Teaching your baby to drink from a straw doesn’t have to be a struggle. The Honey Bear cup is a therapist-approved, parent-friendly tool that makes straw drinking easier to learn, supports oral motor development, and helps babies build independent feeding skills—starting as early as 6 months.

As a pediatric feeding therapist and mom, I’m sharing the simple, intentional strategies I use at home to reduce picky eating with my toddler. From creating predictable mealtime routines to encouraging independence and variety, these evidence-based habits support flexible, confident eaters—without pressure.

Feeding your baby doesn’t have to feel like a tug-of-war. In this post, we break down the 3 Spoons Technique—a simple, genius hack that makes self-feeding smoother for both babies and parents. Say goodbye to battles over the spoon and hello to more independent, joyful meals. Learn how rotating three spoons (our go-to: NumNum GOOtensils) keeps your little one engaged and cuts down on frustration. Whether you're starting solids or deep into baby-led feeding, this technique is a game-changer.

Ever catch yourself asking your child, “Do you want to try it?” only to hear a firm “No!” right back? You’re not alone. This post breaks down six common mealtime questions that seem helpful but often backfire—and shares what to do instead that can support your child’s eating without the power struggles.

Avoid these common mealtime mistakes and learn what to do instead to get your little one's feeding skills back on track, and make mealtimes more enjoyable!

Find out what activities you can do with your 3-6 month old to get them ready to start solid foods, including stick shaped teethers, watching you eat, and sitting practice!

Learn about how to know when your baby is ready for solid foods, skills needed for purees versus soft solids, and tips on getting your baby ready for solids.

Learn which teethers are recommended to help get your baby ready to start solid foods, and how teethers can advance oral motor skills for eating.

Thanksgiving often brings to mind happy memories spent with family and friends, and a time for sharing a delicious meal. For families with picky eaters however, Thanksgiving may turn from a happy event revolving around tasty food, to a stressful situation. Learn about tips you can use to help your picky eater with Thanksgiving, to help create happy holiday memories for you and your child.

Many parents have been led to believe by marketing that sippy cups are the next developmental stage after bottles, but that’s not the case! Learn how, why, and when to teach your baby to drink from a straw to advance their oral development and feeding skills.

As a parent, you want to ensure that your child is getting proper nutrition, but sometimes, we may place intentional or unintentional pressure on them to eat. This pressure can result in the opposite of our intended effect. Learn how you might be pressuring your child to eat, and what to do instead to foster healthy eating habits for long-term success.

Just like bedtime routines help get our body ready to sleep, mealtime routines help get our body’s sensory system ready to eat. Learn what “cues to eating” are, and how to incorporate them alongside mealtime routines to help improve your child’s eating.

Hard munchables are resistive and unbreakable sticks of food that can significantly increase your baby’s oral motor skills to get them ready for chewable solid foods. Learn how they can help advance your baby’s feeding skills, and check out the ultimate list of hard munchables.

Introducing new foods to children, and especially picky eaters, can be a challenge for parents. Learn how these 9 tips can help create an environment that will help encourage picky eaters to try new foods.

The Division of Responsibilities, a research-based approach by Ellyn Satter, can help alleviate mealtime stress by dividing mealtime responsibilities between parents and children, and help make mealtimes a more positive experience.

Instead of using subjective words like “good” and “bad” when talking about food with your children, use descriptive words to describe the sensory properties of the food. Learn what other strategies to use when talking about food.

Set your child up for a successful mealtimes by thinking about what food is being served, how much food is being served, and how the food is being served. Learn more.

Not all tantrums can be predicted, but by working towards starting meals off on a positive note with a few simple strategies, we set our children up for success.

Check out my complete guide, as a feeding therapist, of my favorite feeding tools and supplies for starting solids, from high chairs to spoons, cups, bowls/plates, and more, and how they benefit your baby’s feeding development.

Playing with food is an important step in learning to eat. Find out fun ways to incorporate play during your mealtimes to help reduce picky eating.