Re: anyone else have this problem

[Guest guest]

About the gagging, has anyone looked at her adenoids? My 3 year old

(with no medical problems) always gagged and choked, I thought he was

careless as he was 1, and also he snored excessively and had little

gasps while sleeping. A couple of doctors thought asthma, until one

actually looked at him instead of talking at me, turned out his

adenoids were so large he barely had room to breathe while upright,

never mind laying down. They were removed and no problem since

then. Magically, he is the only one of my children to not have had

an ear infection since 1 yr. old. It is a shot in the dark, Avery is

otherwise healthy and my apraxic son doesn't have major sensory

issues so I am not familiar with that, but it may be worth having

your doctor look at it next time you are there. It couldn't hurt,

anyway. , mom of Riley, 6, apraxia

> I was wondering if anyone else might have this problem. My 2.10

month

> old has been seeing a ST with EI since Dec. We just finished

testing

> for her transition in to Pre-K, for which I'm sure she will receive

> therapy. Last Friday, I took her to a new pediatrician, for

insurance

> purposes and because her previous Dr. wouldn't give a referral to a

SP

> (which is why she's in EI). Well, it's like everyone knows she

needs

> therapy, but I was the only one that thought we needed and wanted a

> diagnosis as to what her speech problem is. From everything i have

> learned, there are different types of therapy for different problems

> apraxia, phonological, etc. Is is aking to much of me to want a

> medical name with her speech disibility?

>

> Also, does anyone experience their children gagging easily? My

> daughter gags at everything....when she pees in the toilet, when

she

> comes in the kitchen and smells foods cooking, when it's time to

eat

> and I put her in her highchair I guess she thinks about eating and

> gags. I don't know if it might be a sensory issue or what.

>

> Thanks

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/7/02 9:05:37 PM, nancfin@... writes:

<< Also, does anyone experience their children gagging easily? My

daughter gags at everything....when she pees in the toilet, when she

comes in the kitchen and smells foods cooking, when it's time to eat

and I put her in her highchair I guess she thinks about eating and

gags. I don't know if it might be a sensory issue or what.

>>

Yes, I think this could be sensory issue. This is also one issue that seems

to be more familiar to pediatricians. Guess it falls into traditional

learning tracks -- gag reflex. good luck. Sue in Michigan

[Guest guest]

My son gags real bad too, even when I brush his teeth. At Halloween, my

husband was carving a pumpkin with him and our daughter and letting them

pull the insides out of the pumpkin, well he threw up right there at the

touch of the insides and the smell I guess, which wasn't a bad smell.

He can smell his own bad diaper and gag.

He had severe Reflux for 14 mos, but now it is resolved.

I think it is a sensory issue too. Some textures of food do that to him

too.

Angi, mom to Katelyn, 4 and 2, with mild CP, hypotonia, Apraxia,

Dysarthria and Asthma