2021 – Melanie Potock

Feeding Toddlers to School Age, Parenting, Parenting a Picky Eater

50 Easy Ways to Get Your Kid to Eat New Foods

By Salma Abdelnour Gilman It may seem like an impossible dream right now, but your kid has the potential to love all kinds of food. Here’s how to prime their taste...

Medical Concerns, Parenting a Picky Eater, Sensory Concerns

A Special Needs Guide for Learning to Eat with Your SEVEN Senses – Part One

Most of us think of five senses and the human body: Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. But, when it comes to learning to eat a wide variety of...

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🥰ARFID:The Anxious Eater is my most popular Masterclass and I rarely offer a discount code for it! I don’t have any seats available for my virtual courses (they are booked solid) and it’s so fun to see all of you in-person!

✨Join me for this 4-hour intensive training on how to help kids with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). Come to Atlanta to learn how to help them find joy in food!
❤️Melanie

👉🏼DM if you prefer a direct link for more info.

✨👉🏼✨ discount codes are not retroactive and must be entered at time of registration.
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👶🏼Although babies can begin to have teethers as they begin to bring their hands to their mouth, a 5-month-old needs specific features to help with oral development:

🤍Very young babies need “nubby projections” but at 5-month-old can typically manage a bit more of a protrusion, ideally made of soft silicone, to gnaw on. I still shy away from a very long protrusion till closer to 5 ½ months, when baby has good trunk stability for controlling hand movement near the face. Those longer protrusions are excellent for helping baby get ready for solid foods and learning to tolerate a bit of gentle gagging, but they need that fine motor control to make it the most comfortable exploration experience possible.

❤️Varied texture on the silicone projection will help their tongue move to the left and right, an important skill for starting solids at 6 months of age!

✨Sensory experiences like squeaking (soft, smooth silicone parts are the squeakiest on gums!) and light-up rattles are always fun too! It’s a also a great time to introduce teethers that gently vibrate just for another fun tactile experience.

🛍️You’ll find my best teethers with these qualities and more (and for various ages) on my Amazon Shop: Amazon.com/shop/mymunchbug with notes on which are best for each age.

❤️DM me if you have questions!
🥰Melanie
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✨SLPs, OTs & Parents of children with ARFID… Join me for a 4-hour Masterclass on how to help kids with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder April 27th in Atlanta! Early Bird Discount ends tomorrow, 4/10, so hurry to grab your seat! 👉🏼Go to mymunchbug.com/melanie-potock-live-events/ or DM me if you would like a direct link.

🤍More than just picky eating…ARFID is truly a fear of interacting with foods.

👋🏼Hi, I’m Melanie, a pediatric speech pathologist who specializes in helping children with ARFID and extreme picky eating. I look forward to seeing you Saturday morning for this intensive 4-hour Masterclass on how anxiety controls a child’s willingness to try new foods.

✨The course is filled with practical strategies and it’s my most popular course, so I am excited to be teaching it in Atlanta for the first time!

🥰Melanie
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50 Easy Ways to Get Your Kid to Eat New Foods

A Special Needs Guide for Learning to Eat with Your SEVEN Senses – Part One