Sep 29, 2026 · 15 min · 8 segments
Your kid won't touch anything green, refuses new foods, and dinner has become a nightly battle but is it just a phase, or something more? In this episode, pediatric SLP and feeding specialist Morgan…
I'm an SLP and feeding specialist, and today I want to tackle one of the questions that I get asked almost more than anything else in my DMs or when I meet friends at the park, and that is, is my kid just picky or is this something more? Because picky eating has just become this catch-all term, I think it can get kind of confusing.
It gets used for the six year old who's down to four foods and then gags at something new.
And these are all just not the same situation and treating them in the same way can really actually just delay the help for the kids who really need it.
So today, I want to walk through the real clinical difference between picky eating and what we call problem feeding.
I'm going to give you some signs to watch out for and talk about what to actually do with information.
I'm an SLP and feeding specialist, and today I want to tackle one of the questions that I get asked almost more than anything else in my DMs or when I meet friends at the park, and that is, is my kid just picky or is this something more? Because picky eating has just become this catch-all term, I think it can get kind of confusing.
It gets used for the six year old who's down to four foods and then gags at something new.
And these are all just not the same situation and treating them in the same way can really actually just delay the help for the kids who really need it.
So today, I want to walk through the real clinical difference between picky eating and what we call problem feeding.
I'm going to give you some signs to watch out for and talk about what to actually do with information.
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