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Judit
Posts:209
 | | 08/04/2007 8:54 PM |
 Alert | So, I was on this issue before, but IT IS NOT IMPROVING!!!!!!!
He is 14 mos, he does NOT want to really chew things, unless it is something he LOVES ( cheerio, cookies, ...) sometimes I can have him eat watermelon, chicken, mac and cheese, BUT 50-50chance.
So, HOW CAN I "make "him to chew things, to start eating, instead of spitting out things. HE IS SOOOO PICKY!!!!!!!!He used to eat ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO I still puree some thing and use Organic baby food, so at least he has some good in him! I tried to introduce things for him, BUT STILL NO IMPROVEMENTS!!! He just got his " new" 4 teeth (2-2), so maybe that is it, but I AM READY for him eating some NORMAL THINGS!!!!!!!
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| | heat sprite
Posts:334
| | 08/05/2007 9:31 AM |
Alert | You might try stimulating his gums. Put your finger in and rub his upper and lower gums.
Also, try frozen fruits and such that would help to numb the inside of his mouth. This will help if he is teething.
Have you tried waiting to feed him a little. Waiting until he is clearly hungry. He might be more receptive to food and working at it if he is really hungry.
Definitely consult your dx as he could need early intervention with a feeding therapist. They can give you great ideas for introducing new foods and helping to not let it turn into a battle.
We went thru 2 years of feeding therapy. My son didn't want to eat and if we forced the issue, he would throw up. We were getting so frustrated and meal times were something that we dreaded.
It is better now... But he still doesn't always like to eat. | |
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| | TheBoymaker
Posts:834
| | 08/05/2007 10:58 AM |
Alert | Is it possible that he could have some sensory integration issues? Mty eldest has SID and he is very picky about what he eats. I didn't know about it in 1994, they called him spoiled then, but now he has a verifiable aversion to certain textures that had little to do with us.
Dioes he gag? Has be choked in the past? Is he scared of that?
If not, as a mom of four and a former daycare provider, I learned not to push them as kids can and will control what they eat in defiance. With our secxond, we were so afraid that something that we had done had caused the eldest's issues, that we went to other way. No pureed baby food, no separating the foods, no worrying about keeping clean. Nearly every meal was a buffet. Variety encouraged him to try things. So did dip. Ranch dp, yogurt dip, mild salsa, salad dressing...it was atrociously messy but that was our only problem.
Another fun thing is to eat through straws.The food usually bypasses the front of the tongue. Some soups can be chopped a bit to go up a thick straw (Burger Kings size).
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| | Judit
Posts:209
| | 08/05/2007 11:03 AM |
Alert | Dioes he gag? Has be choked in the past? Is he scared of that?
No, he did not do any of that!
THNX guys I will definately mention this at the next dr appt.
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| | Bionicbunny
Posts:612
| | 08/05/2007 12:27 PM |
Alert | As kids grow their taste buds change. It is possible that not much tastes good now, just keep offering different flavors and textures. Usually after about 7 or 8 times that they are offered a particular food item, they will start actually eating it. Try it at dinner time, offer a 1/2 piece of corn on the cob (corn is fun, safe and easy) every night at dinner for a week. Don't worry if all he does at first is play with it or take a bit and spit it out, offer him another 1/2 the next day.
Or maybe he just isn't hungry. My kids would go through periods where I thought they would starve from eating so little and then one day they would eat everything in sight. Right around that time I would notice a spurt in growth. But most importantly, don't worry about it! | | | |
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| | Fritzydoodle
Posts:1023
| | 08/05/2007 1:10 PM |
Alert | Yeah - they go through some crazy phases. I remember my son at about 2 yrs old ate nothing but Campbells Cream of Potato soup. Nothing wrong with that - except that's all he'd eat, breakfast - lunch - and dinner for a month straight! To this date (and he's 25 now) he won't eat potato soup 
Now my daughter (and she will LOVE me telling her youthful stories!) had her own eating peculiarities... she loved eating both dry cat food and grain for the cows. We had to feed the cat on top of the filing cabinet to keep her from stealing the food. The cow sweet feed she continued to eat until she was about 10 yr old. She'd go out to the barn and fill a cereal bowl full and sit and eat it! Being the ??? Mom I am - I had to try a handful myself. It could have been a 50# sack of granola for all I knew. No. It taked just blah. But she loved it.
I asked her DR if there was a problem with either 'snack' food. He said no - as long as there were no antibiotics etc in the food - she'd be fine.
Children. Go figure. | |
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|  | Rollergirl
Posts:70
| | 08/06/2007 2:27 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By Fritzydoodle on 08/05/2007 1:10 PM
Yeah - they go through some crazy phases. I remember my son at about 2 yrs old ate nothing but Campbells Cream of Potato soup. Nothing wrong with that - except that's all he'd eat, breakfast - lunch - and dinner for a month straight! To this date (and he's 25 now) he won't eat potato soup <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/smile.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Smile' align='absmiddle'>
Now my daughter (and she will LOVE me telling her youthful stories!) had her own eating peculiarities... she loved eating both dry cat food and grain for the cows. We had to feed the cat on top of the filing cabinet to keep her from stealing the food. The cow sweet feed she continued to eat until she was about 10 yr old. She'd go out to the barn and fill a cereal bowl full and sit and eat it! Being the ??? Mom I am - I had to try a handful myself. It could have been a 50# sack of granola for all I knew. No. It taked just blah. But she loved it.
I asked her DR if there was a problem with either 'snack' food. He said no - as long as there were no antibiotics etc in the food - she'd be fine.
Children. Go figure.</div>
LOL!!! My little one got into the cat food the other day. She loved it!
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| | My3AAAs!
Posts:113
| | 08/06/2007 3:31 PM |
Alert | Both my kids are really picky eaters. My oldest one, who just turned 3, would eat anything and everything up to the age of 1. After that it was a challenge to find something she would eat. It is getting a little easier as she is getting older and she is starting to eat more and more. My little one, who just turned 1, was picky from day one and is slowly getting better. I refuse to make 2 separate dinners each night, one for us and one for the kids, so what I do is give them a little of what we are having and put a little something on their plate that I know they will eat and it seems to be working. I guess when you are hungry enough you will eat. <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/biggrin.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Big Grin' align='absmiddle'> The other thing I've learned is that my oldest one hates the skin or outside part of meat. Once I trimmed that away she would eat it. My youngest one does not like to eat things in little tiny pieces so I just give her the full size piece of toast rather than cutting it up for her. We have also made dinner into a game of sorts. All of us take turns taking a bite. Another thing we do is that we tell my oldest one that we are going to take a bite of whatever we are eating first and then she rushes to beat us. You might want to try presenting the food differently or make a game of it. Good luck and know that you are not alone.
I had to laugh at the cat food and cow food! Thankfully my kids have not discovered our dogs food. | | | |
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