Melanie Potock
Pediatric Feeding Expert and Author
Free downloads that make feeding kids so much easier!
Melanie’s tools for parents & professionals
Feeding Handouts
Melanie helped create these handouts in collaboration with team members at The Dr. Yum Project and Partnership for Healthier America.
Download the full set in English or Spanish.
Download the full set in English or Spanish.
Why We Skip the Sippy Cup
This free parent and professional resource explains the developmental reasons many feeding specialists recommend skipping the spouted sippy cup, along with clear alternatives such as straw cups and open cups.
Based on the award winning book, Raising a Healthy Happy Eater and Melanie’s most recent book, Responsive Feeding, this handout offers guidance for supporting your child’s oral motor skills.
Based on the award winning book, Raising a Healthy Happy Eater and Melanie’s most recent book, Responsive Feeding, this handout offers guidance for supporting your child’s oral motor skills.
TEACH BABY TO DRINK FROM A STRAW
Even 6-month-olds can learn to drink from a straw. Check out Coach Mel’s step by step instructions on how to teach kids to straw-drink and watch the video in The Picky Eater Course. Wondering about about teaching a little one how to drink from an open cup (without spilling everywhere)? This is in The Picky Eater Course too!
Melanie’s Food Allergen Exposure Chart for Baby
Research shows babies need weekly exposure to food allergens!
SOCIAL STORY TEMPLATE TO HELP HESITANT EATERS TRY NEW FOODS
Use Coach Mel’s Social Story Template to help your picky eater try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE MAP GAME INSTRUCTIONS
How to use the Food Adventure Map to encourage kids to try new foods!
LUNCH PACKING MAP
Teach Your Picky Eater How to Pack Their Own Lunch! Instructions included!
FOOD ADVENTURE MAP GAME
How to use the Food Adventure Map to encourage kids to try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE MATCHING CARDS MAP
How to use the Food Adventure Matching Cards to encourage kids to try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE CARDS GAME
How to use the Food Adventure Map to encourage kids to try new foods!
FOOD ADVENTURE MATCHING CARDS GAME INSTRUCTIONS
How to use the Food Adventure Matching Cards to encourage kids to try new foods!
3 DAY FOOD DIARY
Pediatric Nutrition for Parents & Professionals, is a hit! Sarah Moran, RDN, offers 2 hours of information with Coach Mel.
FOOD ADVENTURE MATCHING CARDS GAME
How to use the Food Adventure Map to encourage kids to try new foods!
FEEDING SCHEDULE FOR TODDLERS & OLDER KIDS TOO!
Help kids try new foods by ensuring that they come to the table hungry. Download this free chart to learn more about eating times versus growing times.
EXPOSURE CHART
Research clearly shows that exposing your child to a variety of foods is key to raising an adventurous eater and overcoming picky eating. Melanie uses this chart with the families that she coaches to ensure that “learning foods” show up on the child’s just as often as preferred foods. Download your free copy here. Read the article that Melanie wrote for The American Speech Language Hearing Association on how to use this chart.
Pros & Cons of Pacifiers
Pacifiers have many benefits, but it’s important to wean early.
