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Developing feeding skills are crucial for many reasons including basic survival, social interaction, exploration, and communication. There is nothing more troubling to a parent than a child not eating and/or growing. Feeding concerns arise from a variety of mild to severe causes. The earlier your child's concerns are addressed and recognized, the more likely secondary problems, such as behavioral and relationship problems can be avoided.
You know your child best. Have your specific concerns addressed as soon as possible for your child's well being. Keep a journal, one week or more, of what foods your child is eating and how much.
Some feeding concerns may be minor and resolved quickly. However, other concerns may disrupt family meal routines and daily functioning, or be severe enough to impair your child's health.
This will allow him to experience different textures through the tactile system which will ultimately help. Due to their oral hypersensitivity, they will feel "safer" exploring textures with their hands first, rather than their mouths. It is much less threatening and will lead to a better overall response.
This way, they may tolerate the texture better and begin getting used to the tastes. You can also add their favorite condiment to the ground up food to make it more palatable and "smoother".
Simply put a piece of fruit, vegetables or meat into the mesh bag and snap shut. Your baby can chew, suck and enjoy all the whole food goodness and taste, with only the tiniest, digestible pieces coming through.
For example, if your child likes a particular kind of pizza, then try; other kinds with different toppings, or another "style" (i.e., thin crust, French bread, stuffed crust etc.).
and reward your child for trying a new food (even if your child gags or can’t eat more than one bite). Find a reward system which works for both you and your child that will encourage him to try new foods, tastes, and textures. Once you find a food, get your child to eat more of it and begin gradually adding it to the usual repertoire.
Give your child a choice of two new foods to try. Let your child know that he only needs to eat one bite to see if he likes it. Praise your child for trying, even if it doesn't "stay down". Do this FIRST, and then your child can have his preferred meal. (It is important you do it first while your child is most hungry and while there is less food in his stomach in case he gags). Find out the best time of day for your child to try something new.
Children with oral defensiveness are infamous for only being able to tolerate one or two food textures or temperatures. Make sure you try to introduce new foods to ultimately include: hot, cold, and neutral temperatures for food and drinks, pureed food, smooth, chunky, hard, soft, crunchy, "slippery", sticky, and mixed textures. If there is NO wheat allergy, you can increase and change textures by adding a 1/4 tsp. of wheat germ per 4 oz. of pureed food. If tolerated, for a few days, add another 1/4 tsp. to the same amount. If NOT tolerated (gagging, choking), wait a few days or week and try again.
Use regular or vibrating toothbrushes. Vibration is best if they will tolerate it
(i.e., ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, salad dressing, spaghetti sauce, barbecue sauce, salt, pepper, creamy soups, gravy, etc.)
Eventually you can begin fading out the condiments, using less and less, each time as he begins to get used to the food.
No punishment!. If your child did more than the time before he has accomplished something. If your child played with it, smelled it, licked it, tasted it, chewed it and spit it out, or actually swallowed it (with or without gagging), then praise your child for what he did do, do not punish him for what he didn't do.
The cold will help "numb" and desensitize his mouth.
Self-care skills are the basic tasks we perform every day. Self-care skills are also known as Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
The self-care skills children learn early on are self-feeding, dressing, bathing, and grooming. Self-feeding provides a fun and easy way for a child to explore different sensory experiences and feels. This is a great opportunity for the child to play with and feel crumbly, rough, wet, squishy, spongy, and slippery textures.
Foods also provide different sounds, smells, and tastes. Self-feeding can be messy, but being allowed to be messy will help a child gain confidence, become comfortable with different textures, and develop strength and coordination in the hands and fingers.
In addition, using forks, spoons, and cups are some of the earliest opportunities for a child to learn how to use tools. Learning to use tools is important as the child grows and starts to draw with crayons, write with pencils, and cut with scissors.
Children with impaired motor skills and/or developmental disabilities may have a harder time learning these skills. Let the child’s abilities guide the speed they acquire self-feeding skills and gradually progress from the simpler skills to more complex ones.
Imitation and play can also help children develop self-feeding skills. Include the following games/activities into your child’s day to help your child learn to feed himself/herself.
Sources:
Pre-Feeding Skills, a comprehensive resource for feeding development by Suzanne Evans Morris, PH.D., C.C.C. and Marsha Dunn Klein, M.Ed., O.T.R. http://www.arktherapeutic.com/blog/ Ark Therapeutic is a leading manufacturer of innovative therapy tools and special needs products and offers a variety of information and recommendations regarding feeding and oral motor difficulties.
مروة الساطي أخصائية نطق و اخصائية علم النفس التربوي. لدى مروة أكثر من 20 عاما من الخبرة في العمل مع الأطفال وأسرهم في مجال اختصاصاتها. مروة هي المدير التنفيذي والإداري في مركزTRS التعليمي الذي يعمل على تنمية و تتطوير قدرات و مهارات الاطفال و تقديم الاستشارات و التقاييم المتخصصة والشاملة، والعلاج المتخصص، ودعم التعليم والبرامج التعليمية.
مروة حاصلة على شهادة البكالوريوس و الماجستير في النطق واللغة من جامعة يوتا، وعلى شهادة الماجستير في علم النفس التربوي من جامعة ميشيغان و قد حصلت ايضا على شهادة في التقييم التعليمي من جامعة ميشيغان.
