040: Speech & Picky Eating: Expert Tips to Help Parents Intro New Foods to Kids with Melanie Potock, SLP

Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball

Did you know that the way your child eats can affect their speech and vice versa?

Melanie Potock is a Speech-Language Pathologist who became a pediatric feeding expert through her experience as a mom of a former picky eater. She uses her SLP expertise to help parents introduce new foods to kids, form healthy eating habits, and really lay the foundation for a lifetime of good nutrition.

I’m honored to host her here today on the Healthy Parenting Handbook!

I know you’ll love Melanie and these tips will really make a difference in your household immediately!
Resources We Mention to Raise Adventurous Eaters

• Sign up for the No More Picky Eating Challenge
• Find Melanie Potock MA, CCC-SLP online and take 10% off any of her amazing video courses using code MYMUNCHBUG10
• Melanie’s books: Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater, Adventures in Veggieland, Baby Self-Feeding, Happy Mealtimes with Happy Kids
• My interview with Dina Rose
• Melanie’s New York Times article about pouches
• Squooshi pouches and carrot baby food recipe on KS
• Sippy cup info on Melanie’s site
• Our knife safety class
• Feeding toddlers and more about snacks from Edwena Kennedy
• “The cooking connection” from Melanie’s site
• Melanie’s articles on picky eating connected with autism
• Melanie’s interview on the 8 senses
• Picky Eating vs. Sensory Processing Disorder

• Kitchen Stewardship
• Kids Cook Real Food
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• YouTube shorts channel for HPH
• Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast

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