P Soup: Real Conversations – For Parents, With Parents, About Kids

About P Soup: Real Conversations – For Parents, With Parents, About Kids

Welcome to The Airplane Spoon Podcast, a space for honest conversations about feeding children. If you’ve been here before, you may notice that this podcast has evolved. Previously known as P Soup: Real Conversations – For Parents, With Parents, About Kids, this show explored a wide range of topics in child development. Those episodes will remain available, as they continue to hold meaningful conversations and stories. As this podcast grows, it is shifting to focus more deeply on one area that impacts so many families—feeding. In The Airplane Spoon Podcast, we’ll continue the conversation with a more specific lens on feeding babies and children. Hosted by feeding therapist and director of The Airplane Spoon, Sarina Murrell, this podcast is for parents navigating the everyday challenges of feeding—from picky eating and food refusal to sensory differences and mealtime stress. Each episode explores the real questions parents are asking: Is my child eating enough? Why won’t they try new foods? Am I doing something wrong? Through real stories, practical insights, and a relationship-based approach, this podcast goes beyond quick fixes to help you understand what’s really happening when feeding feels hard. Because feeding isn’t just about food. It’s about connection, trust, and helping your child feel safe enough to learn. If mealtimes have become stressful, overwhelming, or all-consuming—you are not alone. This podcast is here to support you, guide you, and remind you that progress is possible.

Publisher

Sarina Murrell

Category

health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jan 2025

Latest episode

24 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Oct 2026

   28: How can I best support my child around candy during this Halloween season?

   Halloween is a food-centered holiday, and the candy can stir up worry for every kind of family. In this episode, feeding therapist Sarina Murrell covers two common situations: the child who wants all of the candy, and the child who can’t or won’t eat it. You’ll get language and strategies that keep Halloween fun and low-stress. Reflection Questions for Parents What words do I currently use about candy and treats, and what might my child be taking from them? Which approach (open access, a set number, trade-in, or a time window) would feel calm and sustainable for our family? What does my child see me do with candy and treats? If my child can’t or won’t eat candy, how can they still feel part of the fun? What do I want Halloween to feel like for us, and for me?

2. 

   16 Oct 2026

   27: What is Dysphagia and Aspiration? And what does that mean for my child's swallowing?

   Dysphagia means disordered swallowing, and aspiration means food or liquid going the wrong way toward the lungs. Sarina Murrell, pediatric feeding therapist explains why swallowing is so complex: the same structures handle eating and breathing, and the swallow has four phases. She explains the difference between an occasional cough (penetration) and ongoing aspiration, what signs parents might notice, and how swallowing concerns are diagnosed (FEES and MBSS/VFSS). Her message is that these words don’t need to feel scary. The more parents understand, the more informed their decisions can be, made together with their medical and feeding team. Parent reflection questions Have I noticed my child coughing often when drinking, or on their own saliva? When does it happen most? Has anyone explained what a swallow study could tell us about my child? What questions do I want to bring to our next doctor or feeding therapist visit? How might knowing more, even if everything looks great, help our plan moving forward?

3. 

   9 Oct 2026

   26: How can I use smoothies to help my child eat new fruits and vegetables?

   Smoothies are often used to hide fruits and vegetables. In this episode, feeding therapist Sarina Murrell shows how to use them ini plain sight of the child, and with the child instead. When your child helps prep, build, and taste the smoothie, it becomes a predictable, low-pressure way to learn about new foods. It can lead toward eating those foods in their whole form, and it does so without hiding anything. Parent reflection questions Have you ever hidden a food in a meal? How did your child respond when they found out? Which Food Job could your child do this week to help get the smoothie ingredients ready? How can you hold back from correcting how your child cuts or adds ingredients, so they feel successful? Is there a “safe” recipe your family already repeats? What is one thing you could change in it? How could you talk about the vegetable in the smoothie openly and with pride, instead of keeping it a secret?

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 17 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

21

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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