Hello!

I’m Noémi Scheuring M.D.,Ph.D, a pediatrician, neonatologist, and infant-parent mental health consultant at the Heim Pál National National Pediatric Institute in Budapest, Hungary. I lead a multidisciplinary team at the Early Childhood Feeding and Sleeping Disorders Outpatient Clinic, which my colleagues and I established in 2017. Since then, our team has supported nearly 1,600 infants and young children with feeding, sleeping and early regulation challenges.

In addition to my clinical work, I am also actively involved in research with my colleagues. The international publications include:

Tube-fed and orally fed children with early childhood feeding disorders
Noémi Scheuring, Judit Gervai, Ágnes Gulácsi, Ildikó Danis, Nick Hopwood, Christopher Elliot, Kitti Sebestyén, László Szabó
Medical Science Monitor, 2025; 31:e946720 — DOI: 10.12659/MSM.946720

Recognizing early regulatory disorders in pediatric care: The For Healthy Offspring project
Scheuring N., Danis I., Papp E., Benedek P., Németh T., Gulácsi Á., Szabó L.
Medical Science Monitor, 2021; 27:e930214

Our journey into the world of early childhood mental health and nutritional disorders

From the outset, our team has been united by a shared professional commitment: to understand young children in the context of their relationships and environment. Drawing on paediatrics, infant and early childhood mental health, developmental research and family-centred care, we have created a clinical model that integrates these areas into everyday practice.

Our common goal has always been clear: to provide accessible, coordinated, high-quality care for children under the age of three who are struggling with feeding or sleeping difficulties. Every family comes to us with their own story and needs. As a team, we strive to help them with evidence-based interventions, sensitivity, and sincere cooperation. We believe that supporting the child also means supporting the parent-child relationship, which is central to healthy development.

Our outpatient clinic treats infants and young children with eating, sleeping, or regulatory difficulties. Most referrals are for nutritional problems, ranging from mild eating difficulties to complex, medically fragile cases.

As a multidisciplinary and truly interdisciplinary team, we work side by side to understand each child from a biopsychosocial perspective, drawing on the following expertise:

• Pediatrics — comprehensive medical history, physical examination, diagnostics, and biopsychosocial consultation
• Infant and developmental psychology — developmental assessment, temperament, parent-child interaction, psychosocial factors
• Special education, speech and occupational therapy — assessment of chewing, swallowing, sensory processing, motor development, posture, and independent eating skills
• Dietetics — analysis of food intake, food diary, personalized diet planning
• Physical therapy and pediatric specialties — involvement as needed for complex organ systems

We often use video feedback to observe feeding interactions with parents, deepening our understanding of the child’s cues and promoting responsive feeding. Regular team meetings, case study discussions, and close communication ensure that care remains coordinated, consistent, and tailored to each family’s needs.

What motivates us as a team

Supporting young children during this vulnerable period is both meaningful and rewarding. Feeding and sleeping are not just biological functions, but also relational, developmental, and emotional experiences. We are deeply motivated by the daily changes we witness—a child showing more joy during meals, a parent becoming more confident, or a family coping more easily with daily routines.

These moments reinforce the importance of a truly integrated approach. As a team, we value the ability to bring together medical, developmental, behavioral, and relational perspectives within a coherent framework.

Our commitment to research, professional training, and parent education

Beyond clinical care, our team is committed to advancing the field through research, professional training, and parent support.

Ongoing research allows us to deepen our understanding of early childhood nutritional and regulatory disorders. Over the years, we have contributed to numerous national publications, sharing our data and clinical experience to support the development of the field in Hungary. We incorporate new scientific findings into our daily practice so that our interventions are both evidence-based and practice-based.

One of the main focuses of our mission is professional training. As Hungary’s first service provider specializing in early childhood nutritional and sleep disorders, we feel a great responsibility to share our interdisciplinary knowledge with the country’s pediatricians, psychologists, therapists, and dietitians. We hold regular training courses, workshops, and interdisciplinary educational sessions with the aim of strengthening expertise in early childhood and improving access to high-quality care throughout the country.

Educating parents is equally important to us. Through consultations, written materials, and direct guidance, we strive to provide clear, supportive, and accessible information. Empowering caregivers to understand their child’s developmental needs and strengthening the parent-child relationship are central to our clinical philosophy.

Our commitment to research, professional training, and parent education collectively reflects our belief that improving early childhood care requires collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a community-centered approach.

We welcome opportunities for collaboration, dialogue, and shared learning with our colleagues around the world.

Noémi Scheuring, M.D., Ph.D
Pediatrician, Neonatologist, Infant-Parent Mental Health Consultant
Heim Pál National Pediatric Institute
Budapest, Hungary

I would be glad to connect with professionals from other international institutions and contribute to professional exchange through the conference.

You may reach me at the email address: scheuringn@heimpalkorhaz.hu

Below are three links where the Early Childhood Eating and Sleeping Disorders Clinic, my colleagues, and I can be found:

https://heimpalkorhaz.hu/aktualitasok/eves-alvaszavar-ambulancia https://heimpalkorhaz.hu/aktualitasok/eves-alvaszavar-ambulancia#specialistaink https://heimpalkorhaz.hu/orvosaink/dr-scheuring-noemi-gabriella

Below are two links to my published work mentioned above:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40831040/

Tube-fed and orally fed children with early childhood feeding disorders
Noémi Scheuring, Judit Gervai, Ágnes Gulácsi, Ildikó Danis, Nick Hopwood, Christopher Elliot, Kitti Sebestyén, László Szabó
Medical Science Monitor, 2025; 31:e946720 — DOI: 10.12659/MSM.946720 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33986238/

Recognizing early regulatory disorders in pediatric care: The For Healthy Offspring project
Scheuring N., Danis I., Papp E., Benedek P., Németh T., Gulácsi Á., Szabó L.Medical Science Monitor, 2021; 27:e930214– DOI: 10.12659/MSM.930214.