware pieces including the Scooper Bowl with suction cup base to keep it in place and the Scooper Plate, also with a suction cup base.
Feeding and Eating
The Blind Cook is Cooking with Her Four Senses
This video series features blind chef Christine Ha as she demonstrates cooking without sight. The show also offers nutritional tips and other cool food-related information.
Feeding and Eating
Z-Vibe Spoon
The Z-Vibe is a vibrating sensory tool often used in oral-motor stimulation to help kids learn to use their mouths for chewing and eating. The basic Z-Vibe comes with a...
Feeding and Eating, Fine and Gross Motor
EazyHold Grip Assist Strap
EazyHold is a simple but innovative grip assist strap that easily attaches to tools, toys, utensils and more! It enables children and adults with limited or no grip strength to...
Feeding and Eating
Made with Love 213: G-Tube Belts, Feeding Pump Packets & More
Handmade Clothing, Feeding Tube Accessories, Clothing Accessories, Hair accessories, and Baby gear.
Feeding and Eating
10 Things You Should Know about Feeding Therapy
Frienship Circle's article on feeding therapy includes where to find help, assessment and therapy, as well as the family dynamics of it all, and the big one - patience!
Feeding and Eating
Boon Snug Sippy Cups and Straw Cups
Cool cup lids make any adult glass into a spill-proof glass for kids. Just snap on the lid, add a straw and you're ready to go!
Feeding and Eating
Ez Pz: Easy clean dish and mat in one
A divided dish and table mat in one, these silicone plates are easy to stack, store and clean, and come in all sorts of cool colors.
Feeding and Eating
Adorabelly Design: whimsical covers for g-tubes
These g-tube covers are unique and whimsical and can be custom-ordered. They're a great way to make your tube-fed child feel happy about their tube.
Feeding and Eating
Notube: Special Feeding Counseling for Children with Feeding Tubes
Notube is a company that provides online coaching on how to wean your child off of a feeding tube and onto eating orally. Their approach is clinically based and provides...
Feeding and Eating
Using Messy Play to Teach Self Feeding Skills
Play time is a great opportunity to practice daily living skills without the pressure of "working" on a skill. Here's an idea to use messy play as a time to...
Feeding and Eating
Liftware Adaptive Cutlery
Adaptive cutlery counteracts hand tremors to make eating easier and less stressful. It was developed by a group of scientists and engineers who wanted to improve overall quality of life...
Feeding and Eating, Health & Nutrition
Maintaining a High-Calorie Diet for Special Needs Kids
Many special needs children are placed on high-calorie diets. Here are some tips on how to manage a high-calorie diet with ideas for foods and calorie enhancers.
Feeding and Eating
Playtex Twist ‘n Click Straw Trainer Cup
Shannon Austin wrote in to share a neat (and affordable) sippy cup find that has worked great for her daughter. This Playtex straw trainer teaches kids how to use a...
Feeding and Eating
Ba Bottle Holder
The Ba Bottle Holder is designed to help babies with poor motor control hold on to their bottles by themselves and would be great for any kid who finds holding...
Feeding and Eating
My Plate-Mate Adaptive Feeding Aid
My Plate-Mate is a children’s teaching tool for eating. It helps a toddler learn how to successfully eat with a utensil and plate while minimizing the mess that comes with...