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Picky & Selective Eating Support
There is ordinary picky eating, which most children pass through, and there is selective eating that narrows year over year until a family is cooking three separate dinners and mealtimes have become the worst part of the day. The two need different responses, and the first thing worth doing is working out which one you are dealing with.
What does not work, reliably, is pressure. Bribing, bargaining, hiding vegetables, and clean-plate rules all tend to increase anxiety around food and shrink the accepted list further. The approach I use lowers the stakes at the table and expands the range gradually, at a pace the child can actually tolerate.
- 20+ years experience
- Most insurance accepted
- Virtual & in-person
Who I work with
- Toddlers and children whose accepted foods keep narrowing
- Families cooking separate meals for one child at every dinner
- Children with sensory sensitivities around texture, smell, or temperature
- Autistic children and children with ADHD, where selective eating is common
- Adults who have carried selective eating out of childhood and are ready to address it
What to expect
- A full picture of the current accepted-foods list and how it got there
- Assessment of whether nutritional gaps have opened up, and what to do about them
- A structured exposure plan that does not rely on pressure
- Practical scripts for what to say and not say at the table
- Coordination with feeding therapy or OT where that is the right call
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