Posted by Jennifer H on 7/10/2008, 12:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Starting to eat orally!"
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Jackson could only eat stage 1 pureed food until his palate repair at around 12 months (complete cleft palate). After the repair I thought he was a toddler with molars so we should just go with the table foods he has been trying to eat off our plates for months. Big mistake! He had a lot of problems and was going backwards on his food intake, then we decided to start at the beginning and work forward very slowly through the stages (soft lumpy, chunkier, finger foods, etc.). This worked very well, I would suggest a slow progression through the stages,
Jennifer
--Previous Message--
: We started at 18 mo with stage 2 and worked
: our way up to table foods. However she
: would eat on banana's and crackers from the
: time we started baby food. She will let you
: know if she's not ready for the next step
: up. Take it slow and congratulations this
: is a big achievment!
:
: Krista
: mom to Brianna 7 1/2 no probs
: And Emma 3 gbutton 7/05 removed and stoma
: closed 4/08, trach 8/05 and removed 5/07
: stoma closed 4/08, pallet repaired and tubes
: 3/06
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: --Previous Message--
: My daughter just started to eat a little.
: She
: will eat a half of a stage 1 baby food jar
: at a sitting, YEAH! But I was wandering
: what foods to start her with. Do I just
: stick to baby food and work my way through
: the stages? Thought some of you may have
: some better ideas.
:
: For those of you that think your little one
: will never eat, they will in time. It took
: us 28 months.
:
: Thanks so much,
: Amanda mom to skyler, 28mo, prs, ss, trach
: removed in 4/08, repaired palate, mickey
: button
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