From Play To Words
Building confident, sustainable eating skills for infants and children
Feeding therapy supports infants and children who have a hard time with eating, drinking, or enjoying mealtimes. This can include challenges with bottle or cup drinking, moving to solid foods, picky eating, sensory sensitivities, or stress around meals. Our approach is gentle and child-led, focusing on building confidence, comfort and felt- safety while exploring new foods.
Moving to Solids
Support with Weaning
Sensory Informed Feeding
Mealtime Challenges
Neurodiversity- Affirming Feeding
Picky Eating
3 SIMPLE STEPS TO START YOUR JOURNEY
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Fill Out our
Intake Form
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Complete your
Complimentary Assessment
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Schedule your
Services
Guided by Your Child
We follow your child’s cues and interests, creating a gentle, supportive environment where mealtime exploration feels safe and enjoyable. Strategies are provided according to your child’s comfort, helping them feel confident while trying new foods. By honouring their readiness, we reduce stress and encourage curiosity around eating. This approach helps children build positive mealtime experiences that last.
Sensory- Smart Approach
We consider how textures, tastes, smells, and visual presentation affect eating, helping children gradually expand their comfort with new foods. Sensory challenges can make mealtimes overwhelming, so we use playful, functional and structured activities to explore foods in a safe way. Our goal is to help children tolerate and enjoy a wider variety of foods at their own pace. Over time, this approach reduces mealtime anxiety and builds confidence.
Building skills, One Bite at a Time
Treatment may focus on developing the oral-motor skills, coordination, and endurance children need to eat safely and successfully. We use targeted exercises and practical strategies to support chewing, swallowing, and self-feeding skills. Therapy also helps children strengthen the physical abilities required for mealtimes while keeping sessions playful and engaging. Gradual skill-building supports lasting progress and independence at the table.
Family at the Heart
We work closely with parents and caregivers as active partners in therapy. You will learn practical strategies to support positive mealtime experiences at home, tailored to your child’s needs. By involving the whole family, we help make changes sustainable and reduce stress during meals. Together, we build routines that fit naturally into everyday life.
Celebrating Differences
Every child has unique preferences, sensory sensitivities, and ways of learning. We honour these differences while guiding children toward new experiences in a supportive way. Strategies focus on building confidence, not forcing change, so children feel respected and understood. This approach helps children enjoy mealtimes while developing essential skills at their own pace.
Whole-Child Support
We take a holistic approach, addressing every aspect of feeding—from nutrition and skill-building to emotional wellbeing. Therapy considers the physical environment, including seating, table setup, and mealtime routines, to make meals safe and comfortable. We also collaborate with families and other professionals to provide consistent support across settings. By looking at the whole child and their environment, we help make mealtimes more successful and enjoyable for everyone.