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Is travel causing mealtime anxiety?

Traveling with a child who has feeding challenges can feel like walking a tightrope—new routines, unfamiliar places, less sensory control. It’s easy to worry mealtimes are doomed because your child won’t find anything to eat. But here's the twist: travel can also unlock exploration and curiosity in ways home never does—if you prepare with intention.

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3 Ways to Turn Travel into Growth

• Pack Safe Foods
  Bring familiar favorites—no shame in a peanut butter sandwich, bag of chips, or pouches. These familiar comfort foods help your child stay regulated and connected, even in unfamiliar places.

• Plan for Regulation
  Routine disruptions, sensory overload, and new environments? That’s normal, not regression. Prep your child with earbuds, cooling towels or travel fans, movement breaks, sensory toys—and give extra grace when emotions run high.

• Embrace Novelty

  New places bring new foods and different cultures. Embrace these differences and learn about the local foods. See if you can spot every color of the rainbow in the foods you are exploring, see how many different texture there are, and learn some new describing words. Inspire (but don’t require) your child to set a goal of exploring 1, 3…maybe even 5 new foods while on vacation! Being in a new place can sometimes bring out the bravery inside of us.

• Celebrate ALL The Wins, Big and Small (Or None At All!)
  Maybe they don’t taste the taco, but they look, point, or notice it. That moment of curiosity? Gold. Travel is rich in small victories but it also can be a time to celebrate non-food and mealtime victories, like growing together in your family connection, enjoying each other’s company, belly laughing until you spit out your water, snort, or maybe even pee your pants, and creating life long memories. It’s okay to take a break from focusing on feeding sometimes.

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Why This Matters

A bigger, brighter space helps us:

• Provide separate lactation, feeding, play, and regulation zones

• Increase session capacity and availability

• Ensure comfort and privacy for families

• Room to host support groups and events

We can’t wait to welcome you to our new clinic home!

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Check Your Calendar

Got an appointment on or after July 1? We’ll see you at the new space.
Need help updating directions or parking info?

Our summer schedule is officially in full swing. Some appointment times may have changed slightly. Double check your appointment times when you receive reminder texts and emails, or log in to your client portal.

Contact Us anytime.

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Can’t Get in Yet? Here’s How to Start Feeding Support Today

The Ready Room: Feeding Support Without the Wait

Stuck on a feeding therapy waitlist? Or unsure if your child needs full therapy?

The Ready Room is an 8-week virtual program designed just for you. Inside, you'll get immediate access to connection-based feeding strategies you can implement at home—with expert support to help you feel empowered, not overwhelmed.

🟢 Join The Ready Room and get:

• Weekly 30-minute group virtual calls

• Calls are recorded to allow you re-watch at your own pace

• Email rounds ups with printable tip sheets and visuals

• Free 1:1 personalized coaching call after course completion

• Support from a trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming feeding therapist

  🔹 Starts July 1 → Ends August 26
  🔹 $499 OR 2 easy payments of $259

👀 Get started and watch the changes begin.

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Reflect & Celebrate

Take a moment: where are you traveling this summer? Want to share how your feeder surprises you in new places? We'd love to hear. Reply and tell us about your plans—your stories inspire our work.

That’s it for now.

As always, keep trusting your gut, keep showing up for your child — and as always, know that you’re never in this alone. 💛

With care,
Lauren

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