About Us
Selective eating habits are extremely common in young children. We make introducing new foods a fun and positive experience for all families.
Our Story
We created Playful Eats to address the common challenge of picky eating for toddlers and young children. Millions of families like yours struggle when their child isn't eating enough variety, won't stay at the table, and meals are stressful instead of fun.
We believe in making eating a positive experience through changing the way we talk about food, introducing important eating fundamentals like the Division of Responsibility, and exploring food with play. We dig into all of these topics and more on your Playful Eats Journey.
We also previously created SpeakEasy Community with the mission to empower all parents and caregivers to communicate more often and more effectively with their early language learners. Over 100,000 families trust SpeakEasy to help with their child's speech and language development.
Meet The Team
Kyla Ettinger, Chief Clinical Officer
M.S. CCC-SLP, Pediatric Feeding Specialist
Kyla is a pediatric speech and feeding therapist, with specialized training in selective eating from breast and bottle feeding through early childhood. She co-created the SpeakEasy: Home Speech Therapy app which has helped over 100,000 families. Kyla enjoys creating materials that help parents their children’s development at home, and applying these same concepts to help her own toddler.
Cheryl Kurchin Chapman, OTR/L has worked in early intervention for the past 30 years and specializes in educating parents on sensory processing and picky eating.
Dana Dose, RDN has 15 years as a registered dietitian focusing on pediatric and maternal nutrition, coaching parents in responsive feeding from starting solids through childhood.
Ken Ettinger, CEO is an entrepreneur and software developer dedicated to building companies that make a positive impact in people's lives.