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Feeding Therapy is coming soon to Mighty Roots
Specialized support for picky eating, selective feeding, oral motor challenges, mealtime stress, and building confidence around food. Now accepting families for upcoming feeding therapy sessions later this summer.
Be the first to know- join the waitlist
Waitlist families get priority booking when we launch, plus a heads-up the moment spots open.
Feeding therapy helps infants and children build the skills, confidence, and comfort needed to make mealtimes easier and more enjoyable. We support toddlers who are starting solids, children with picky eating or limited diets, and kids who struggle with textures, chewing, gagging, food refusal, or anxiety around eating.
Using a play-based, child-led approach, we focus on helping children feel safe exploring new foods while building the oral motor, sensory, and developmental skills needed for successful eating. Our goal is not just to increase the number of foods your child eats, but to reduce stress around mealtimes and help your family feel more confident and supported along the way.
Helping kids feel confident, comfortable, and curious around food.
What is feeding therapy?
Signs your child might benefit from feeding therapy
No referral needed. If any of these feel familiar, get on the waitlist and we'll reach out as soon as we launch.
✓ Picky or selective eating✓ Mealtime anxiety or meltdowns✓ Chewing or swallowing difficulties✓Oral motor delays✓ Gagging or vomiting at textures✓ Refusing whole food groups✓ Slow weight gain or nutrition concerns✓ Autism & sensory feeding challengesWhat to expect at Mighty Roots Therapy:
Sensory-informed
We address texture aversion, smell sensitivity, and oral sensory needs.
Oral motor focused
Chewing, swallowing, and mouth coordination for safe, comfortable eating.
Family-centered
Real strategies for real mealtimes at home, not just in the clinic.
Play-based always
Low pressure, child-led exploration that builds confidence around food.
Your Questions, Answered
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Feeding therapy helps children who are struggling with eating, starting solids, picky eating, food refusal, oral motor skills, or sensory challenges around food. Our goal is to make mealtimes feel less stressful while helping your child build confidence and comfort with eating.
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We work with infants, toddlers, children, and teens depending on their feeding needs. Many families come to us during the transition to purees or table foods, while others seek support for long-term picky eating or limited diets.
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We commonly support children with:
Picky or selective eating
Difficulty transitioning to solids
Gagging or vomiting with foods
Sensitivity to textures
Limited variety of foods
Food refusal or mealtime anxiety
Difficulty chewing or oral motor delays
Trouble sitting or participating during meals
Sensory-related feeding challenges
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Sessions are play-based, child-led, and designed to help your child feel safe and successful around food. Depending on your child’s needs, therapy may include sensory exploration, oral motor activities, food play, positioning, and parent coaching.
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Yes! Parents are an important part of the process. We want you to feel supported and confident carrying strategies over into everyday meals at home.
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Never. We do not use force, pressure, or punishment around food. Our approach focuses on building trust, reducing anxiety, and helping children feel comfortable exploring foods at their own pace.
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Every child is different. Some children need short-term support during transitions, while others benefit from longer-term therapy depending on the complexity of their feeding challenges.
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Some picky eating is developmentally normal, especially in toddlerhood. However, therapy can be helpful when mealtimes become stressful, food variety becomes very limited, growth or nutrition is impacted, or eating challenges interfere with daily life.
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Absolutely. Every session includes practical, realistic strategies you can use at home to support progress between visits.
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We take a whole-child approach that looks beyond just the food itself. We consider sensory processing, oral motor skills, nervous system regulation, development, posture, and family dynamics to understand the “why” behind your child’s feeding challenges.
Strong roots. Mighty kids.
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Specialized care for bowel, bladder, potty training, and feeding challenges — because every child deserves mighty roots and the freedom to just be a kid.