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DC was born premature with global developmental delays and had OT from 14 to 24 months, among other therapies. OT helped a little bit with the oral-feeding sensation.

What really worked was patience. He took 2 SOLID hours to eat each meal until he was about 2.5 year old.
I had left my job when he was a year old, and I recall spoon feeding for hours every day, waiting for him to chew and swallow, also prepared for the inevitable gagging. I made up a little "chew and swallow" song to encourage him. He was EXCRUCIATINGLY slow, and would get tired as well, but at least like this he got enough calories and could hover at the 3rd percentile for weight instead of having failure to thrive.

Things got slowly better and now at 9 he is at the 25% percentile for weight, which is in proportion to his height!!! He's still a slow eater, and rarely finishes his lunch during the 20 minutes max they have at school (ridiculously short, BTW). But we have come such a long way I can hardly believe it.

Courage, OP. Things will get better.

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