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Next Bite Paediatric Feeding Centre, Perth (2026)

01/02/2026

Tube feeding is scary when you first start out.
Scary for children, parents, teachers, families and therapists who are new to the area. It’s often an experience filled contradicting feelings; worry about if and when it will end, grief for the way we thought this child would eat, frustration with setbacks along the way, but also relief that this child has a way to access nourishment safely.

One thing we know for sure is that tubie families have resilience in spades, and are the real experts when it comes to making tube feeding work. Our proverbial hats are off this Feeding Tube Awareness Week, we’re sharing a few ideas for where to learn more about tube feeding. If you’re a therapist who hasn’t seen many tubies, one of the best things you can do is try to get a glimpse into what tube feeding looks like in real life. Have you ever seen a G-tube change? What does meal prep look like?

The Next Bite team love:
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💜 & website
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Professional Development:
🧠 Children’s Health Queensland Paediatric Feeding Learning
Framework (free!)
🧠 Get Permission Approach to Tube Feeding with Love
🧠 reviews

Save this post for later, and send it to a colleague who needs more tubie goodness on their feed 🧚‍♀️

12/06/2025

To be transparent, we're really bloody angry with the NDIA.

Angry that providers are being positioned by the government as greedy and discriminative.

Angry that our colleagues are facing a pay CUT.

But most of all?

Angry that our clients and their families will feel the effects of therapists being put under increasing pressure to deliver more with less resources.

At the end of the day, providers will need to increase their fees to stay open. It will be the participants and their caregivers that face paying out of pocket, or losing access to good quality supports.

We urge you to embrace your own anger and send a strong message to your local MP, and make a formal complaint to the NDIA.

Bonus 7th slide for a jump scare.

07/06/2025

Hands up if you ~actually~ know what a Paediatric Dietitian does? If you put your hand up in that “half-way-up so maybe the teacher doesn’t pick me cos I kinda know but I’m not sure” way, don’t stress. We have some cheat notes for you!

🍏 Paediatric Dietitians are fully qualified with a Bachelor of Science university degree + added specialisation in paediatrics
🍏 Dietitians help with nutrition and growth to keep your child as healthy as they can be, so they can reach their full developmental potential
🍏 They also know a heck of a lot about medical conditions like food allergies, epilepsy, diabetes, tube feeding, coeliac disease, eosinophilic oesophagitis, metabolic conditions (and more)
🍏 They absolutely are not just there to help people lose weight
🍏 They are absolutely essential if your child is neurodivergent and having trouble getting enough to eat from across all the food groups (or on meds affecting appetite)
🍏 Dietitians are also essential if your child has an eating disorder, including ARFID
🍏 You may also need a Dietitian to advise on supplements, including vitamins, iron and nutritional drinks
🍏 Paediatric Dietitians hold a lot more specialist training compared to a nutritionist, naturopath or wellness coach
🍏 These two Dietitians pictured are neuroaffirming and totally non-judgemental and honestly just the best (if we do say so ourselves)

PHEW that’s just some of the amazing ways that a Paediatric Dietitian can support you and your child to achieve their ✨best life ✨ So, hands up if you know what a Paediatric Dietitian does? 🙋🏻‍♀️ 🙋🏾‍♀️ 🙋‍♀️ 🙋🏼 🙋🏽‍♂️ 🙋🏿‍♂️

24/03/2025

✨ MASTERCLASS TIME ✨ This one is for all the SLPs working in community settings with paediatric dysphagia. This area of clinical practice can feel scary & overwhelming for many, even though it’s part of our core business. Do you feel trepidation at the mention of thickener weaning, videofluroscopy, or the phrase ‘nil by mouth’? Do you know what to recommend for oral hygiene? Or how to measure dysphagia without instrumental assessments? Worry no more, darling SLPs, as Holly Tickner & Dr Katherine Sanchez are here to teach you all you need to know to be the confident and capable clinician that you are!

A four-part series, you can sign up for the whole lot (and get the fourth seminar included for free!) or choose your own adventure and come along to the classes that you’re most interested in. These masterclasses are small, live and a chance to really deep dive into the practical how-to of paediatric dysphagia management. Recordings will be made available for those who can’t attend live on the day.

We are REALLY excited about this series and hope you are too! Comment EXCITED below and we’ll send you the link to learn more!

19/03/2025

Swallowing tablets and pills can be a really tricky skill to master for many kids (and adults!) 💊 🥲 In celebration of Swallowing Awareness Day, we’ve got you covered with a comprehensive 21-page e-book to help your child have success with swallowing medications. Tips, tricks, practice charts and more, because everyone learns a little differently!

Imagine how much easier (and cheaper!) life will be once you’re not having to convince your kid to drink down mouthfuls of foul-tasting liquid medication anymore. It might mean your child can start on a new medication that they need, but haven’t been able to take because it’s not available in liquid form. Tablet swallowing is a handy life-skill to master whether you need it today or in a few years time.

And because it’s Swallowing Awareness Day, we’ve taken 25% off the price to celebrate! (For a limited time only) 💕 Want the link to take advantage of this discount? Comment PILL below and we’ll shoot the link straight to your DMs.

28/02/2025

Did you know it’s ✨ Rare Disease Day ✨ today? Here at Next Bite, we are so fortunate to work with and be a part of the lives of many kids with very rare diseases. We say fortunate, because these kids are some of the toughest, bravest, hardest working and most resilient little people you’ll ever meet. And wait til you meet their parents! Absolutely impressive from top to toe.

Because of the nature of rare diseases, it’s often an isolating situation to be in for the child and family. The future can feel uncertain, or at times frightening, and so the time of childhood becomes a precious thing. We do not take for granted that we get to be a part of this special time in their lives, as part of their therapy team.

If you know someone with a rare disease (there’s many many more than what is listed here) or are caring for someone with a rare disease, we see you and all the hard work, effort and advocacy that is asked of you every day.

Want to learn more about rare diseases? We love:

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14/02/2025

💖 Valentines Day seems like the perfect day to do a shout out to our amazing team of incredible women 💖

What started as just three of us (Asha, Annie & Holly) has flourished into a team of Speech Pathologists (Holly, Asha & Rochelle!), Dietitians (Annie & Ali!) and Client Support (Daniella!) and we couldn’t be more proud, or more grateful 🥹🥰 We love you, we love our team & we love where this little business is going! Thank you to all our beautiful clients, their families, our mentees, our workshop attendees and followers on the socials 😘 💕

06/02/2025

🍊 TREAT YO’SELF 🍊 Only a few weeks to go until our Feeding Therapy Glow-Up! A week of self-paced, bite sized online content that is packed with practical activities, food ideas and strategies to help with your feeding therapy. The theme is all about how to choose the right foods to work on & where to begin! And all for a cheap & cheerful $65 😱🤩

✨ Day 1: How to choose foods that meet the REAL needs of your clients (think cultural considerations, allergies, food security & more)
✨ Day 2: Selecting appropriate foods for

01/02/2025

Tube feeding is scary when you first start out. Scary for children, parents, teachers, families and therapists who are new to the area. It's often an experience filled contradicting feelings; worry about if and when it will end, grief for the way we thought this child would eat, frustration with setbacks along the way, but also relief that this child has a way to access nourishment safely.

One thing we know for sure is that tubie families have resilience in spades, and are the real experts when it comes to making tube feeding work. Our proverbial hats are off 👏👏

This Feeding Tube Awareness Week, we're sharing a few ideas for where to learn more about tube feeding. If you're a therapist who hasn't seen many tubies, one of the best things you can do is try to get a glimpse into what tube feeding looks like in real life. Have you ever seen a G-tube change? What does meal prep look like?

The Next Bite team love:
💜
💜
💜 & website
💜

Professional Development:
💜 Children's Health Queensland Paediatric Feeding Learning Framework (free!)
💜 Get Permission Approach to Tube Feeding with Love
💜 reviews

Save this post for later, and send it to a colleague who needs more tubie goodness on their feed 🧚‍♀️

31/01/2025

We are bringing back our always sold-out workshop on Evidence Based Oral Motor Feeding Therapy! This is something that is essential knowledge for Speech Pathologists’ clinical practice.

Dr Katherine Sanchez and Holly Tickner are teaming up again to bring you all the latest in oral motor therapy. It’s bigger and better than ever - they will be debunking myths, sorting the therapeutic wheat from the chaff when it comes to ‘exercises’, and give you LOADS of practical strategies and therapy ideas that you can start using the very next day. This workshop is packed with loads of case examples and videos and has a real focus on the practical ‘how to’. All whilst being based in the science of what works. We love to see it! It’s sold out every time we’ve run it, so PLEASE don’t leave your tickets til the last minute!

May 5th, 9am - 5pm AEST

Online live (and available as a recording)

DM us the word “chewy” to get the link instantly!

09/12/2024

Therapy goals are important, but so are the things that are fun because they’re just fun. Take the pressure off and go with what you know.

If you’re stuck on what to pick, get curious about how they use objects and engage with the world around them. Maybe joy for your kiddo means a tub of objects that can be sorted by colour, or a lazy susan to spin things on and watch them go round.

If your resident small person has a special interest, go all out (within the bounds of safety and reason, of course). It’ll make their brain sparkle ✨

Know another parent who needs this reminder? Share this post with them! 🫶🏼

14/11/2024

𝕄𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕞 • 𝔸𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟
Alison is one of our wonderful Senior Dietitians, who brings more than 30 years of feeding experience to our team here at Next Bite! Alison supports children with growth difficulties, nutrient deficiencies, PFD, ARFID and tube feeding and weaning, as well as a range of other chronic diseases and medical conditions.

𝔽𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕖 𝔽𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕤 𝔸𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝔸𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟...
Ride-or-die meal: Roast pork, mum's red cabbage, roast potatoes and caramelised brussel sprouts
Celebrity dinner date: Billy Connelly
Fave food emoji: 🍹

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