Eating is instinctual only for the first month of life.
For some infants and children, feeding is a painful, not pleasurable, experience. The smell, taste, texture, and even presence of food may cause anxiety or food refusal. Often this is expressed through head turning, gagging, choking, coughing, or vomiting. Children struggling to eat may need feeding tubes to provide or supplement their daily nutritional needs.
No parent should feel alone.
We are a group of parents who recognize feeding as a daily, all-encompassing, and unavoidable struggle for survival. Through our own experiences, we understand that feeding influences every aspect of our children's overall well-being: social, emotional, mental, and physical. We feel strongly that children have a higher chance of success if they receive early trans-disciplinary feeding intervention. Parents need a team of professionals who will collaborate to maximize a child's eating potential and will provide support for the family as a whole.
We will raise the awareness of the community to recognize that feeding issues are a medically compromising problem that affects the lives of families on a daily basis. We will fund research and develop guidelines for healthcare providers to better service families and children with this all-encompassing, life-threatening medical issue. Our desire is that other families of children with feeding challenges will not have to face the same obstacles and frustrations we faced to find resources for our children.
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