Anyone dealt with feeding therapy?

[wife-n-mommy]

Has anyone had any experience with feeding therapy? What were your experiences? Did it help your little one?

[*~Robyn~*]

Are you talking about feeing kids with "sensory integration disorder"?? My #3 was doing OT and PT because of her SID. The SID caused her to not eat because the textures bothered her so much. She kept falling off the growth chart. With PT and OT we were able to get her to eat but to this day we have an issue with feeding her (she's almost 7 and 36 lbs). But at least she's getting something in her now and it isn't just PediaSure or Formula.

[Kaymara]

Ethan had to go to a speech therpasit to evulate his eating and make sure all was well since for like 3 months he refused to eat anything but oatmeal and crackers. They had me bring in different foods and she sat him in a highchair and fed him and watched how he chewed and such

Dunno if thats the same as you are asking tho

[wife-n-mommy]

Originally Posted by *~Robyn~* Are you talking about feeing kids with "sensory integration disorder"?? My #3 was doing OT and PT because of her SID. The SID caused her to not eat because the textures bothered her so much. She kept falling off the growth chart. With PT and OT we were able to get her to eat but to this day we have an issue with feeding her (she's almost 7 and 36 lbs). But at least she's getting something in her now and it isn't just PediaSure or Formula.

Auri is being tested for this... she's tube fed and HATES to have anything put in her mouth... even a pacie

[Bex]

something like this?

http://www.reflux.org/reflux/webdoc0...m?OpenDocument

http://faculty.olin.edu/~jcrisman/Se...ng_therapy.htm

[*~Robyn~*]

Originally Posted by wife-n-mommy Auri is being tested for this... she's tube fed and HATES to have anything put in her mouth... even a pacie

Allyson wasn't as young as Auri is when she was having issues, but when we were trying to switch from formula to adding baby food, she would gag and throw up everything in her stomach. After that, she had this refusal to eat anything. It was terrible. We had to feed her things that were extra crunchy and chewy to keep the textures stronger for her. Forget anything soft and smooth.

I don't know about babies as young as Auri though. Is the plan to have her off of the feeding tube and work into taking a bottle??

[wife-n-mommy]

Originally Posted by *~Robyn~* Allyson wasn't as young as Auri is when she was having issues, but when we were trying to switch from formula to adding baby food, she would gag and throw up everything in her stomach. After that, she had this refusal to eat anything. It was terrible. We had to feed her things that were extra crunchy and chewy to keep the textures stronger for her. Forget anything soft and smooth. I don't know about babies as young as Auri though. Is the plan to have her off of the feeding tube and work into taking a bottle??

Yes... they said that since she refuses to eat it is making the muscles in her mouth and throat weak and this is not good... they would like for her to be doing half tube / half bottle feeds until her surgery (that was the intention when they put her on a feeding tube) but now she is 95% tube feeds and maybe 5% bottle feeds... I can manage to get about 10ml with a bottle and the rest tube maybe twice a day... she gets 55ml per feeding so that's not much...

[tak913]

I am a speech-pathologist and I do feeding therapy. It has helped a lot of the kids I have worked with and kids I have seen who worked with other therapist. I have seen kids get weened off of their tubes. It can be a slow process, but it does make a difference.