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The Chicago Feeding Group is excited to welcome Hema Desai, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, as she shares her knowledge and insight into how congenital heart defects impact pediatric feeding.

To all our OT, SLP, and professional providers— Hi there! We're reaching out to share opportunities for you to support families navigating pediatric feeding challenges.

Your baby is ready to start solid foods – what an exciting time! As you continue to introduce new solid foods to your baby, it is important to know a bit about food allergies.

Happy Thanksgiving families! Tis the season for filling our bellies with some delicious foods! Here are some fun Thanksgiving themed treats for families to explore.

Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA sat down with one of CFG's own team members to discuss how supporting parents is just as important as supporting children at the table.

Happy Halloween families! Halloween is one of the most beloved holidays for kids— they get to dress up AND get free CANDY.

Understanding non-responsive feeding practices, why they occur, and how to recognize them is the first step toward making positive changes.

Intrinsic motivation is doing something because you have the inner drive to do it and you find pleasure in the activity, not because of external rewards.

Children grow strong preferences throughout their development. If children feel pressured or stressed during exploration at mealtimes they may not believe mealtimes are enjoyable.

Trust is at the foundation of responsive feeding. This article explores how caregivers can build and maintain trust with their children during mealtimes.

As a parent, the goal is to provide children with the self-regulation tools to learn, grow, and function as independently as they can in this world.

Guest post written by Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA. Goals for children who have pediatric feeding disorders commonly include variants that use the word 'refusal' — but what does that really mean?

For many children, feeding tubes are a necessary part of life. A feeding tube is often a literal lifeline, providing a child with the nutrition and hydration she needs to stay alive.

For decades, children with feeding challenges have been described by a variety of terms. Now, we have a universal diagnostic term: Pediatric Feeding Disorder.

What is encouragement? When we look at the word encouragement we see the word "courage." Courage is the ability to face danger and deal with it.

If you are reading this post, you have probably spent time encouraging a child to eat. This blog post explores how our responses to a child's actions may influence their relationship with food.

Katya Rowell, MD, and Jenny McGlothlin, MS, SLP are authors of one of our favorite books: Helping Your Child With Extreme Picky Eating.

Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA, is an internationally renowned feeding expert who has just released a new book.