10/15/2026
Picky eater? It might not be about picky.
A mom told me her 8-year-old rotated through about 6 foods. He’d been in speech and feeding therapy for years. When I reviewed his records, he had a severely narrow palate and a tongue tie, and nobody had ever mentioned either one.
After expansion and a tongue tie release, things started turning around quickly. If the palate is narrow and the tongue is tied, it’s genuinely hard to move certain foods around the mouth and to make certain sounds. Therapy alone can’t overcome an anatomical limitation like that.
If your child is a picky eater or in speech or feeding therapy, ask for an orthodontic evaluation that checks palate width and tongue mobility. It’s a quick check that can reveal a structural cause.
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