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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like the PPs said, there is no magic bullet, unfortunately.  DS is 15 mo and still won't eat anything with a speck of solid in it.  So, you're way ahead of us!  We see a speech therapist who specializes is feeding twice a month through IE.  She's done many of the things you suggested - the chewy tools have been good for us.  But, as she's told us, it's a really, really slow process.  Just this week, DS finally stuck one finger in his food and licked his finger.  I was so excited, I almost cried (which is not how you want to react, so says the therapist).  But, it's a small and important step for us.  I think so long as DC is getting enough nutrition, PP is right that we are lucky it isn't worse.  The PP who said it 7 years has given me pause, however.  I had hoped I would not be sending DS to kindergarten with babyfood jars!

And, btw, I distract DS with toys all the time to get him to eat.  And, we offer him a hard solid (like a carrot stick) and a mushy solid (like a piece of banana) at every meal, and then mimic eating it sort of nonchalantly.  Every once in a while he'll pick it up and lick it, or put it to his lips.  But, we've had zero successful swallows so far.  Our therapist has told us not to force it - we did this early on and he had apparently traumatic experiences gagging and vomiting.  So, now it's just a marathon of desensitization until he decides to do it on his own.  Good luck![/quote]

We used to have to distract our child with toys to get him to eat. Then we were seen at the feeding clinic at Childrens.  That is not a good solution in the long run. I believe the feeding clinic deals with children with food sensory disorders. We have found it very useful for our child's eating issues.  He went from 0 percent weight and 75% height to 10 percent weight and 75 percent height. I would call the feeding clinic and see if they can help. [/quote]

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