Babble & Munch Speech Pathology

Babble & Munch Speech Pathology has a special interest in infant and toddler feeding problems, as well as feeding and swallowing difficulties in older children.

Some of the feeding problems that we see include:

- Difficulties with breastfeeding or bottle feeding
- Sucking, swallowing or breathing difficulties during feeding
- Coughing, choking or gagging
- Poor endurance and fatigue
- Distress with feeding
- Feed refusal
- Difficulty transitioning to solids, lumps or finger foods
- Fussy feeders, picky or selective eating
- Chewing or oral motor problems
- Oral aversions or feeding aversions
- Tube feeding, tube dependency, tube weaning
- Stressful mealtimes & mealtime battles
- Feeding problems related to medical or congenital conditions including reflux, allergies, eosinophilic oesophagitis, constipation, cardiac conditions, respiratory conditions, tongue ties or lip ties, prematurity, developmental delay, down syndrome, cleft, visual impairment, growth failure and renal conditions.

Babble & Munch Speech Pathology also provides speech pathology services for early social communication skills for babies and toddlers under 2 years of age.

Services are usually provided in our Eltham clinic, however remote consultations may also be available upon request via email, phone or video-link (telehealth).

Babble & Munch Speech Pathology is run by Carly Veness (Certified Practising Speech Pathologist) who also has postgraduate training in infant mental health.