Is this Typical? Feeding Therapist FAQs with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP

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My baby gnaws on the wrong end of the spoon…and shoves fistfulls of food in her mouth…and has no interest in holding his own cup. Is this typical? Feeding Therapist Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP is here to answer speech and swallow questions related to starting solid foods in this rapid-fire Q&A interview.

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode we’re talking about:

• What to do if your baby is not interested in bringing the food to their mouth

• Why babies chew on the wrong end of the spoon…and why that is ok!

• How babies learn to move food around their mouth and eventually chew and swallow

ABOUT THE GUEST

•  Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP is a feeding therapist and baby-led weaning expert

• Dawn is an award winning product designer for many of the ezpz feeding products 

• She recently designed the ezpz Tiny Pops for pre-feeding breastmilk and/or formula

• …and Dawn designed the ezpz Oral Development Tools for pre-feeding skills

• You can get 10% off everything at ezpzfun.com with affiliate discount code KATIE10

LINKS FROM EPISODE

• 🥛 ezpz Tiny Cup for babies 6-12 months

• ❄️ezpz Tiny Pops for babies 4-12 months

• 🥄 ezpz Tiny Spoon for babies 6-12 months

• 👶🏽 ezpz Oral Development Tools for babies 4-12 months

• 🍴ezpz Mini Utensils for babies 12-24 months

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