Posted by Marisa on 3/25/2008, 4:25 pm, in reply to "Feeding difficulty"
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You need to be working closely with a speech and language therapist who specializes in infants with feeding issues. They will help you teach your child to feed orally. Ours saved us in the beginning and we would never have learned how to feed our little guy without her. There usually is one on every cleft team.
I hope you work things out soon
All the best - Marisa
--Previous Message--
: Hello everyone,
:
: My baby daughter was born with PRS. She is
: now 6 months 2weeks old.
: Since her birth she was hospitalized till
: she was almost 6 months old.
: Her lenghtly hosiptalization was because her
: breathing was unstable and frequent
: vomitting and distress led to poor weight
: gain.
:
: She is being fed by a tube thro her mouth
: since birth
:
: Because of her condition and her
: hospitalization she was not fed orally.
: Now that she is at home and we try to feed
: her orally, by spoon, Habberman Nipple,
: syringe, she refuses even to open her mouth
: Doctors have even placed an obturator to
: help her in feeding. Despite all this, she
: continues to refuse. This has become our
: single biggest worry right now.
:
: So we kindly request you to advise us as to
: the best method of making her learn feedinng
: on her own.
:
: Rgds
: Vandana
:
:
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