Calm Baby, Safer Eating: Simple Regulation Tips Before Meals with Jennifer Berry, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLC
- Some simple regulation tips to help your baby feel calmer and safer before meals start
- How to connect with your baby when they’re feeling dysregulated or freaked out at the table
- Why checking in with yourself is important for mealtime success, and a 2-second way to do it

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Episode Description
If you feel the tension rising before mealtimes with your baby, Jennifer Berry is here to help. She’s a feeding specialist with some really simple regulation tips to help you AND your baby feel calmer and safer before meals even start. Stop focusing so much on the food and start connecting with your baby for better mealtime outcomes.

About the Guest
- Jennifer Berry is a feeding specialist and occupational therapist who supports families starting solid foods using a whole-body approach that considers regulation, appetite and sensory processing
- She’s a feeding therapist and mom of 3 who is known for translating clinical feeding concepts into practical, doable strategies parents can use at home and at the table.
- As a Founder of Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics, Jennifer helps parents better understand what’s really going on beneath the surface when eating is hard so they can move forward with confidence

Links from this Episode
- Check out Thrive by Spectrum Pediatric’s Website at: https://thrivewithspectrum.com/
- Listen to the Love, Eat Thrive podcast at: https://open.spotify.com/show/00HSR3JPOhCycF9w5Wb7Pu
- Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program and save $50 when you sign up using the code BLWPOD50
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- Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
Other Episodes Related to This Topic:
- Episode 50 - How Tube Fed Babies Can Become Independent Eaters with Jennifer Berry, MS, OT/L and Heidi Liefer Moreland, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLC
- Episode 320 - Supporting Your Baby: Empathy, Readiness and Connection with Marsha Dunn Klein, OTR/L, MEd
- Episode 3 - 5 Things Parents and Caregivers Should Be Able to Do Before Starting Solid Foods

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