Appetite, April 6, 2024 in North Carolina (PM)

Class Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024
Location:
WakeMed Andrews Center
William F. Andrews Conference Center
3024 New Bern Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27610

Class Time: 1:00PM to 4:30PM (Eastern Time)

$ (USD)225.00

mymunchbug_melaniepotock

View

May 9

Open

🤢Silicone straws are safest for kids, but they can leave a soapy aftertaste if not cleaned with the simplest liquid detergents.

❌Avoid liquid detergents that have moisturizers, essential oils or antibacterial agents. Those ingredients are more likely to stick to the straw (especially inside the straw) – yuck!

💦 Use a straw brush and remember to dry upright so the interior drains well.

❤️I love having a few extra straws on hand too in case one gets lost. @ezpzfun makes extra straws for all their cups – you can use my affiliate code Melanie10 on their website for 10% off!

🤔Have questions about the best cups? DM me for a link to my Amazon Shop, where all my approved cups are organized for you and your little munch bug!

✈️Share this with a friend who may not know it may be the type of detergent they’re using!!! Easy fix!

Thanks for following me too!
Melanie❤️

#melaniepotock #cupsforkids #ezpzfun ...

mymunchbug_melaniepotock

View

May 6

Open

🍼Babies start reaching for the bottle while you’re feeding baby at about 5 months of age, but they aren’t typically ready to hold it independently till around 6 months of age.

🍼🍼Here are 2 tips to help develop this skill, but keep in mind that holding your little one and feeding them in your arms helps them grow too, both physically and emotionally!

👉🏼1. Work on sitting upright, even baby will be bottle feeding on a slight recline. Baby can sit up for about ten minutes by themselves. What does this have to do with self-feeding a bottle? When their core is stable, they can operate their arms and hands well! It’s that stable trunk that allows them to hold the bottle in their sweet hands and hold it upright and steady!

👉🏼2. By 6 months of age, babies are taking a lot of formula or breastmilk in the bottle…and it’s heavy! Midway, when taking a break to burp baby, consider occasionally pouring the milk into a shorter (and now lighter) bottle. It will be less frustrating for baby to hold. They will graduate to the longer bottle for the entire feed soon! Or, if you have time, try 2 smaller bottles in succession.

✨Important:✨Never lay baby flat to self-feed their bottle. The full-recline can lead to ear infections. Always use a semi-recline position (or more upright) and ALWAYS monitor them closely while they are still learning.

❓🍼❓Did you know that as early as 6 months we begin the process of bottle WEANING? If you’ve got a baby starting solids, take my bottle weaning course to get a plan in place for slowly weaning over the next 6 months. If you’ve got an older toddler, my bottle weaning course will help your kiddo too – don’t stress, but don’t wait. See video courses via links in my bio or mymunchbug.com/course-library
(DM me if you can’t find anything, happy to help!)

🥰Melanie
#melaniepotock #babybottle #feedingbaby #slpfeeding ...

mymunchbug_melaniepotock

View

May 5

Open

Bottles and spouted sippy cups: “Leave it before they love it too much” – that’s my motto. In fact, I prefer parents skip those spouted sippy cups altogether. BUT…

🤔If you want to save just one spill-proof spout for those very rare occasions when you absolutely need spill-proof because “Grandma’s white carpet”…ok. But promise me you’ll use it only then.

🍼Spouted sippy cups (yes, soft ones too) are just bottles in disguise. They cause a child’s tongue to move forward and back UNDER the spout/nipple and that’s really hard to give up – it’s a movement that kids learn in infancy and when it persists into the toddler years, it can impact feeding development and more.

🍼Feeding milestones indicate that kids develop a more mature pattern (tongue rises UP, not forward like suckling a bottle) gradually between 6 and 12 months of age and it’s perfected shortly thereafter.

🍼That’s why developing a plan for weaning from the bottle by the first birthday is so important to help baby learn to safely eat more advanced foods.

🍼If you’ve got a baby starting solids, take my bottle weaning course to get a plan in place for weaning over the next 6 months. If you’ve got an older toddler, my bottle weaning course will help your kiddo too – don’t stress, but don’t wait. See video courses via links in my bio or mymunchbug.com/course-library
(DM me if you can’t find anything, happy to help!)

💥And try to skip the sippy cups – they are sooo hard to give up and can hinder feeding development if used too frequently. Kids vary on how hard they suck on spouts like that, but using a straw cup to keep spills to a minimum is ideal for oral development. You’ll find my favorite straw cups on my Amazon shop (link in bio or amazon.com/shop/mymunchbug )

Questions for me? Drop them in the comments, happy to help!
Melanie❤️

#melaniepotock

#bottleweaning #weaning #mytoddler #toddlermomlife #toddlermomma #slpmom #slplife #feedingtherapy #myfirstbaby #blw6months #blw12months #responsivefeeding #raisehealthyeaters #momproblems #toddlertroubles #kidscup #ashaigers #sippycups ...

Follow Melanie on Instagram