Calm, Confident, Feeding Starts With You
Parent-led, child-centered feeding support that helps families make sense of feeding challenges and move forward with confidence.
Based in New York City, Kids Feeding Wellness provides virtual feeding consultations and feeding therapy for families in New York State, with parent consulting available for families worldwide.
When Mealtimes Start to Feel Heavy
Feeding challenges can quietly take over family life. Many parents spend hours planning meals, worrying about intake, and second-guessing what to try next. Over time, mealtimes can become tense and emotionally draining for both parents and children.
At Kids Feeding Wellness, we see this pattern often. Our work begins by helping families slow things down, make sense of what’s happening, and find a steadier way forward.
Feeding Consultation & Personalized Feeding Plan
Virtual | 90 Minutes
A comprehensive consultation to understand why feeding feels hard and create a personalized plan for your family.
You'll Leave With...
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A comprehensive understanding of your child's feeding profile
Identification of strengths and barriers
Insight into the factors influencing feeding
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Individualized home feeding strategies
Practical recommendations tailored to your family's routines
Detailed consultation report
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Clear next steps
Answers to your questions
A plan you can begin implementing right away
$250
Learn about Billing & Insurance.
Our Approach to Feeding Support
At Kids Feeding Wellness, our approach is parent-led and child-centered. We focus on helping parents understand their child’s feeding needs, the factors contributing to feeding challenges, and how to support progress in a way that feels calm, respectful, and sustainable at home.
Rather than focusing on quick fixes or forcing outcomes, we work collaboratively with families to reduce pressure at meals, build understanding, and create meaningful change—one step at a time.
Our Key Principles
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Feeding challenges are complex. There is rarely one cause—and it is not your fault.
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Your child is not “the problem.” We focus on supporting your child, not fighting them.
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We equip parents with knowledge, practical tools, and clear guidance so you can confidently support your child at home.
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You remain the authority in your household. We share knowledge, tools, and strategies, and support you in making the decisions that feel right for your family.
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We focus on specific meaningful changes to support lasting results and build on progress over time.
Feeding Support Services for Infants, Toddlers & Children
Ages 0-12 months
Bottle Feeding Support for Infants
Support for feeding challenges in infancy, including bottle refusal, feeding aversion, reflux, oral function concerns, and feeding-related stress.
Starting Solids Support
Ages 4-12 months
Guidance through readiness, safety, chewing development, and building positive early food experiences with confidence.
Picky Eating Support for Toddlers & Children
Ages 10 months to 10 years
Support for selective eating, cautious eaters, sensory sensitivities, and mealtime stress in toddlers and children.
Frequently Asked Questions
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We support families with children from birth through 10 years of age, including infants, toddlers, and school-age children experiencing feeding challenges.
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We provide virtual feeding therapy and parent coaching for a range of challenges, including bottle feeding, starting solids, and picky eating. Support is grounded in parent education, collaboration, and practical strategies for home.
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Yes. Kids Feeding Wellness provides virtual Comprehensive Feeding Consultations, Guided Feeding & Parent Coaching Sessions, Comprehensive Feeding Assessment Programs, and feeding therapy for families located in New York State. Parent coaching services are also available for families worldwide.
Virtual appointments are designed to provide individualized guidance, parent coaching, and practical strategies that can be implemented in your child's everyday environment. Because feeding happens at home, virtual services allow recommendations to be naturally integrated into your family's routines, where children often feel most comfortable and confident.
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Yes, limited in-person services are available for families located within a 5-mile radius of Astoria, New York.
A travel fee applies to all in-home appointments and varies based on travel distance and time. If you're unsure whether you're within the service area, please feel free to reach out before scheduling.
For families outside of this area, all consultations, assessments, parent coaching, and feeding therapy are provided virtually. Virtual services allow parents to receive individualized guidance and support from the comfort of home, where children often feel most comfortable and mealtime routines naturally occur.
Our approach focuses on empowering parents to confidently support their child's feeding. Rather than relying on a provider to feed your child, sessions emphasize parent education, coaching, and practical strategies that can be successfully incorporated into everyday family routines.
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Yes. Virtual feeding therapy can be very effective because it takes place in your child’s natural eating environment — your home. Rather than relying on a clinician to feed your child, sessions focus on guiding and supporting you as you interact with your child during meals.
Feeding is a relational experience, and children often eat best with the people they know and trust most. During virtual sessions, the clinician observes your child’s mealtime routines, provides real-time guidance, and helps you learn strategies you can confidently use throughout the week.
Because you are present at every meal, this approach allows you to build confidence supporting your child’s feeding not just during sessions, but in everyday life.
Virtual services are best suited for many feeding challenges; however, they may not be appropriate for children with significant medical complexities or those experiencing severe chewing and swallowing difficulties that require hands-on clinical support. In those cases, in-person care with a specialized feeding team may be recommended.
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Every family begins with a Comprehensive Feeding Consultation, a 90-minute virtual appointment designed to better understand why feeding feels challenging and create a personalized plan for moving forward.
Before your appointment, you'll complete a comprehensive intake form that allows us to review your child's medical and developmental history, feeding experiences, current concerns, mealtime routines, and your family's goals.
During the consultation, we'll explore your child's feeding profile, identify strengths and barriers, discuss factors that may be impacting feeding, and develop individualized recommendations tailored to your child's unique needs and your family's daily routines.
Following the consultation, you'll receive a Personalized Feeding Plan with practical strategies and clear next-step recommendations. Depending on your child's needs, additional services—such as a Guided Feeding & Parent Coaching Session, a Comprehensive Feeding Assessment Program, or ongoing feeding therapy—may be recommended to provide further support.
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Yes. A Comprehensive Feeding Assessment Program may be recommended when a more in-depth evaluation is needed to better understand your child's feeding skills and guide treatment recommendations.
This assessment is completed over approximately two weeks and may include a combination of food journals, home feeding videos, live meal observations, parent coaching, oral-motor and feeding skill assessments (when appropriate), and ongoing clinical guidance. This extended process allows us to evaluate your child's feeding skills across everyday routines rather than during a single appointment.
Following the assessment, families receive a comprehensive written report summarizing clinical findings, individualized recommendations, and an updated feeding plan. If ongoing support is recommended, a personalized treatment plan will be discussed based on your child's unique needs and your family's goals.
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Every child and family is unique, so services are personalized based on your child's individual needs, goals, and progress.
Some families feel confident implementing their personalized feeding plan after the initial consultation, while others benefit from additional support through a Guided Feeding & Parent Coaching Session, a Comprehensive Feeding Assessment Program, or ongoing feeding therapy.
Our goal is to recommend only the level of support that's appropriate for your child.
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Following each session, families receive a detailed written summary outlining key observations, recommendations, and clear next steps to support progress at home.
Families who purchase session packages are also provided with email support between sessions for brief questions, updates, or clarification. Email support is intended for short check-ins and does not replace a scheduled session. Questions that require more detailed discussion or guidance are best addressed during the next follow-up session.
Additional add-on services are available and may include home feeding video review and feedback on food journals.
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Kids Feeding Wellness is an out-of-network feeding therapy provider and does not accept insurance. A superbill (a detailed receipt) is provided for families to submit to insurance for possible reimbursement.
Learn more about billing and insurance.
Expert guidance when and where you need it.
Argie Karakalpakidis is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist and Feeding Specialist with over 8 years of experience supporting infants, children, and their families. She is the founder of Kids Feeding Wellness, based in Queens, NY, and serves families New York City and worldwide through virtual care.
Families often come to Kids Feeding Wellness feeling overwhelmed, unsure of what’s normal, and exhausted by advice that doesn’t fit their child. Argie’s parent-led, child-centered approach focuses on helping caregivers understand why feeding feels hard, reduce pressure at meals, and build realistic, sustainable strategies that work at home.
