Feeding therapy helps children for whom eating is hard: a very short list of foods, gagging, trouble chewing, or every meal a battle. At Poorvam Care in Electronic City, a speech-language pathologist and an occupational therapist work together from one plan, and coach you to make mealtimes calmer at home.
Most toddlers go through a picky phase. These signs suggest it is worth asking.
Your child is losing weight or not growing, often coughs or chokes on food or drink, breathes noisily at meals, gets repeated chest infections or vomits often. These can be medical, and need a doctor before or alongside therapy.
Eating is a mouth skill and a sensory one. Your child's therapists work on both together.
Some children find certain textures, smells or tastes genuinely overwhelming, so a new food feels threatening rather than just unfamiliar. Others have not yet got the mouth skills to chew a harder food, so they stick to soft ones that are easy to manage. Many have a bit of both, and some had reflux, illness or a choking scare early on that made eating feel unsafe.
The assessment looks at which of these is behind it, because it changes the plan. It includes watching your child eat a few foods you bring from home.
Small steps, no pressure. Being near a new food counts as progress.
For the assessment, bring two or three foods your child eats and one they refuse, plus a cup or bottle they use. Short phone videos of a typical meal help too.
Feeding therapy is planned jointly by our speech therapy and occupational therapy teams, led by Apoorva Rai, MASLP, RCI registered.
Same therapists and hours at both. Pick the one closer to home, or ask about a mealtime home visit.
Hulimangala Rd, near Sai Mandir Temple, above RxDx Multi speciality Clinic, Shikaripalya, Electronic City, Hulimangala, Bengaluru 560105
Mon–Sat, 9 am – 7 pm. Sunday closed.
Lift available.
Closest for Hulimangla, Neeladri Nagar, Doddathoguru, Konappana Agrahara.
Ananth Nagar, Phase 1, Phase II, Electronic City, Hebbagodi, Bengaluru 560100
Mon–Sat, 9 am – 7 pm. Sunday closed.
Upstairs, reached by stairs. There is no lift.
Closest for Ananth Nagar, Hebbagodi, Bommasandra, Chandapura.
Families come to us from across south Bengaluru. Here's which centre is closer, and when online sessions make more sense.
From Whitefield or Marathahalli, many families start with an assessment at a centre, then do part of the weekly therapy online.
How online therapy worksFeeding therapy helps children who find eating hard: very few accepted foods, gagging, trouble chewing, or meals that are a daily battle. At Poorvam Care in Electronic City a speech-language pathologist works on chewing and mouth skills and an occupational therapist on sensory reactions to food, from one plan, for children from 18 months.
Most toddlers go through a picky phase but still eat a fair range of foods and grow well. Ask for an assessment if your child eats fewer than about 20 foods, drops foods they used to eat, gags or vomits at new textures, cannot move on from purées, or if mealtimes regularly end in tears for everyone.
Both, depending on what is behind it. A speech-language pathologist works on the mouth: chewing, moving food around, biting and drinking from a cup. An occupational therapist works on sensory reactions to taste, smell and texture, sitting at the table, and using a spoon. At Poorvam Care they plan together, so your child has one set of goals.
See your paediatrician first if your child is losing weight or not growing, coughs or chokes often while eating or drinking, has noisy or wet breathing at meals, gets repeated chest infections, or vomits often. These can point to a swallowing or medical problem that needs a doctor before or alongside therapy.
Yes. Many autistic children eat a small, fixed range of foods because of sensory sensitivity or a strong need for sameness. Therapy goes slowly, starting with being near a new food, then touching, smelling and tasting it, without pressure. Autism support at Poorvam Care.
No. Pressure, bribes and battles tend to make children more anxious about food and narrow the range further. A calmer approach works better: offer a small amount of a new food next to a food your child already likes, eat it yourself, and let them explore it without having to eat it. Your therapist gives you a plan for your child.
Yes, for families living near our Electronic City centres: the therapist can come at mealtime, which shows the real problem better than a clinic room. Therapy at home. Fees are explained on the first call: +91 88848 64343.
Book a feeding assessment. We call back within one working day to plan the first visit.
