Re: Re: something wrong

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Hey !!

I am so glad to hear that your daughter is doing better...be sure to give

her lot's of choices and make food available to her all the time. I will

keep my fingers crossed for you!! Many people don't understand how scary

and depressing it is when your child refuses to eat, it seems like food

becomes a focal point for the family. I still help to feed my kids because

it is so hard to get out of the habit of pushing food in their mouths!!

People always tell me to just put the food in front of them and if they eat

they eat, if they don't they don't.....needless to say this is not an option

when you have a child who will not eat!!

I started out with the plain cups with white plastic lids

(playskool??) I took the piece out on the inside of the top so the drink

would " pour " out of the spout. I would have to help him, but it helped him

to learn how to position his mouth on the spout and I would tip the cup so

he would get his drink. Needless to say I could not just give him the cup

or he would spill every time. Then we got the cup that has the rubber

straw. He liked that better than regular staws because he could chew on it

(great for sensory issues!). It took him a while to learn to suck, but once

he did he liked it. We taught him how to suck out of a staw by placing our

finger on a straw and pulling it out of the cup with liquid in it. We would

place the end in his mouth and let the liquid out. We would hold it longer

and longer to get him to start sucking the liquid, then one day it just

clicked!!

I know you will find what works for you, just keep trying. We also have a

cabinet full of all different sippy cups.... Have you tried helping your

daughter drink out of a regular cup?? We started (and are still using) the

dixie cups because they are small and can fit into their hands. Don't put

ice in the cup because it is hard to sip out of a cup with ice hitting your

lips. Once it gets warm outside you can put her outside with some cups and

water and let her " experiment " for herself.

Just some ideas - I hope they help!! Please keep informed on her eating, I

know how hard this is for you and I will help in anyway that I can!!

[ ] Re: something wrong

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> I really appreciate you sharing about your son. I had a breaking point a

> few days ago and I did not give her anything but water with juice. She

had

> no problem with her reflux and she did eat a few " good " times. I

definitely

> think there is something to drinking milk....being allergic make sense.

(I

> hate milk but I think it goes back to being forced to drink it at school

> lunch and it was always warm. Yuck.) She can go through a gallon of milk

> in a few days and hardly eat anything. The past few milk free days she has

> been more active and chatty too. Now if I can get her to eat, I hope that

> she will be able to tell me (in any way) that she is hungry. Come to

think

> of it, she would get her milk and then not want to eat almost all the

time.

>

> Thanks for sharing and I will keep you posted. Just curious, what sippy

cup

> did take to?

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