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[amber682]

My son, 3 and a half, seems to have some oral sensory issues. He has always been very picky about textures, both in his mouth or in his hands. He's an extrememly picky eater. Lately he doesn't like how it feels to swallow.

Needless to say this makes keeping his weight up very difficult. I remember from aboyut a year ago that there were a few other posters whose children had similar issues.

We have an appointment with his pediatrician to discuss this, and see if he might need to see an occupational and/or speech therapist.

Does anyone else have experience with this? Do you know what the therapist would actually do? Just wondering while I wait...

 

[amber682]

My son, 3 and a half, seems to have some oral sensory issues. He has always been very picky about textures, both in his mouth or in his hands. He's an extrememly picky eater. Lately he doesn't like how it feels to swallow.

Needless to say this makes keeping his weight up very difficult. I remember from aboyut a year ago that there were a few other posters whose children had similar issues.

We have an appointment with his pediatrician to discuss this, and see if he might need to see an occupational and/or speech therapist.

Does anyone else have experience with this? Do you know what the therapist would actually do? Just wondering while I wait...

 

[amber682]

My son, 3 and a half, seems to have some oral sensory issues. He has always been very picky about textures, both in his mouth or in his hands. He's an extrememly picky eater. Lately he doesn't like how it feels to swallow.

Needless to say this makes keeping his weight up very difficult. I remember from aboyut a year ago that there were a few other posters whose children had similar issues.

We have an appointment with his pediatrician to discuss this, and see if he might need to see an occupational and/or speech therapist.

Does anyone else have experience with this? Do you know what the therapist would actually do? Just wondering while I wait...

 

[amber682]

My son, 3 and a half, seems to have some oral sensory issues. He has always been very picky about textures, both in his mouth or in his hands. He's an extrememly picky eater. Lately he doesn't like how it feels to swallow.

Needless to say this makes keeping his weight up very difficult. I remember from aboyut a year ago that there were a few other posters whose children had similar issues.

We have an appointment with his pediatrician to discuss this, and see if he might need to see an occupational and/or speech therapist.

Does anyone else have experience with this? Do you know what the therapist would actually do? Just wondering while I wait...

 

[amber682]

My son, 3 and a half, seems to have some oral sensory issues. He has always been very picky about textures, both in his mouth or in his hands. He's an extrememly picky eater. Lately he doesn't like how it feels to swallow.
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<br />Needless to say this makes keeping his weight up very difficult. I remember from aboyut a year ago that there were a few other posters whose children had similar issues.
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<br />We have an appointment with his pediatrician to discuss this, and see if he might need to see an occupational and/or speech therapist.
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<br />Does anyone else have experience with this? Do you know what the therapist would actually do? Just wondering while I wait...

 

[Ratatosk]

DS had issues when he was a lot younger. I used stage 2 baby food and avoided ground meat, toast until he was closer to 1 1/2 years old 'cuz he'd gag as if he had a hair ball. Up until recently he was a very picky eater, very limited in his food choices, but they've really worked with him at preschool and he'll eat just about anything for them. For us it's still just easier to offer him choices that we'll know he eats.

IMO I'd see what the OT person says.

 

[Ratatosk]

DS had issues when he was a lot younger. I used stage 2 baby food and avoided ground meat, toast until he was closer to 1 1/2 years old 'cuz he'd gag as if he had a hair ball. Up until recently he was a very picky eater, very limited in his food choices, but they've really worked with him at preschool and he'll eat just about anything for them. For us it's still just easier to offer him choices that we'll know he eats.

IMO I'd see what the OT person says.

 

[Ratatosk]

DS had issues when he was a lot younger. I used stage 2 baby food and avoided ground meat, toast until he was closer to 1 1/2 years old 'cuz he'd gag as if he had a hair ball. Up until recently he was a very picky eater, very limited in his food choices, but they've really worked with him at preschool and he'll eat just about anything for them. For us it's still just easier to offer him choices that we'll know he eats.

IMO I'd see what the OT person says.

 

[Ratatosk]

DS had issues when he was a lot younger. I used stage 2 baby food and avoided ground meat, toast until he was closer to 1 1/2 years old 'cuz he'd gag as if he had a hair ball. Up until recently he was a very picky eater, very limited in his food choices, but they've really worked with him at preschool and he'll eat just about anything for them. For us it's still just easier to offer him choices that we'll know he eats.

IMO I'd see what the OT person says.

 

[Ratatosk]

DS had issues when he was a lot younger. I used stage 2 baby food and avoided ground meat, toast until he was closer to 1 1/2 years old 'cuz he'd gag as if he had a hair ball. Up until recently he was a very picky eater, very limited in his food choices, but they've really worked with him at preschool and he'll eat just about anything for them. For us it's still just easier to offer him choices that we'll know he eats.
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<br />IMO I'd see what the OT person says.

 

[OperaMama]

My non-CFer, who is 4, is a Sensory kinda kid--- she goes to the OT and loves it. I think it helps. We also picked up the books Out-of-Sync Child, and Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun at the library for some info on the types of sensory integration issues, ranging from extreme to barely clinical. The food texture one is so common as to practically not warrant much attention EXCEPT for our little CFers, who must be fed so much so often!

GOOD LUCK!

M'nell, mother of Francis, 6 y/o cfer, and Roz, the luckier one

 

[OperaMama]

My non-CFer, who is 4, is a Sensory kinda kid--- she goes to the OT and loves it. I think it helps. We also picked up the books Out-of-Sync Child, and Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun at the library for some info on the types of sensory integration issues, ranging from extreme to barely clinical. The food texture one is so common as to practically not warrant much attention EXCEPT for our little CFers, who must be fed so much so often!

GOOD LUCK!

M'nell, mother of Francis, 6 y/o cfer, and Roz, the luckier one

 

[OperaMama]

My non-CFer, who is 4, is a Sensory kinda kid--- she goes to the OT and loves it. I think it helps. We also picked up the books Out-of-Sync Child, and Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun at the library for some info on the types of sensory integration issues, ranging from extreme to barely clinical. The food texture one is so common as to practically not warrant much attention EXCEPT for our little CFers, who must be fed so much so often!

GOOD LUCK!

M'nell, mother of Francis, 6 y/o cfer, and Roz, the luckier one

 

[OperaMama]

My non-CFer, who is 4, is a Sensory kinda kid--- she goes to the OT and loves it. I think it helps. We also picked up the books Out-of-Sync Child, and Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun at the library for some info on the types of sensory integration issues, ranging from extreme to barely clinical. The food texture one is so common as to practically not warrant much attention EXCEPT for our little CFers, who must be fed so much so often!

GOOD LUCK!

M'nell, mother of Francis, 6 y/o cfer, and Roz, the luckier one

 

[OperaMama]

My non-CFer, who is 4, is a Sensory kinda kid--- she goes to the OT and loves it. I think it helps. We also picked up the books Out-of-Sync Child, and Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun at the library for some info on the types of sensory integration issues, ranging from extreme to barely clinical. The food texture one is so common as to practically not warrant much attention EXCEPT for our little CFers, who must be fed so much so often!

GOOD LUCK!

M'nell, mother of Francis, 6 y/o cfer, and Roz, the luckier one

 

[MicheleGazelle]

A lot of sensory issues are caused by vitamin or mineral deficiencies. My sons are both ASD, so I get a lot of good information from <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury/">Autism-mercury</a> which has helped me deal not only with their ASD issues but helped me figure out a lot of CF-related issues as well. The archives are public, so you don't have to join to read them. And you can use Onibasu to search the archives (the link is in the group description section).

Good luck with this.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

A lot of sensory issues are caused by vitamin or mineral deficiencies. My sons are both ASD, so I get a lot of good information from <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury/">Autism-mercury</a> which has helped me deal not only with their ASD issues but helped me figure out a lot of CF-related issues as well. The archives are public, so you don't have to join to read them. And you can use Onibasu to search the archives (the link is in the group description section).

Good luck with this.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

A lot of sensory issues are caused by vitamin or mineral deficiencies. My sons are both ASD, so I get a lot of good information from <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury/">Autism-mercury</a> which has helped me deal not only with their ASD issues but helped me figure out a lot of CF-related issues as well. The archives are public, so you don't have to join to read them. And you can use Onibasu to search the archives (the link is in the group description section).

Good luck with this.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

A lot of sensory issues are caused by vitamin or mineral deficiencies. My sons are both ASD, so I get a lot of good information from <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury/">Autism-mercury</a> which has helped me deal not only with their ASD issues but helped me figure out a lot of CF-related issues as well. The archives are public, so you don't have to join to read them. And you can use Onibasu to search the archives (the link is in the group description section).

Good luck with this.

 

[MicheleGazelle]

A lot of sensory issues are caused by vitamin or mineral deficiencies. My sons are both ASD, so I get a lot of good information from <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury/">Autism-mercury</a> which has helped me deal not only with their ASD issues but helped me figure out a lot of CF-related issues as well. The archives are public, so you don't have to join to read them. And you can use Onibasu to search the archives (the link is in the group description section).
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<br />Good luck with this.