Quick answer: A pediatric OT evaluation is a friendly, play-based session where an occupational therapist observes how your child moves, plays, and manages daily tasks, talks with you about your concerns, and may use standardized assessments. It usually takes 60–90 minutes and ends with a plain-language summary of your child’s […]

Quick answer: Typical picky eating is common, comes and goes, and still leaves your child eating from most food groups. A feeding problem is more persistent: a shrinking diet, gagging or distress with textures, mealtime battles that don’t improve, or feeding struggles since infancy. When eating consistently limits nutrition or […]