The Airplane Spoon

It's watermelon season! 🍉

We love teaching all the children we support how to eat watermelon — well, maybe not the newborns, but 6+ months and up, absolutely!

There are so many great ways to interact with watermelon. You can cut it, or use little stamps to press shapes out of it, turning it into a fun puzzle.

You can mash it, juice it, or freeze it into popsicles. You can eat it with your hands, a fork, or a spoon.

It's a great tool for oral-motor development too. Watermelon cut with a thicker rind helps build jaw strength and biting skills. Thin, french fry–style pieces are great for side chewing and back molar activation. Small bits are perfect for practicing how to suck out the juice and then chew the fiber.

We love watermelon, do you?

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🎙️ The Airplane Spoon Podcast — New Episodes Every Friday!

I’m excited to share that I’m back to recording podcast episodes—now fully focused on feeding, with real questions and practical, supportive ideas for families.

If you’ve ever wondered things like:

“Why won’t my child eat vegetables?” or

“How come my child used to eat more foods and now won't?”

—you’re not alone.

You can listen here:

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7a3YmyIQzHzuTOG4dkSxdn?si=3fdd544f71284dcb

• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-airplane-spoon-podcast-real-questions-and/id1792953959

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/

New episodes drop every Friday, and I hope they feel supportive, practical, and reassuring in your feeding journey.

Also, if you have a feeding question you'd like me to answer, feel free to share it so I can feature your question!

The Airplane Spoon The Airplane Spoon is a developmental center that provides: - Feeding Therapy - Communication Therapy - Social Groups At The Airplane Spoon, our mission, vision, and values reflect a profound commitment to the transformative potential of family connections. Embracing a social model that focuses on s...

Check out The Airplane Spoon Podcast!
Each week, I talk about your real feeding questions and share real stories about feeding children.

The First week's question is: "How do I get my child to try new foods?" Can't wait for you to listen!

Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-airplane-spoon-podcast-real-questions-and/id1792953959

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/7a3YmyIQzHzuTOG4dkSxdn?si=8ea8fecc93ee4bbf

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/

The Airplane Spoon Podcast: Real questions and Real stories about Feeding Children Parenting Podcast · Updated Weekly · Welcome to The Airplane Spoon Podcast, a space for honest conversations about feeding children. If you’ve been here before, you may notice that this podcast has evolved. Previously known as P Soup: R...

The more we try to control, the less we show we TRUST

Control ≠ trust
Control creates tension

Trust makes room for partnership

A parent once told us:

“If they enjoy my child, I’ll trust them.”

That changed everything for us.

Families do not only notice your credentials.
They notice your presence.
Your energy.
Your comfort.
Your connection.

Sometimes trust begins there.

In this conversation, we introduce a three-question diagnostic tool designed to uncover family dynamics and build stronger therapeutic partnerships:

1️⃣ Describe your child in three words.
2️⃣ Summarize the challenge in one sentence.
3️⃣ Imagine the “graduation” moment — what does success look like?

These simple questions surface hope, reveal capacity, and clarify expectations — helping clinicians move beyond a child-only focus toward sustainable, family-centered progress.

Because real change does not happen in a 45-minute session.

It happens at home.

And when parents are seen, heard, and partnered with intentionally, outcomes improve — and so does the clinician’s experience of the work.

Watch the full conversation to explore how strengthening parent partnership can transform both therapy and long-term results.

The Unseen Client As clinicians, we often have specific assessments to evaluate a child's challenges and create a support plan, but we rarely take the time to evaluate where t...