Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics

01/19/2026

Feeding is an inherently sensory experience.

Yet many of the most common “supports” offered to children with feeding differences still focus on tolerance, exposure, and performance.

Decades of research and clinical insight tell us something different:
how a child experiences food is shaped by sensory processing, regulation, lived experience, motivation, neurodiversity, and context — not willpower or effort.

When feeding differences are understood through the whole child, support shifts away from trying to change the child and toward adapting environments, expectations, and interactions to better fit who they are.

🔎For clinicians:
If you’re looking to deepen your practice and strengthen how you support children with sensory feeding differences, join us this Thursday for a live continuing education course in collaboration with our friends at Get Permission Institute.

🗓 1/22/26 | 1–2:30 PM EST
📘 Sensory Considerations in Pediatric Feeding: A Whole-Child, Evidence-Informed Approach
👉 Link in bio to register

12/20/2025

Ever find yourself bribing, bargaining, or praising your way to “just try it” or “one more bite”?

You’re not alone — most parents are simply trying to help.
But research shows that while rewards may work in the moment, they can make eating harder over time. The good news? There is a better way forward — one built on consistency, trust, and support.

For direct parent support, connect with Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics to find another way forward.
For ideas and tips, listen to Love Eat Thrive.
💛 And if you love a tube-fed kid (or a proud tubie!), check out Tube to Table.

You don’t have to do this alone.

12/20/2025

12/19/2025

Ever find yourself trying to bribe or trick your kid to eat a certain way?
You aren’t alone—and there is a better way.

In this episode, we unpack why bribery, tricks, and rewards are so common in feeding kids, why they often backfire in the long run, and what actually helps instead.

🎧 Listen today. Link in bio.

12/18/2025

Pressure can get a bite in the moment — but over time it often makes eating harder. It increases stress, fuels power struggles, teaches kids to ignore the body cues that help them feel safe with food, and prevents them from developing the foundational habits of healthy eating.

Your job isn’t to get food in.
It’s to create opportunities — trust, comfort, and consistency.

When pressure goes down, kids are more open to learning and eating in new ways 💛

12/18/2025

Pressure can get a bite in the moment — but over time it often makes eating harder. It increases stress, fuels power struggles, and teaches kids to ignore the body cues that help them feel safe with food.

Your job isn’t to get food in.
It’s to create opportunities — trust, comfort, and consistency.

When pressure goes down, kids are more open to learning and eating in new ways 💛

12/14/2025

Feeding kids can feel especially hard during the holidays.
Busy schedules, special foods, and well-meaning opinions can add pressure fast.

In this episode of Love Eat Thrive, we talk about navigating holiday meals in ways that protect calm, connection, and trust—without focusing on the perfect plate. It’s about supporting kids (and yourself) through this season with flexibility, presence, and care.

🎧 Feeding Kids & Navigating the Holidays
Link in bio.

12/12/2025

There’s no shortage of advice about what to feed kids.
What’s often missing is support for how we feed them—and how the way we feed them shapes a child’s long-term relationship with food and their body.

That’s why we created Love Eat Thrive—a podcast designed to offer real-world, expert guidance on feeding kids in ways that set them up for calm, connection, and long-term well-being.

🎧 Episode 1 is live now.
Link in bio.

11/14/2025

EI providers do incredible work — but many were never trained in responsive feeding, even though it’s a proven, protective, relationship-centered approach.

If you address feeding in EI at all, this new RF Pro course is your starting place.

✨ Responsive Feeding Therapy in Early Intervention
On-demand now.
Taught by Jennifer E. Berry, MS, OTR/L & Jamie Hinchey, MS, CCC-SLP.
Link in bio.

11/13/2025

No matter what’s underneath your child’s feeding challenges — oral motor differences, food or texture sensitivities, anxiety, pickiness, or neurodivergence — progress begins with trust and understanding. 💛

Real learning and progress happen only when feeding feels safe and comfortable — when it’s built on a solid foundation of trust between you and your child. 🌱

Get curious about the quality of food interactions, not just the goal of overcoming differences. Slow down, reconnect, and begin again.

And when you’re ready for guidance, find a responsive feeding specialist who can support you and your child along the way.

09/01/2025

Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics, together with RFPro, is excited to share something close to our hearts: the newly updated Responsive Feeding Therapy (RFT) Foundational Series 2.0. At Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics we truly believe in the power of responsive feeding and know this course has the potential to change the way therapists and medical providers practice and, most importantly, how we help children and families thrive. Register before October 1st and get 20% off! A wonderful and impactful CEI opportunity with group and equity pricing available . Click on the link in the bio to begin today