Upcoming workshop on feeding and feeding standards
Come join me, and some fabulous speakers for a working conference. More to come soon!
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General tips for professionals who are working with infants who are learning to eat, with both breast or bottle feedings covered.
Traveling Once Again!
Hello SOFFI Community! Wow – 2022 has begun with a bang! I am in Istanbul, Turkey right now, with my good friend Kay Toomey. We are teaching SOS here. What an amazing city! Last week, we were in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia doing the same thing. And next week we travel to Madrid, Spain to finish…
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Dreams
Take a look at my view! Those are Longs Peak and Meeker Peak. We are up camping on our land while we plan our dream cabin. I hope some of your dreams are also coming true! My daughter got married after 2 reschedules due to the pandemic. Her dream (and mine – she married an…
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Great new resource!!
Have you heard the news? Pediatric Feeding Disorder has become a stand-alone diagnostic code in the newest ICD-10 revision. Wahoo! Thanks to the mighty efforts of Feeding Matters. AND… they just released a resource tool kit with information we can use to advocate for this diagnostic code. Love them! Click here to look at the…
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What is the right question?
I am in the beginning of updating SOFFI® which is a long process. A really, really long process. And in doing so, I keep coming across the same question…. are we asking the right question? I have also been talking with Marsha Dunn Klein. An amazing OT, colleague, mentor and wonderful friend. Can you find…
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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction Question…#25
Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) is a common reason babies don’t take a bottle well. FALSE False. False. False. Argh. Tongue-tie does NOT affect bottle feeding. It MAY affect breast feeding. 50% of babies with tongue-tie will breast feed just fine. Bottle feeding requires the ability to compress the nipple and use suction. If a baby can suck…
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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction Question…#24
Pacifier use in the NICU is recommended and does not make it harder to establish breast feeding; in fact, it may actually help a preterm infant eat sooner and gain better weight. TRUE We have lots of data to support that this statement is true. We have studies that show better weight gain. Faster transition…
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How is your Summer?
Hello everyone! How is your summer going? Mine is CRAZY busy! It seems as though all of 2020 is trying to catch up. The world is beginning to “open back up” although the variants are creating problems…. PLEASE get vaccinated! If we all get vaccinated the virus has no one to use to create a…
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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction Question…#23
Infant eating skills transition from reflexive (automatic) to voluntary at around 2 months post-term, and so babies who are eating at the time they go home may still show feeding aversions or even stop eating after they are home. TRUE This is true. Unfortunately. We know infants are at high risk of feeding problems after…
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FUN Feeding Facts and Fiction Question…#22
Babies can bottle-feed sooner than breastfeed and go home sooner. FALSE This is not true. In studies where moms are available all the time, we see breast feeding as early as a mean of 35 ½ weeks across several studies. But many times, the mother is not available all of the time for a variety…
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