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[quote=Anonymous]OP - Additional note.  We bought a whole range of different color/types of chewy tubes, vibrating teethers, vibrating toothbrushes.  Basically, you can't have too many.  Put some in the diaper bag, some near where he eats, some in the toy area.  You basically, want you kid to have access to them all the time - so it is natural and easy to pick it up and use them.  We stored our where my child could easily reach them.  Some also went to daycare.  It got so I could see from looking at my child's face/jawline when he wanted the sensory input that comes from a chewy tube and I would just hand it to him.  A good game to play is have him bite down and gently tug on the chewy tube.  Kids who do not chew hard food, need this type of input to properly develop the jaw muscles.

They are not expensive, so, buy enough of them so that it is not big deal if you lose them.  (Trust me - having the conversation with your spouse about where is the chewy tube and how could they have lost it &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; - is ridiculous and best avoided).

Another thing we did that was helpful, was to give my child the nuke brush to essentially use as a spoon when he was eating his favorite food - yogurt.  That way his tongue got the sensory input of the bump tip fo the nuke while eating a favorite food.   I think that sensory input to his tongue helped him &quot;map&quot; his tongue and figure out how to use it.  [/quote]

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