Guest guest Posted February 17, 2002 Report Share Posted February 17, 2002 Mention the gagging thing to the EI people. He may need feeding therapy and/or OT. I think both may handle this, not sure though. Here is a post from the archives that researched. I think you need to have a ID to access the archives. It is free though and can link to your e-mail. /message/5401 If you can't get it, write me and I'll forward the whole thing. denise > Hi there, > I was just looking around at some of the past posts. I had no idea > that my sons picky eating could be related to his late/non-existant > speech. He also does this weird thing often when we try and feed > him - he does this gagging reflex stuff which just has frustrated us > to no end. I couldn't for the life of me figure out where he'd > picked up a habit like that. Neither daddy nor I ever gag, and he's > at home all the time so I know he hasn't been around someone else who > gags a lot or anything. I figured it was behavioral. > > It's been like pulling teeth to get him to eat anything nutritious. > We'd all but given up. He loves his milk, rarely wants anything > else, but obviously we can't give him nothing but milk or he could > become severely anemic. We've gotten him to start drinking some > juice and water, but there's not much actual foods we can get him to > eat other than some pastas, cheerios & chips. > > Anyway, I'm almost relieved to be finding out what the problem is. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2002 Report Share Posted February 17, 2002 My son turned five last October. He is developmentally dellayed/speech delayed with sensory issues. He is also a very picky eater - minimal meat, no vegetables (except fries), and no fruit. He gets by on yogurt, rice, chicken nuggets, fries, and some snacks. However, a year ago I started juicing for him. I juice two carrots and one apple and add another fruit - depending on what's available (apricots, peaches, cranberries, etc). I try to do all organic (easy with the apples and carrots) but that's not always the case. He knows there are carrots in the juice (he helps juice them) but no amount of pleading or bribery could ever get him to eat a carrot. He is starting to try new foods, but improvement is very slow. With the juice at least I feel like he's getting some good substances in him. We've also seen an improvement in his immune system by the decrease in number and severity of colds he's gotten this winter (two small ones compared to seven nasty ones last winter). Also, before he had enough foods that he would eat, we also gave him a protein bar each day (started off with peanut butter cliff bars but when he refused those we went to chocolate balance bars). just my two cents- > > Hi there, > I was just looking around at some of the past posts. I had no idea > that my sons picky eating could be related to his late/non-existant > speech. He also does this weird thing often when we try and feed > him - he does this gagging reflex stuff which just has frustrated us > to no end. I couldn't for the life of me figure out where he'd > picked up a habit like that. Neither daddy nor I ever gag, and he's > at home all the time so I know he hasn't been around someone else who > gags a lot or anything. I figured it was behavioral. > > It's been like pulling teeth to get him to eat anything nutritious. > We'd all but given up. He loves his milk, rarely wants anything > else, but obviously we can't give him nothing but milk or he could > become severely anemic. We've gotten him to start drinking some > juice and water, but there's not much actual foods we can get him to > eat other than some pastas, cheerios & chips. > > Anyway, I'm almost relieved to be finding out what the problem is. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2002 Report Share Posted February 17, 2002 My son's eating habits sound almost identical to yours. Very picky. Always and ONLY the same things. I have a juicer too but he is afraid of the noise. My understanding is that after you " juice " something you need to drink it w/about 5 minutes of juicing it otherwise all the important stuff (proteins? enzymes? heck, I can't remember) start to break down pretty fast. Well, anyway, he associates the frightening noise with the juice and won't touch it even though it's really yummy. I haven't tried " empowering " him by having him help me push the fruit through but I will give it a whirl. I have found that having him help me push the vacuum cleaner has diminished the fear of it eating his toys up. He also gags (on purpose, with his fingers) occasionally and stuffs his mouth and spits it out often and I was told this is a sensory issue. If I try to introduce new foods he gets pretty upset and I liken it to the Helen Keller/Annie Sullivan dinner table scene from " The Miracle Worker " . Amy > My son turned five last October. He is developmentally dellayed/speech > delayed with sensory issues. He is also a very picky eater - minimal meat, > no vegetables (except fries), and no fruit. He gets by on yogurt, rice, > chicken nuggets, fries, and some snacks. However, a year ago I started > juicing for him. I juice two carrots and one apple and add another fruit - > depending on what's available (apricots, peaches, cranberries, etc). I try > to do all organic (easy with the apples and carrots) but that's not always > the case. He knows there are carrots in the juice (he helps juice them) but > no amount of pleading or bribery could ever get him to eat a carrot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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