When infants refuse bottles, solids, or increased volumes, it’s easy to focus on getting more nutrition in.
But what if the nutrition plan isn’t the real problem?
In this practical, case-based webinar, pediatric occupational therapist Lisa Aquilino, OT, will help you recognize the underlying drivers of feeding aversion and understand why short term feeding solutions don’t always lead to long term success.
You’ll learn how to identify different types of feeding aversion, support the feeding skills infants need to eat confidently over time, and collaborate more effectively with occupational therapists and speech language pathologists to improve outcomes for infants and families.
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About This Webinar
You’ve increased the calories.
Changed the formula.
Recommended a different bottle.
And the infant still isn’t feeding well.
If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Recent AAP and NASPGHAN guidelines recognize that feeding refusal is often driven by underlying medical, oral motor, sensory, or behavioral factors, not simply a need for more calories. Yet in practice, when weight gain falters, it’s easy to focus on getting more nutrition in today.
Sometimes that’s necessary.
But if the underlying driver of feeding refusal isn’t addressed, those short term solutions can unintentionally make feeding more difficult over time.
That’s exactly the gap Lisa will help us close.
Using real clinical cases, she’ll help you recognize the underlying drivers of feeding aversion, distinguish between the most common types seen in infancy, and apply developmentally appropriate strategies that support both safe intake and long term feeding success.
Because increasing intake today may feel like success. Lasting progress comes from helping infants develop the feeding skills they’ll rely on tomorrow.
