Posted by amanda
on 8/25/2009, 12:42 pm, in reply to "Food Aversion"
75.137.241.185
I know how you feel, I just knew my daughter would get her tube out after she turned 1, but she didn't have it removed until a few months ago, and she is 3. My daughter wouldn't let anything near her mouth, because the 1st therapist she had tried to force it on her.
So we started with getting her to let us touch her lips, then stick her tongue out on a sucker or something. We slowly moved to putting an empty spoon in her mouth, first her putting it in, then letting us put it in her mouth. Then finally we were able to put a small amount of food on the spoon. It is a long process but if you stick with it, it will happen.
If you want to talk more about it email me at at1510@charter.net
Amanda
--Previous Message--
: When my son's g-tube was placed at 6 weeks of
: age, I now see that I was naive to think
: it'd be so temporary. He just turned one and
: is not eating. His palate has yet to be
: closed-was supposed to be this week but is
: postponed due to a crummy sleep study. I'm
: going to try to have a swallow study done
: since he hasn't had one in a while, but any
: suggestions on getting him interested???? He
: has a speech therapist that comes to our
: home once a month, but she's had no luck
: either. He has gerd and was recently put
: back on prevacid, so his vomitting has
: slowed. I thought that might be one factor
: contributing to his fear of eating.
:
: I just feel defeated. He really doesn't know
: what to do with solids in his mouth, he will
: either accidently swallow and gag and throw
: it up, or instantly spit it out. Friends,
: family, strangers, tell us to try sweets and
: that to get his interest, but taste is not a
: major factor when you have oral-sensory and
: motor issues.
:
: Sorry so long....please respond if you've
: had a similar experience and found that
: something has worked. I know we all go
: through feeding issues,
: so I know I shouldn't feel alone, it is just
: tough. Thank you
: Katie
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