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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh... some of that stuff is normal and can be outgrown.  My son went through some.  We supplemented with toddler formula for a few years due to picky eating.  My kid would have starved.  Supplement.[/quote]

It's not "normal" to supplement formula for food, especially for years.

OP, what did your pediatrician suggest in terms of weight loss.  Did you ask about your kid's growth curve?  That's more important than percentiles and pounds.

Just so you know, "SPD" isn't a diagnosis.  It doesn't mean sensory issues don't exist, but you need to get a global evaluation.[/quote]

May not be "normal" but it worked.  If OP child is losing weight, supplementing is an option.  We went through a feeding strike between 2-3 where my child wouldn't eat for days even with what were his favorite foods.  Formula was our only option (beyond pedicure which isn't meant for multiple meals for very young kids).  What is your better option.  Eventually around 4 my kid slowly started eating a few things and its slowly gotten better.

At 22 months, they are going to throw tons of services.  We were in 4 day a week speech (I was exhausted and needed a break from 5), OT and more.  Its very hard as OP said. OT was useless.  Eventually as the speech came, everything else slowly came (or is coming).  Some things its just time, some its therapy.[/quote]

OP, generally, the only way to get four-fives days of a week of speech covered by insurance is if you have an autism diagnosis.  In the long-run, seeing a developmental pediatrician will be helpful b/c you'll get more services covered regardless.[/quote]

Sad, but true.  Most insurances will not cover a developmental delay but they will autism. We did three days at a preschool and 1-2 days privately (when preschool was out of session 2-3 days a week) so part of it was covered for the 4 days a week and some was private pay.  Ours claimed to cover developmental delays but kept denying speech and we were private 
paying for a year till a developmental ped (not impressed by his diagnostic skills but that's another issue) was able to do it under autism.  Then, they were overly generous - speech, OT, ABA (dropped it after a few months as speech was better) and feeding clinic (we were scheduled but ended up not doing it).  OP, my child has outgrown a lot of the quirks you described - some kids can outgrow it with age and some kids are going to have life long issues.  Its impossible to know but 2-5 is the most important time to do intensive services and its exhausting.   We are finally on the tail end of it but it sucks when others are going to all kinds of fun things and you are going to therapy.

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