Learn to Eat
Taking the next step in eating development is a big challenge for many babies and young children.
Learning to eat – discover, strengthen, promote
The first contact with food can turn out to be more complicated than expected. Your baby might have difficulties with weaning, or they struggle with the transition to complementary or solid foods.
Sometimes children show strong defensive behavior or lose the joy in eating following stressful experiences. In cases of non-organic failure to thrive, fears often arise as to whether the child is growing well and receiving sufficient nutrition.
This situation can be challenging and exhausting for the entire family. This is exactly where Learn To Eat comes in: with structured professional support and guidance that enables your child to experience eating positively and learning to eat step by step.
Our offer: Learn To Eat
Learn To Eat is a 3 month, individually tailored online treatment program for children with difficulties eating or being fed. This means we accompany you in a way that is closely aligned with your family’s situation, your child’s development, and their daily progress.
An interdisciplinary team led by a pediatrician is by your side every day to support you and help your child learn to eat with joy and confidence.
The program consists of two core components. The first is intensive online coaching via our data-protected platform. We are in daily contact, conduct online rounds, and remain in exchange via written communication. This allows us to clarify questions and guide you through your daily routine. We analyze the intake protocols and video recordings you provide and, based on these, give you concrete instructions for the next steps.
The second component includes weekly individual tele-therapeutic sessions held online. In these sessions, we work specifically on your child's eating skills, discuss their progress, and continuously adapt the therapeutic measures to their individual needs.
Our telemedical approach
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Proven method |
Intensive support based on the NoTube philosophy. |
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Experienced team |
Decades of experience and an interdisciplinary team provide confidence and security. |
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Daily support |
Personal and individualized guidance. |
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Immediate start |
No waiting times, the treatment can begin right away. |
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At home treatment |
Your child remains in their familiar environment – without stressful doctor or hospital visits. |
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Safe environment |
No additional infection risk compared to inpatient treatment. |
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Day to day life integration |
Easily integrated into everyday family life. |
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Cost-efficient |
No travel or accommodation costs and significantly more affordable than inpatient treatment. |
Process
Process
FAQs - Learn to Eat
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What sets your method apart from other eating therapies?
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We are here to support you on a daily basis, including weekends and holidays. The combination of written communication and video conferencing offers a comprehensive approach to supporting your child. Your child can be at home, in the environment most familiar to them and to the whole family. We focus on the skills and abilities of the children and respect their quest for autonomy. Video analysis gives us the opportunity to observe a range of eating situations, offer suggestions, and work together with you to implement them.
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Do I enter into a contractual obligation by starting the LTE Program?
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The program will end automatically after the three months are over. But you are always welcome to extend it beyond that time.
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Who will be working with my child?
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Every child will be supported by one of our paediatricians along with one of our experts in the field of (early) childhood feeding and eating disorders. The members of the treatment team will remain the same for the duration of the process.
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How can you help my child without seeing them in person?
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We will conduct video conferences with you and request that you send us videos of your child. After our team analyses these videos, we will discuss our observations with you. This enables us to help you in modifying behavioural patterns to reach the ultimate goal.
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I have been looking for help for such a long time, but nobody could solve our problem. What makes you believe that you can help, and with an online program, no less?
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At NoTube, we have helped more than 3,000 children with extremely complex medical histories. Our team has many years of experience in working with children, both on-site and through our telemedical programs. Feel free to send us an email at support@notube.com, and we would be happy to tell you whether we have worked with a child whose medical history was similar to your child’s and, if so, what the results were.
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What are some typical problems that children in the Learn to Eat Program are working on?
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The most common problems (in no particular order) are:
- Transition from breast/bottle to spoon feeding
- Transition from purees to solid foods
- Expanding their variety of foods
- Requiring help after weight loss
- Requiring/needing help with medically necessary weight gain
What parents say about NoTube
The stories of some of the many children who have learned to eat with us.
