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Michigan (Greenville or Stanton) – April 24th (FULL) – The Stacking Model: How Feeding Disorders Develop

Class if FULL. Registration is Closed....

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Denver, CO – April 7, 2017 – The Stacking Model: How Feeding Disorders Develop

The Stacking Model: How Feeding Disorders Develop Often called the “mini” version of Mel’s popular two day course, this 6 hour seminar is ideal for a mix of professionals and...

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Greenville, S.C. – March 24, 2017 – The Stacking Model: How Feeding Disorders Develop

The Stacking Model: How Feeding Disorders Develop Often called the “mini” version of Mel’s popular two day course, this 6 hour seminar is ideal for a mix of professionals and...

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Little Rock, Arkansas – February 23-24, 2017 – Feeding Therapy: It’s Not Just about Swallowing (Plus Day Two: Case Studies & Problem Solving)

Feeding Therapy: It’s Not Just about Swallowing (Plus Day Two: Case Studies & Problem Solving) Registration Link Coming Soon!...

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Lancaster, PA – February 3-4, 2017 – Feeding Therapy: It’s Not Just about Swallowing (Plus Day Two: Case Studies & Problem Solving)

Feeding Therapy: It’s Not Just about Swallowing (Plus Day Two: Case Studies & Problem Solving) Who Should Attend: Speech-language Pathologists, Speech-language Pathologists Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapists Assistants...

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🫧Why do I use bubbles to help babies, toddlers & even picky eaters learn to try new foods?

🎙️COMMENT BUBBLES for some of the best non-toxic, long-lasting bubbles and I’ll send you a direct link! (Please be following me to get affiliate links, thanks!)

🫧First, who doesn’t love bubbles? But when playing with BABIES just starting solids, bubbles are a wonderful way to engage and entertain a baby who is just getting used to sitting in a highchair. I often use them in the first minutes to establish a fun routine before we engage with food. Direct the bubbles beside the baby’s highchair, rather than forward.

🫧TODDLERS! Not only do they help keep rambunctious toddlers from wanting to get down right away at mealtimes, they are ideal for practicing lip rounding away from the mealtime table. During playtime, help toddlers blow on bubble horns and imitate your lip rounding during bubble playtime too. (See my favorite bubble horn when you comment BUBBLES!)

🫧PICKY or ANXIOUS EATERS: Teaching kids to belly breathe has been shown to help calm the nervous system. That deep breath* in through the nose, and that steady breath out through pursed lips – it’s calming!When I’m working with anxious eaters, we often start our sessions with some gentle, calming bubble blowing.

🥰Need more tips like these? Follow me @mymunchbug_melaniepotock and thank you!

🫧🤍Melanie

*Sarman A, Tuncay S. , J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2024 Aug
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❤️New baby or grandbaby? Here are surprising things you can do to help baby’s brain development!

🥰Hi, I’m Melanie, a speech language pathologist, feeding specialist, mom and a GiGi too!

👉🏼1.✨Use headphones in loud environments, like weddings, concerts (even outdoors) and crowded malls during the holidays. See more info below** on this one – and ...

✨COMMENT #NOISE for my list of approved headphones!

👉🏼2.✨Take baby outside and they might sleep better at night. In the Journal of Sleep Research***, it was noted that young babies exposed to light outside (not direct sunlight – be careful of sensitive skin!) slept better at night.

👉🏼3.✨Include baby in family mealtimes & keep it up – it will help them learn to read. It’s true! Kindergartners who scored highest in story telling skills (early reading skills) did so thanks to consistent family mealtimes – and guess what? They continued to score high in the 5th grade for reading comprehension. ****

❓Did any of these surprise you? Tell me in the comments!!!

🥰GiGi (I mean Melanie!)

**More Headphone Info from the American Academy of Pediatrics:
✨Children have smaller ear canals than adults, which intensifies higher frequency sounds. And the concern is not only with volume, but how long and how often children are exposed to noise. Common everyday noises, like road traffic or a television playing in the background, can also disrupt sleep, learning and quality of life. It`s very important to prevent harmful noise exposures starting early in a child`s life."

***Sleep: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00435.x

****Reading https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.155

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🤔Waiting to get help for your picky eater is understandable when you keep hearing “All kids are picky, they’ll grow out of it!”

✨But the truth is✨…even if you have a “typical” picky eater, why risk it?

📚Research shows that 1 out of 4 typically developing kids will develop a pediatric feeding disorder requiring feeding therapy.

😳I’m not trying to scare you, I’m trying to give you free or inexpensive, EASY ways to avoid the chicken nugget rut. And if you already have a child in therapy, I applaud you for parenting proactively!

🎙️COMMENT WEBSITE for a link to Free downloads, books & more.

❓Wondering what tool on my website is best for you? Just DM me after you comment WEBSITE. Happy to help!

🥰Melanie
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Seminars & Events

Michigan (Greenville or Stanton) – April 24th (FULL) – The Stacking Model: How Feeding Disorders Develop

Denver, CO – April 7, 2017 – The Stacking Model: How Feeding Disorders Develop

Greenville, S.C. – March 24, 2017 – The Stacking Model: How Feeding Disorders Develop

Little Rock, Arkansas – February 23-24, 2017 – Feeding Therapy: It’s Not Just about Swallowing (Plus Day Two: Case Studies & Problem Solving)

Lancaster, PA – February 3-4, 2017 – Feeding Therapy: It’s Not Just about Swallowing (Plus Day Two: Case Studies & Problem Solving)