Food Allergies and Intolerances
Does your child have an allergy? Did you know Dietitian assessment and education is crucial in food allergy management. Nourish Little Lives offers comprehensive nutrition and allergy/medical assessment and education on allergen avoidance and substitute foods to ensure your child is meeting all their nutrition requirements, dietitian assessment for intolerances, tummy troubles and behavioural problems includes a comprehensive nutrition assessment of symptoms (this could include constipation, diarrhoea, bloating, pain, change in behaviours) diet, medical conditions and an individualised plan is developed to address the issues identified.
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Infant Nutrition and Starting Solids
From first milk feed through your starting solids journey and any nutritional issues along the way
From your babies first feed through their journey into weaning and beyond, Nourish Little Lives is here to offer our expertise, support and guidance. This includes assessment and management of infant conditions such as faultering growth (failure to thrive), reflux, colic, constipation, breastfeeding, formula feeding, starting solids and any issues along the way.
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With years of experience in paediatric and neonatal nutrition Anna can ensure that your child is provided with a comprehensive nutrition, growth and symptom assessment and that you are provided with evidenced based and individualised recommendations and strategies that work.
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Express Consult
Perfect for a few quick questions regarding your child's nutrition
Jumpstart your child's nutrition today with an express Dietitian consult. Anna carefully evaluates each client's and families individual needs and formulates a personalized advice based on their specific requirements.
An express consult is perfect if you have 1-2 concerns you want to discuss (with uncomplicated medical history) for example:
- Changing formulas
- Routines for breastfeeding and starting solids
- Progressing solids
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Fussy Eaters
For families and children struggling at meal times
Our goal is to help nourish your fussy eater while we work on stepped and targeted individualised strategies that work for your child and family to increase the variety of accepted foods into your child's diet. There is no age limit to this service, at any age you can turn around your child's fussy eating. Anna is trained in the SOS (Sequential-Oral-Sensory) and other approaches to fussy eating. She will happily work in with your current therapy and liaise with other members of your feeding team if required (eg Speech, OT, Paediatrician). Anna will carefully evaluate each client's nutrition, growth and medical needs and formulate a personalized plan based on your child's specific requirements. Schedule a sessions today to take the stress out of meal times.
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NDIS
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Participants
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Anna is an experienced clinical paediatric dietitian and can provide ongoing support and assessment to children who have self-managed or plan-managed with NDIS funding.
These services can include:
- Enteral nutrition: PEG or nasogastric feeds
- Oral nutrition support
- Dietetic nutrition therapy (e.g. restrictive eating, fussy eating, and weight management)
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Private Health Insurance
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Please contact your private health insurer to determine if you are covered for Dietetics and what level of cover is available.
You will be issued with a receipt for reimbursement, this also applies to tele-health
Medicare
You may wish to see your GP to see if you qualify for a Medicare Plan, this will entitle you to a partial rebate for Dietetic Services