There are many children with difficulties with food, textures, smells, shapes, colors... Many senses come into play in the eating process and many times multisensory moments are complex for our little ones.

On the other hand, it is very necessary to develop a good diet not only in nutritional aspects but for the future development of Language , making the change of process to solid accompanies the development and stimulation of all the phonoarticulatory muscles and accompanies us in this much desired process of development of “speech”. It is necessary for our child to have good tone , in other words, for his or her muscles to be in shape and prepared so that the entire joint is put into motion.

Some keys to keep in mind if we want to introduce new foods…

Previous preparation…

Getting into the process…

There are other more specific techniques but they must be supervised by a professional to overcome these difficulties with food. If you think you are at that point, do not hesitate to seek professional advice so that they can set the ideal pace and method that suits your particular case.

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