Pediatric feeding therapy
Is your toddler a picky eater? We can help.
If your toddler won't eat, refuses entire food groups, or turns every mealtime into a meltdown, you're not alone, and it's not your fault. Many picky eaters aren't just being stubborn; they may be experiencing real sensory or behavioral feeding challenges that make trying new foods genuinely difficult.
At BabyEase Therapies, we specialize in pediatric feeding therapy for children ages 1–5. Our goal is simple: to help your child feel safe, confident, and comfortable at the table and to make mealtimes less stressful for your whole family.
Signs Your Child May Need Feeding Therapy
Our feeding therapy is designed for toddlers and young children who:
— Refuse to try new foods or only eat a very limited diet
— Gag, cry, or melt down at mealtimes
— Avoid certain textures, temperatures, or colors of food
— Are picky eaters whose habits are affecting their nutrition or family life
Every child is different, and our therapist will meet yours exactly where they are.
Our Process
Looking for a pediatric feeding therapist near you in New Jersey?
BabyEase Therapies is here to help. If your toddler is a picky eater or you're concerned about their feeding, reach out today to schedule a consultation. You don't have to navigate this alone.
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Discover the Root
We start with a thorough, play-based evaluation to understand your child’s unique sensory preferences, behavioral patterns, and feeding challenges. This helps us pinpoint the why behind their picky eating—so we can build a plan that actually works.
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Build Trust and Skills
Through fun, low-pressure therapy sessions tailored to ages 1–5, we gently expose your child to new foods and textures while supporting emotional regulation, oral-motor skills, and mealtime confidence. Every session is guided by your child’s readiness, not pressure.
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Empower Families at Home
You’ll leave each session with simple strategies, tools, and mealtime routines to support progress at home. We work together to reduce stress around meals and help your child build a lifelong foundation for healthy, joyful eating.
The Approach
How We Help Picky Eaters Build a Healthy Relationship With Food
Hi! I’m Sarah is a pediatric occupational therapist with nearly a decade of clinical experience, including eight years at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in a specialty pediatric feeding clinic. I hold advanced training in the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding, a research-based framework for assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties.
I believe that feeding is one of the most complex and sensory-rich experiences in a child’s development and that it doesn’t happen in isolation. That’s why she takes a whole-family approach to every case, recognizing that mealtime success depends on the relationships, routines, and dynamics that surround it.
By weaving together clinical expertise with a multisensory lens, I meet each child where they are and helps the entire family move forward together.
My approach to picky eating is rooted in occupational therapy and play. Rather than forcing or pressuring children to eat, we use gentle, play-based techniques to gradually expand their comfort with new tastes, textures, and routines.
I work one-on-one with your child and with you so you leave every session with real strategies you can use at home. OT for picky eaters isn't about getting your child to eat everything. It's about helping them build a healthy, stress-free relationship with food.