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Dietitians at Baby Steps

Dietitians support children with feeding and swallowing difficulties, ensuring they receive the right nutrition for healthy growth and development. If your child struggles with chewing, swallowing safely, food refusal, or limited food variety, a dietitian can assess their diet and provide tailored meal plans that meet their nutritional needs while considering any medical or sensory challenges.

Dietitian areas of expertise

Fussy eaters

Nutrition gaps

Growth faltering

Coeliac disease

Eosinophilic esophagitis

Food intolerances

Sensory dysfunction and food intake

Gastrointestinal disorders (constipation, irritable bowel syndrome)

Chronic disease management through nutrition

When Food Feels Complicated

Dietitians work closely with Speech Pathologists, Physiotherapists and Gastroenterologists to help children with conditions such as oral-motor delays, reflux, food allergies, sensory sensitivities, and developmental disorders. They provide guidance on texture modifications, safe food introductions, and nutrient-dense alternatives, ensuring that children who have difficulty eating still receive adequate calories, vitamins, and minerals. If sensory challenges or medical conditions are affecting eating habits, a dietitian can work alongside your child’s health providers to create a holistic plan.

Neurodivergence and Nutrition

Many neurodivergent children have unique relationships with food, often due to sensory sensitivities, routines around eating, restricted food variety, or a history of discomfort or distress at mealtimes.

Dietitians at Baby Steps take a neurodiverse-affirming approach. Rather than aiming to “fix” their eating habits, the Dietitians work with your child’s sensory profile, developmental stage, and communication style to find gentle, realistic ways to support their nutrition.

The priority is to ensure your child is nourished, supported, and able to grow, learn, and feel good in their body, in a way that works for them.

What’s for dinner?

A Paediatric Dietitian develops strategies specific to your child’s nutritional needs that can be implemented in the home. Healthy eating can look different for different people but what’s universal is the link between diet and a child’s wellbeing. Factors like age, medical and developmental conditions can influence a child’s food intake and energy output, which are taken into account when formulating a plan. The focus is on creating a positive mealtime experience and to promote food as something to enjoy, not just to fuel.

Setting the table

From the broccoli averse to the gastrointestinally compromised, a Paediatric Dietitian is well-versed in what nourishes the child while understanding how to support parents through stressful mealtimes. Fostering a healthy relationship with food is crucial in the management of fussy eating, gut issues and chronic health conditions, and seeing a Dietitian is a great way to learn lifelong healthy eating habits.

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Dietitians at Baby Steps

Dietitian areas of expertise

When Food Feels Complicated

Neurodivergence and Nutrition

What’s for dinner?

Setting the table

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