Feeding Therapy · San Diego County
If mealtimes have become a battle — the same five “safe” foods, gagging at new textures, tears before dinner is even on the table — you are not failing, and you are not alone.
At Eat. Play. Love., we provide gentle, evidence-based pediatric feeding therapy across San Diego County — in your home, at our Vista clinic, or virtually — so your child can learn to explore food with curiosity instead of fear, and your family can enjoy the dinner table again.
Most toddlers go through picky phases. But some signs point to a feeding challenge that responds beautifully to therapy:
We use a child-led, low-pressure approach rooted in the AEIOU Approach to Feeding and sensory-motor development. We never force, bribe, or “make” a child eat.
We listen to your story and help you understand what's going on — no pressure, just clarity.
We assess oral-motor skills, sensory responses, and mealtime dynamics.
Built around your child, your routines, and your real kitchen.
You leave every session knowing exactly what to do at the next meal.
Because we work in your home, your child practices with their own foods, their own chair, their own table — where real progress sticks. Prefer to come to us? Our Vista clinic is also set up for feeding sessions.
Prefer virtual? Our telehealth feeding sessions are just as personal, and ideal for busy families. We serve all of San Diego County, plus Temecula and Murrieta.
In-network with UnitedHealthcare, Optum, TriCare West, and Cigna/ASH. SDRC & IRC Early Start vendor. Private-pay rates available.
We work with children from infancy through school age. Early support — even in the toddler years — often makes the biggest difference, but it's rarely “too late.”
Yes — we're in-network with UnitedHealthcare, Optum, TriCare West, and Cigna/ASH, and we're a SDRC & IRC Early Start vendor. Transparent private-pay rates are also available.
Picky eating is typically a phase with a varied-enough diet. A feeding challenge involves a shrinking food list, strong sensory reactions, or skill difficulties that affect nutrition and family life. A free consult helps you tell the difference.
Yes — we provide in-home feeding therapy across San Diego County, plus Temecula and Murrieta, and virtual telehealth sessions anywhere in California.
Never. We use the AEIOU Approach and a child-led, low-pressure method that builds trust and skills so eating becomes possible — without bribery or pressure.
Let's make food feel safe again — for your child and for you.
Quick form — our care coordinator follows up within 1 business day
Call or Text (760) 235-4748
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