FEEDING THERAPY

FEEDING THERAPY

Regardless of age, children & their families enter Press Therapy stressed and worried about eating but through skilled intervention, children and their families can graduate with strong feeding skills and develop a newfound positive relationship with food.

  • Breast & Bottle

    Press therapy provides one-on-one virtual or in person (Ottawa, IL) breast and bottle support services for your infant

  • Transition To Food

    Transitioning your baby to table food is a big milestone in parenthood. Whether you are having trouble starting purees, baby led weaning, or a combination of the two, Press Therapy is here to support you and your baby.

  • Toddlers

    Troubles with your toddler dropping foods they would eat before or difficulty transitioning away from the bottle/pacifier? Press Therapy can help you navigate the tricky twos (and 1-3)

  • Kids - Teens

    Worrying about your child’s nutritional intake and food variety or struggling to pack foods for school? Press Therapy helps your child create a positive relationship with eating food from home and in their community.

Feeding Therapy

  • breastfeeding

  • maternal nipple pain

  • pumping and milk supply

  • bottle feeding skills

  • inadequate intake

  • poor latching skills

  • transitions to solid foods

  • suspected tongue and lip tie

  • excessive drooling

  • reflux/gas/"colic"

  • chewing skills

  • pacifier/thumb sucking elimination

  • mealtimes at school or in community

  • oral motor skills

  • weight gain/growth

  • decreased or missed hunger cues

  • constipation concerns

  • Anxiety over trying new foods

Creating A Positive Relationship with Eating

FEEDING Therapy FAQs

Long Term Consequences of feeding and Swallowing Disorders?

According to ASHA, the long-term consequences of feeding and swallowing disorders can include

  • food aversion (i.e. not eating vegetables; not eating purees; not eating green foods)

  • oral aversion (i.e. difficulty brushing teeth)

  • aspiration pneumonia and/or compromised pulmonary status

  • undernutrition or malnutrition (weight gain; growth in height; vitamin depletion)

  • dehydration

  • GI complications (i.e. constipation and diarrhea)

  • reflux, GERD, rumination disorder (unintentional and reflexive regurgitation of undigested food that may involve re-chewing and re-swallowing of the food)

  • an ongoing need for enteral (gastrointestinal) or parenteral (intravenous) nutrition;

  • psychosocial effects on the child and their family

  • feeding and swallowing problems that persist into adulthood, including the risk for choking, malnutrition, or undernutrition.

What Does therapy look like?

Press Therapy interventions integrate posture, sensory, oral motor, medical and nutritional factors to evaluate and manage children with feeding concerns. Parent education and participation is an integral part of our therapy. Therapy can be conducted in the home, virtually, or in office.