Babble & Munch Feeding Therapy

01/02/2026

Honoured to be kicking off Feeding Tube Awareness Week for ausEE Inc. with our talk on a comfort-first approach to tube feeding and feeding therapy. Have a watch on YouTube - online education for families and free PD for health professionals, based on our Circles to Feeding Approach.

🎥 The first video in the Feeding Tube Awareness Week (FTAW) Virtual Education Program is here!

Comfort comes first: Supporting tube-fed children in feeding therapy

Presented by Carly Veness, Principal Speech Pathologist at Babble & Munch Feeding Therapy.

Feeding support for tube-fed children goes beyond intake or skills—it starts with comfort. Carly explores why comfort must come first for curiosity and capability to follow, and shares the Circles to Feeding™ Approach, a child-led method that builds safety, trust, and meaningful progress.

This session is valuable for families and professionals supporting tube-fed children at any stage.

📺 Watch now: https://feedingtubeaware.com.au/events/virtualeducation/

17/01/2026

Presenting on paediatric feeding disorders, tongue tie, and how comfort comes first. So many dedicated health professionals from around the world coming together in St Gallen, Switzerland, with the Aussie group well represented! 🇨🇭🇦🇺

11/12/2025

📣 Career Opportunity! We're hiring a part-time Receptionist!🌟

Are you a detail-oriented, service-driven individual looking to be part of a small, friendly team working to make a difference in children's lives? This part-time role (2 days/week) is all about supporting our speech pathologists and the families we work with to enrich lives, find solutions and build enduring relationships. No weekend or after-hours work, based on-site in Heidelberg West, VIC.

Help us shape our future while advancing your career in our supportive environment.

Ready to make a move? Visit our website for more details! ➡️

Please share or tag someone who may be interested! Applications are rolling in quickly, so now is the time to apply.

20/11/2025

Did you know bottle teat flow rates and age guides vary widely between brands, with no universal standard behind them?

Bottle flow rate isn’t just about “slow” or “fast” – it’s about finding the right match for your bottle feeding baby, particularly if they're having difficulty. 🍼

Nutrition, safety, comfort, skill, enjoyment… they all play a part, and every baby’s needs are different.

These are just a few of the things we look at during a bottle feeding assessment.

13/11/2025

There’s a lot more to mealtimes than carrot sticks vs crackers 🥕 🍘

Curiosity, connection, sensory needs, oral motor skills… and a whole lot of other important pieces too (this is just the beginning!). 🍽️

Feeding is complex – and that’s why we take a whole-child, responsive feeding therapy approach. 🍓

02/11/2025

Our hardworking Babble & Munch Feeding Therapy team is taking some time off to rest, recharge and spend time with our families over the Melbourne Cup weekend. We'll be back in the clinic on Wednesday. For our local followers, stay dry on this rainy long weekend! ☔

23/09/2025

Hi to all the therapists and clinicians following! 👋🏼

I’m really excited to share something new I’ve been working on. I’m building something I wish existed for a long time – a dedicated, detailed course on gastrointestinal (GI) and allergy issues in feeding for health professionals!

GI and allergy issues are such common underlying contributors to feeding difficulties, from infant feed refusal through to school age selective eating, but they are also so easily overlooked and most of us never get much training in this area.

This new course for clinicians is designed to fill that gap with a focused, in-depth, evidence-based look at GI and allergy conditions, how they impact feeding, what families are navigating in terms of medical management, and how we can support them with comfort-first strategies. I teach aspects of this in some of my other courses (including some face-to-face days in the past), but not to this level of focus.

I sought feedback online and through my email list as to what clinicians wanted to learn in GI & allergy - and collected over 9 pages of feedback and clinical/knowledge gaps people were seeking to fill. In addition to the content, I'm also developing practical activities, new checklists and decision tools, and hypothetical case exercises - making sure it helps you build and apply clinical skills, not just theoretical knowledge.

Because I'm still building the course, I'm running a special pre-sale offer where you can join now at a discounted rate for getting in early.

Link to the presale in the comments. ⬇️
Can't wait to share this course with you!

- Carly
Speech Pathologist / IBCLC
Babble & Munch Learning / Circles to Feeding

p.s. This is also a first sneak peek at our new training website in progress - we're so close to having it ready and happy to share a glimpse with you 🙂

11/09/2025

Mess is a normal (and important!) part of mealtimes.

As hard as it may be to resist wiping the puree from your baby’s face while they're eating, allowing some mess can actually support your child’s feeding development. Children learn through touch and play, not just through eating.

For some children, regular wiping or scraping with the spoon can feel uncomfortable or even distressing, distracting from the positive mealtime experiences we want to build. Instead, wait for the end of the meal to clean up.

By letting mess happen, you’re helping your child build a more relaxed, sensory, positive relationship with food - and that’s something worth getting a little messy for. 🍝🍦✨

07/09/2025

Happy Father's Day! 💙

Today we want to give a heartfelt shoutout to all the incredible dads, father figures, and special people walking alongside their little ones on their feeding journey.

Feeding therapy isn’t just about the child, it’s about the whole family. We see the early mornings, the packed lunches, the patience, the encouragement, and the love you bring to every meal, every session, every milestone.

From all of us at Babble and Munch we’re so grateful to be part of your supporting your child and family. 💛

02/09/2025

📅 School holidays are coming up in a few weeks...that came around quickly again!

If you’ve been thinking about booking a feeding therapy or early communication therapy appointment, now’s the time – we’ve got limited availability over the break.

Our school holiday sessions are a great opportunity to get started or keep momentum going with support for your child’s feeding or early communication.

We offer both in-clinic and Telehealth appointments around Australia.

✨ We also offer the option to book an intensive period of therapy across the holidays – with multiple sessions per week, if availability allows.

📞 Call us on 1300 755 490 or visit our website to learn more

26/08/2025

Our founder, Carly, was featured for her work with her colleagues on the The Royal Women's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as part of Speech Pathology Week. Happy !

25/08/2025

Did you know that 1 in 3 carers will ask their child’s doctor for help with feeding?
And that some speech pathologists are specifically trained to support babies and children with feeding and swallowing? 🙋‍♀️

This week we’re celebrating Speech Pathology Week (25–31 August) 🎉
At Babble & Munch, we want to acknowledge and thank our colleagues across Australia and around the world 🌏 who support families every day in creating safer, calmer, and more positive mealtime experiences. 💞

Speech pathologists with additional training in feeding can help with:
🤱🏽 Breast or bottle feeding
🍓 Moving onto solids, lumpy foods or finger foods
🥤 Learning cup or straw drinking
😫 Coughing, choking or gagging on food or drink
🥣 Fussy, anxious or selective eating
🍕 Feeding aversions
🍐 Tube feeding and learning oral feeding skills
😋 Developing hunger and appetite awareness
👩🏽‍🧒🏻 Building positive mealtime relationships

At Babble & Munch, feeding is our passion – whether that’s supporting families directly (in-clinic or via Telehealth) or training other health professionals around Australia and internationally to feel more confident in feeding therapy. 🤝

✨ If you’d like support for your child, or to learn more as a professional, visit the link in our bio.

Happy Speech Pathology Week! 🥳

Support for infant and child feeding, swallowing and early communication skills