Let's Talk Feeding

Does your child:

• Eat the same foods every day?

• Refuses to try or touch new foods?

• Gag at the sight or smell of food?

• Refuse to watch you eat?

• Have difficulty with chewing or swallowing?

• Avoid certain textures?

• Have meltdowns at mealtime?

If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Picky eating is extremely common during the early years of life.

80% of individuals with developmental disabilities and 45% of typically developing children have some type of feeding problem.

What can cause pickiness: