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L A N C A S T E R M E D I C A L S O C I E T Y.O R G

Best Practices

WellSpan

Pediatric
Feeding
Clinic
Offers Hope To Families
with Excessively
Picky Eaters

K

evin Vazquez ate six things and only
six things: Cinnamon Roll Eggo Wafflers, cheese doodles, peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches, Entenmann's
mini-muffins (usually chocolate chip), mandarin oranges, and bananas. No other fruits.
No cheese or eggs. No meat. No vegetables.
The 5-year-old from Ephrata would not even
eat a different flavor or different brand of
frozen waffle.
His mom, Nancy, was worried Kevin wasn't
getting proper nutrition. The child, who has
Down syndrome, is "tiny," she said, below

the 10th percentile for height and weight
for his age.

and French toast. He has tried bites of bacon
and Ritz crackers.

Then Kevin started to attend the Pediatric
Feeding Clinic at WellSpan Brossman Health
Center in Ephrata.

"It's crazy to see him pick something up and
just eat it," Nancy Vazquez says. "It's a very,
very big deal. When I saw him eat a graham
cracker, I said, 'YES!' Even the littlest things,
we are cheering for him. And he's like, 'I did
it!' It's cool."

Therapists there worked patiently with
Kevin, using play and fun activities to get
him to pick up a new food, "march" it up
his arm, put it on his shoulder, tap it on his
nose...and after a few months, he started
putting the food in his mouth and trying it.
He now eats carrots, peaches, cheese pizza,

LANCASTER

10

PHYSICIAN

Begun a little over a year ago, WellSpan's
Pediatric Feeding Program features the
services of a dietitian, speech pathologist
and occupational therapist, who use motor,



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