Starting solids – adding variety to a baby’s diet

You have successfully started your baby on solid food and now you’re probably wondering what’s next. How do you encourage your baby to eat a variety of food? And should you introduce food from the different food groups in a certain order? It is important to offer baby a variety of food and to introduce […]
Starting solids – introducing variety to a baby’s diet

You have successfully started your baby on solid food and now you’re probably wondering what’s next. How do you encourage your baby to eat a variety of food? And in what order should you introduce food from the different food groups? It is important to offer baby a variety of food and to introduce different […]
Protect against bullying with communication and social skills

As we observe the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence this week, it’s worth considering the role of social and communication disorders in bullying. Poor social problem-solving skills are a common characteristic of bullies and their victims, and children with communication problems are more likely to be bullied. How is bullying different to […]
Is your child’s hearing normal?
What is Hearing Loss? Hearing Loss is what happens when a part of the ear (outer, middle, and/or inner ear) is missing, misshaped, or damaged. Hearing problems may be present at birth (congenital) or develop later in life (acquired). Some children can hear in one ear, but not the other, this is known as a […]
Starting solids – how to start solid food, baby’s first meal
So, you’ve decided it’s time to start your baby on solid food! It’s a big step – but an important one for their development. Starting solids is not just about learning to eat – it is also about exposing your baby to different tastes and textures, developing their jaw muscles and even helping with speech […]
How feeding development affects speech development

It is very common to find that a child who is experiencing speech development difficulties also had feeding difficulties as a little one. The muscles we use for sucking, chewing and preparing food have a taxing second job as muscles for speech. When babies are breastfeeding or bottlefeeding they are using their lips, tongue, jaw, […]
How Do You Fix A Lisp?

If your child has a lisp, it means they have trouble making /s/ and /z/ sounds correctly. While this might be straight forward, it’s actually a little more complicated than that, because there are four kinds of lisp: The first is what everyone typically identifies as a lisp. Called an interdental lisp, this means the […]
Can your baby hear your smile?

These findings suggest that parents trying to attract their baby’s attention, may be more successful if they speak to them with a smile – even if their baby doesn’t look at them yet!
5 easy ways to build your toddler’s vocabulary
It’s an exciting time in their development and you want to expose them to a language-rich world. But how do you build a child’s vocabulary? Here are my top teacher tips!