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Episode 39: Nursing Strike or Feeding Aversion? Why Breast Refusal Is Communication (opens the original)
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If your baby has suddenly started refusing the breast and everyone keeps telling you it's "just a nursing strike," this episode is for you. Sometimes it is a nursing strike. Sometimes it's the beginning of a feeding aversion — and the difference matters, because what helps one can make the other worse. Jean Hawney, M.A., CCC-SLP, a pediatric feeding and swallowing specialist and lactation counselor, walks through how to tell them apart, the cycle that quietly turns refusal into aversion, and wha
Episode 38: Why "Just One Bite" Backfires (And What to Say at Dinner Instead) (opens the original)
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You said it before you even heard yourself say it. Just one bite. And the whole table changed. Their shoulders came up. The fork went down. The food that was almost, maybe okay a second ago is suddenly the enemy. And dinner is over before it started. In this episode, Jean Hawney, a pediatric feeding specialist and speech-language pathologist, explains what that one sentence actually does to a child's nervous system and gives you five things to say instead, word for word, that you can use at dinn
Episode 37: Why Your Child Won't Eat at School (And What to Actually Put in the Lunchbox) (opens the original)
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You packed it carefully. The sandwich cut the way they like it. The crackers in the separate container so they don't get soggy. The fruit on the side. You knew exactly what was in that bag when you zipped it shut at seven-thirty. And then the lunchbox comes home. Same sandwich. Same crackers. Same fruit. All of it. And when you ask how lunch was, they shrug and say the cafeteria was loud. In this episode, Jean Hawney, a pediatric feeding specialist and speech-language pathologist, explains what
Episode 36: "This Isn't an Eating Problem": Russell-Silver, Bottle Aversion & Trusting Your Gut (opens the original)
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If you've ever been told to "wait and see" while your gut said something more was going on, this episode is for you. Jaime became a mom in about three hours — one phone call, one flight, and an infant adoption. What followed was a month in the NICU, an NG tube, a tongue-tie nobody caught early, a bottle aversion, and a daughter who kept falling off the growth chart while everyone told her to add more calories. It took a hospital admission and a geneticist before anyone said the words Russell-Sil
Episode 35: What to Say to Your Pediatrician When You're Worried About Feeding (And What to Do When They Don't Listen) (opens the original)
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You sat in that office for eleven minutes. You waited three weeks for that appointment. And when you finally said the words out loud, "I'm worried about how my child is eating," they looked up from the clipboard and said, "That's pretty normal. Just keep offering different foods. They'll grow out of it." You walked out to the parking lot wondering if you had imagined the whole thing. In this episode, Jean Hawney, a pediatric feeding specialist and speech-language pathologist, explains why feedin
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