Feeding & Swallowing Services
Feeding is one of the most complex skills a child has to develop— it requires coordinated muscles, sensory regulation, and a regulated nervous system, all working together. When something is off, mealtimes become stressful for the whole family.
Does mealtime look like this?
Meals take 30 minutes or longer
Your child eats fewer than 20 foods total
Gagging, coughing, or choking during meals
Refusing entire food groups (proteins, vegetables, textures)
Crying, screaming, or shutting down at the table
Pocketing food in their cheeks or spitting it out
Difficulty transitioning from bottle or breast
Difficulty transitioning from purées to solids
Slow weight gain, weight loss, or “failure to thrive” diagnosis
Reliance on a feeding tube with no clear plan to wean
Mealtime stress affecting your whole family
If any of these sound familiar, you’re not overreacting, and you’re not alone. Feeding difficulties are more common than people realize, and they’re absolutely treatable with the right support!
Feeding/Swallowing Evaluation & Treatment
We provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment for infants and children across every stage of feeding development, in a calm, home-like environment designed to lower stress for both the child and parent.
We assess and treat:
Oral motor and sensory function
Swallowing safety (aspiration, obstruction, choking risks)
Bottle, breast, purée and table food (solids) transitions
Picky eaters and problem feeders
Signs of lip, tongue, or cheek ties
Reflux, allergies, and digestive concerns
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
Behavioral and sensory components affecting feeding
Muscle tone, respiration, and phonation
Ribcage development and movement
Complex medical issues
Weaning off tube feeding
Cleft Lip and Palate
Food aversions
The Root-Cause Difference
Feeding difficulties are almost never just about the food. They’re about whats happening underneath— oral motor weakness, restricted oral tissues, sensory dysregulation, airway concerns, or postural and structural factors that make eating physically hard or unsafe.
Too often, families are told their child will “grow out of it” or that mealtime struggles are behavioral. We dig deeper. By identifying the why—whether it’s a tongue tie limiting suck-swallow-breathe coordination, low muscle tone affecting chewing, or sensory differences driving food refusal— we build a plan that addresses the actual root, not just the symptoms.
Therapeutic Intervention
We use evidence-based, individualized approaches based on each child’s medical history, age, and feeding profile.
Our treatment approaches include:
Oral Motor Therapy
NMES (Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation)
Pre-Feeding and Bottle/Breastfeeding support
Sensory-Based Feeding Approaches
Tethered Oral Tissue Pre- and Post-Op Care
Responsive and Relationship-Based Feeding
Parent Coaching and Mealtime Strategies
Feeding and speech are deeply connected— the same oral motor system powers both. That’s why we often treat them together, giving children the strongest possible foundation for eating, communicating, and thriving.
Worried about your child’s feeding? Let’s figure out what’s really going on!