When you are worried
Worry about growth, choking, or distress is a reason to talk to your child’s doctor. A feeding therapist is the right next person when meals have become frightening.
What this is for
The app and this page are starter ideas for ordinary days. They do not name a feeding problem, and they do not clear an allergy.
Ordinary days look like a familiar food, one new food beside it, and a meal that can end.
What to take to the doctor
What they eat across a day, what they refuse, any coughing or distress, and the allergies you already know. A few notes help more than a single dramatic dinner.
You do not have to wait until you have tried every idea on this site.
Until the appointment
Serve food they already manage. Sit with them. Leave off anything you are unsure about.
Stop using meals to test an allergy or to force a texture that makes them choke or cry.
A sentence you can say
“We’ll keep meals simple and talk to your doctor.”