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Growing at the Table
Insights on feeding development, learning to eat, and creating calm, connected mealtimes.
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Why Natural Food Teethers Deserve a Spot in Your Baby’s Routine
Your baby’s journey to solid foods doesn’t begin with that first spoonful of purée—it starts much earlier, with their mouth. From around 4 months old, babies begin exploring the world with their lips, tongue, and gums. It’s messy, it’s adorable, and—believe it or not—it’s a crucial part of feeding development.
One of the most overlooked tools in supporting this stage? Natural food teethers.
These aren’t store-bought plastic rings or silicone animals (though those have their place too). We’re talking about real food—safely prepared in a way that allows babies to mouth, gnaw, and explore without needing to swallow anything yet.
How to Support Your Baby’s Feeding Journey: Combining Spoon Feeding and Baby-Led Weaning
Starting solids is a big milestone—and one that comes with a lot of questions. Should you spoon feed? Try baby-led weaning (BLW)? Or maybe a bit of both?
At Kids Feeding Wellness, we believe the best feeding journey is one that works for your baby and your family.
This article breaks down how to blend spoon feeding with BLW in a way that supports development, encourages independence, and keeps mealtimes low-stress and enjoyable.
Whether you're new to solids or looking to troubleshoot picky eating, we’re here to guide you every step of the way.
5 Common Mistakes Parents Make When Starting Solids (And How to Avoid Them)
Starting solids is about more than calories. Learn five common mistakes families make when starting solids, from relying on purees to skipping flavor, and simple, evidence-based ways to help your baby explore new tastes and textures with confidence.
Innate vs. Learned Feeding: Understanding Your Child’s Eating Habits
Your child’s eating habits come from two places: instincts they’re born with and what they learn from the world around them. Learn why babies love sweet and resist bitter, why toddlers fear new foods, and simple ways to support your child’s growing palate.
Trusting a Child’s Intuition: How Dr. Clara Marie Davis Revolutionized Infant Feeding
This blog explores the groundbreaking work of Dr. Clara Marie Davis, a pioneering physician who revolutionized the way we understand child feeding. In the 1920s, when strict dietary prescriptions led to widespread food refusal in children, Davis conducted a radical experiment that allowed infants to select their own foods without adult interference. Her findings laid the foundation for responsive feeding, proving that children can self-regulate their intake and develop healthy eating habits when provided with a supportive environment and nutritious options. Read on to discover how her research continues to shape modern feeding practices.
Overcoming Bottle-Feeding Aversion: A Supportive Guide for Parents
If your baby cries at the sight of a bottle or only feeds when drowsy, you're not alone. Learn how bottle-feeding aversion differs from ordinary bottle refusal, why it happens, and gentle ways to help your baby feel safe with feeding again.
Redefining Feeding Success
Feeding success is about more than getting your child to try new foods. It’s about raising a confident, capable eater for life. Learn the signs of a confident eater, why mealtime stress backfires, and five simple ways to turn meals into moments of connection.
Understanding Sensory Processing: Its Role in Picky Eating and Feeding Behaviors
Many children who seem picky are responding to how food feels, smells, sounds or looks. Learn what sensory processing is, the eight senses that shape eating, over- vs. under-responsive signs, and practical ways to help your child feel comfortable with new foods.
Messes That Matter: The Role of Sensory Processing at the Table and Beyond
Mess is part of how children learn to eat. Learn how sensory processing shapes mealtimes, why messy eating and messy play matter, simple ways to make mess feel safe, and when to reach out for feeding support.
Prevent Feeding Issues for Your Baby By Supporting Homeostasis
A calm, organized baby feeds more easily. Learn what homeostasis is, how it shapes your newborn’s feeding, the signs your baby needs a break, and simple ways to support calmer feeds, whether you breastfeed, bottle feed or both.
Root Causes of Feeding Difficulties and the Importance of Collaborative Care
Feeding problems rarely have just one cause. Learn the difference between a feeding difficulty and a pediatric feeding disorder, the two main kinds of root causes, and why a team of providers working together helps children make real progress.
How to Get Your Child to Try New Foods: 7 Mistakes to Avoid
Most children need 8 to 15 tries before they accept a new food. Here are the 7 most common mistakes families make when introducing new foods, why they backfire and what to try instead.
What is Tethered Oral Tissue? Tongue-tie & More
What tongue-ties, lip-ties and cheek ties are, what current research says about each, how a tongue-tie can affect feeding, and why a function-first feeding evaluation matters before any procedure.
The Gifts of Chewing and Swallowing
Every bite takes dozens of muscles and split-second timing between chewing, swallowing and breathing. Learn how chewing and swallowing work, why chewing is a skill children learn one texture at a time, and try a short mindful chewing exercise.
Food Jags: Why Your Child Wants the Same Food Every Day (and How to Help)
Buttered noodles every night for two weeks, then suddenly a hard no? Learn what a food jag is, why it happens, and how to keep your child’s food list growing.