Mealtime Support

Nutrition & Feeding Therapy

For many families, mealtimes have become the most stressful part of the day. Power struggles over food, constant negotiations, separate meals for different family members, anxiety about nutrition — it's exhausting. Our mealtime support service works with your whole family to transform mealtimes from a battleground into a positive, connected experience.

We come to your home to observe real mealtimes in your actual environment. This lets us assess everything that affects your child's eating: their seating and posture, the sensory environment (lighting, noise, visual clutter), food presentation, mealtime routines and structure, family dynamics and communication patterns, and your child's specific triggers and comfort foods. From this observation, we build a practical plan that fits your family's real life.

Signs Your Child May Need Support

  • Mealtime anxiety and power struggles ✓

  • Child refuses to sit at the table ✓

  • Family eating separate meals from the child ✓

  • Constant grazing / won't eat at scheduled times ✓

  • Screen dependence during meals ✓

  • Difficulties at school or daycare mealtimes ✓

  • Anxiety about child's nutrition and growth ✓

  • Transitioning from baby food to family foods ✓


Our Approach

Our approach includes hands-on coaching during real mealtimes, structured mealtime routines that reduce anxiety for the whole family, environmental modifications for sensory comfort, practical cooking sessions where children participate in food preparation, supermarket tours where families learn to select and introduce new foods in a low-pressure way, and school and daycare mealtime liaison. These practical, NDIS-fundable services are a hallmark of what makes Foundations First different — we don't just work in a clinic room, we work in your life.

Home Visits

In your child's familiar environment

How We Deliver Therapy

We come to you — wherever your child is most comfortable.

School & Daycare

We come to your child's setting

Telehealth

Video sessions Australia-wide

Community

Parks, playgrounds, libraries

Other Nutrition & Feeding Therapy Focus Areas

Ready to Get Started?

Book a free 15-minute phone call, or make a referral. No waitlist, no GP referral needed.