November 1-5, 2018 – Orlando – American Academy of Pediatrics Book Signings

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November 1-5, 2018 – Orlando – American Academy of Pediatrics Book Signings

Sep 12

🐑If you don’t like trekking by sheep, old English manors, ancient churches, babbling brooks and English rose gardens…probably you should stay home.😉 The Cotswolds - where every cottage has a name.🏡

❤️Drop your questions in the comments! I’d love to tell you how to visit The Cotswolds!

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A play kitchen at 11 months? Absolutely. 🍳

And two years later, that same kitchen can inspire a whole new level of
play. I’d buy every little kid a play kitchen, if I could!

As a speech, language & feeding therapist, play kitchens are one of my
FAVORITE toys because they grow right along with your child.

They can support:
🍓 language & new vocabulary
🥄 pretend & imaginative play
👩‍🍳 imitation & social skills
🥕 early exposure to food concepts
💬 back-and-forth communication

The play changes as your child develops, and that’s exactly what makes a
great play kitchen worth having for years.

Want to see my favorites?

Comment KITCHEN and I’ll send you my favorite play kitchens!

Melanie ❤️

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Sep 9

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If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s okay to ask a therapist, “What makes you different?” — please ask.

This story isn’t really about me.
It’s about a dad who had watched his daughter go to feeding therapy twice a week for an entire year. She had received early intervention services, too. She had recently been diagnosed with autism.
And still, she still barely ate any new foods.

So when I showed up at their home as yet another feeding therapist, he didn’t need to make me feel comfortable.
He needed to know:
❤️ Do you understand what we’ve already been through?
❤️ Have you really listened to what has and hasn’t worked?
❤️ Do you understand MY child, not just her diagnosis?
❤️ What will you be looking at that perhaps hasn’t been considered before?
❤️ What are we going to do differently this time?
👉🏻👉🏻And maybe most importantly…
Why should I ask my child and my family to invest our time, energy, money and trust in therapy again?

Parents, you have every right to ask those questions.
✔️Ask about the therapist’s experience.
✔️Ask how they approach children like yours.
✔️Ask what they’ll do if the first approach isn’t working.
✔️Ask how they’ll include YOU in understanding the why behind your child’s feeding challenges.
✔️And ask, “What makes you different?”
A good professional shouldn’t be offended by thoughtful questions. We should understand what’s underneath them.

Because sometimes “What makes you different?” really means:
“We’ve tried so hard. Please give me a reason to hope this might actually help my child.”

That’s a question worth listening to.
❤️Melanie

Melanie Potock, feeding therapy, feeding therapist, pediatric feeding disorder, picky eating, autism and feeding, feeding challenges, parent advocacy, responsive feeding ...

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