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[quote=Anonymous]I am PP.  We felt the feeding clinic was enormously helpful for us and our child.  What else beside weight gave us a clue?
Well, we were first time parents.  We couldn't get our kid to drink much milk.  He would suck a small amount and that was it.  It would take maybe 1/2 hour to get 4 oz in when he was little.  When we started solids, the only way to get it in his mouth was to trick it in. I saw other parents just spooning babyfood into their child's mouth and the child wanted it. That NEVER happened.  He was only interested in playing and not interested in food.  So until we went to the feeding clinic, I would spend 3 hours a day trying to get enough food in, all by entertaining and sneeking the food in.  I would have a whole arsenal of toys to get his attention while I slipped in some food covertly.

He couldn't eat if he was too stimulated, like when any other children were around.  He wouldn't eat if he was too tired.  He wouldn't eat if he was too excited.  At 18 months (after being in the feeding clinic), he would not eat on Christmas day (at all) because it was too exciting.  And then he wouldn''t calm himself and sleep all Christmas night.  He finally fell asleep about 30 hours later and we stuffed the bottle in his mouth and he sucked while he slept.

My child has lots of issues, but I would say I spend the most time on eating issues for the first 3 years.  [/quote]

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