ABOUT US
Lively Eaters is a private allied health practice assisting children and their families who are experiencing feeding and eating difficulties from birth through the early school years.
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CONTACT US
Phone: (08) 7226 6395
Adelaide Centre
298 Portrush Rd
Kensington 5068
Adelaide Hills Centre
29 Princes Highway Littlehampton SA 5250
Adelaide Centre
298 Portrush Rd
Kensington 5068
Adelaide Hills Centre
29 Princes Highway Littlehampton SA 5250
OPENING HOURS
Monday: By Appointment
Tuesday: By Appointment
Wednesday: By Appointment
Thursday: By Appointment
Friday: By Appointment
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
How is your child coping through COVID-19 without access to their ‘preferred brand/packaging’ of food?
During these challenging and stressful times, the last thing you want to be thinking about it is ‘what would happen if our specific brand of food is out of stock’, left wondering ‘what is my child going to eat if this happens’. Children can quite often become fixated on specific brands and packaging of food […]
Should I tube feed my child whilst they are awake or asleep?
Many families I meet have found that the only way to tube feed their child so they don’t vomit is to feed them whilst they are asleep. Other families are put on a ‘prescription’ of 3 or 4 hourly tube feeds – even when their child is past the early months of life and therefore […]
Is it feeding tube dependency or oral aversion?
I often receive referrals from families who have been told their tube fed child has ‘oral aversion’. As discussed in an earlier blog, oral aversion refers to babies and children who do not want to put anything (or very limited things) in their mouth or sometimes even near their face.