Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Hi, For a few years Sam (6) has been taking supplements and as he has alot of sensory problems in the mouth, he only likes dry food. He does drink water though. I seem to spend my life trying to get sam to take supplements, mixed in etc and have spent so much money doing this Anyway, I went to see and she told me to try giving sam water in a glass with a straw, putting capsule on the tongue and the capsule will go right back. I did it this morning and he took all his supplements fpr the first time in one go!!!!! I cant believe it! Lets hope i get the same result tomorrow!!! Kirsty x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hi on the subject of swallowing capsules, those of you who have children that can-what age did you start trying to teach them and how did you go about it? Ella has just turned 4, but is on vba programme, so responds well to promised reinforcement. She currently takes everything off a spoon bless(it tastes gross!!) > > > > Anita, > > That is so clever - to make the capsules so tiny there isn't a > > problem with swallowing. I would never have thought of that. > > Margaret > > > > Hi Margaret, > > It took me 1.5 years to think of it :-) > > I should have said that I cut only the larger 1/2 of the capsule, > making each piece almost the same size. The capsule you're left with > is the size of a tictac. It won't work for giving big amounts, but > for stuff like GSE or OoO, it does the trick. DS can't take capsules > with water, but this size capsule with something thick is no problem. > > Anita > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Hi I started with my son when he was 5. Before that everything used to be added/emptied onto his food. It looked like I had emptied the vacuum cleaner and must have tasted terrible. So I sold the idea of swallowing capsules as taking away the nasty tasting things off his food. I was very lucky as he mastered it without ever chewing any of the capsules. Mind you he is able to swallow lots of food without properly chewing it! However I still struggle with my 7 year old NT son, who has a strong gag reflex and just can't or won't swallow them. Kay. Re: capsules Hi on the subject of swallowing capsules, those of you who have children that can-what age did you start trying to teach them and how did you go about it? Ella has just turned 4, but is on vba programme, so responds well to promised reinforcement. She currently takes everything off a spoon bless(it tastes gross!!)> >> > Anita, > > That is so clever - to make the capsules so tiny there isn't a > > problem with swallowing. I would never have thought of that.> > Margaret> > > > Hi Margaret,> > It took me 1.5 years to think of it :-)> > I should have said that I cut only the larger 1/2 of the capsule, > making each piece almost the same size. The capsule you're left with > is the size of a tictac. It won't work for giving big amounts, but > for stuff like GSE or OoO, it does the trick. DS can't take capsules > with water, but this size capsule with something thick is no problem.> > Anita> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Thanks guys-I guess you just have to try, I may have probs, cos she likes her food mainly blended-but can eat chips and crisps and fruit!! Shes clever but non-verbal(learning sign)at the momment so its hard to judge her understanding, I may have to wait until her receptive is a little better, so I can explain to her. Unless anyone has managed with a non verbal child? > > > > > > Anita, > > > That is so clever - to make the capsules so tiny there isn't a > > > problem with swallowing. I would never have thought of that. > > > Margaret > > > > > > > Hi Margaret, > > > > It took me 1.5 years to think of it :-) > > > > I should have said that I cut only the larger 1/2 of the capsule, > > making each piece almost the same size. The capsule you're left > with > > is the size of a tictac. It won't work for giving big amounts, but > > for stuff like GSE or OoO, it does the trick. DS can't take > capsules > > with water, but this size capsule with something thick is no > problem. > > > > Anita > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Thank you all for your suggestions. I will try the shot glasses one first, fingers crossed!! Once i cross this hurdle, i'll be there!!!! Thank you all so much for your help Its so valuable at times like this Kirsty Mum to Sam , Nearly 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Thanks za(by the way its me , Ella's mum, who Hannah works with too lol!)Incase you didn't recognize me as loopylawz,cos Ive only just got me act together and joined!!Im gonna give it a go-your right its probably best to assume they understand-I do know receptive has doubled since starting methyl B12 about 8 weeks ago!Good to know Ed getting words! > > > > Thanks guys-I guess you just have to try, I may have probs, cos she > > likes her food mainly blended-but can eat chips and crisps and > > fruit!! Shes clever but non-verbal(learning sign)at the momment so > > its hard to judge her understanding, I may have to wait until her > > receptive is a little better, so I can explain to her. Unless anyone > > has managed with a non verbal child? > > hi yes, managed it with eddie (non-verbal with words emerging at the moment). taught him > last year to swallow capsules before signing up with jean muscroft, cos i knew her list of > supplements was very long. we used combination of VB (reinforcement) and son-rise > (modelling and fun). he soon realised that it was much easier to swallow capsules than taste > horrible cocktails! i don't think you ever really know non-verbals receptive language and you > can never underestimate, so i would always explain to eddie everything that's happening and > assume that he's knows what i'm saying. when he gets it, its a bonus. for example, we've > been working on " point to cow " as a receptive command on his program, the therapist was > repeating the instruction in between reinforcing activities, after 5 requests he said (and > remember he's non-verbal) " i don't care about the cow " !!!!! lol xxxxxxx > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi Maragaret My daughter will be 5 in April. For the past two months she has been able to swallow the capsules we give her. We began trials with the smaller ones and when she figured out how to get these down we moved on to the larger ones and thankfully she is able to manage these now. It certainly makes things a lot easier, especially with some of the less appetising tastes (Butyric Acid!!). What we do is put some diluted juice on a 5ml spoon and put the capsule sitting in this. Then as she takes this the capsule usually goes dwon with the swallow. then we follow this with a small sip of diluted juice to make sure it goes down. Plenty of trial and error and capsules pushed back out but we got there! Hope this helps and best of luck Pat > > > > > > Anita, > > > That is so clever - to make the capsules so tiny there isn't a > > > problem with swallowing. I would never have thought of that. > > > Margaret > > > > > > > Hi Margaret, > > > > It took me 1.5 years to think of it :-) > > > > I should have said that I cut only the larger 1/2 of the capsule, > > making each piece almost the same size. The capsule you're left > with > > is the size of a tictac. It won't work for giving big amounts, but > > for stuff like GSE or OoO, it does the trick. DS can't take > capsules > > with water, but this size capsule with something thick is no > problem. > > > > Anita > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi Maragaret My daughter will be 5 in April. For the past two months she has been able to swallow the capsules we give her. We began trials with the smaller ones and when she figured out how to get these down we moved on to the larger ones and thankfully she is able to manage these now. It certainly makes things a lot easier, especially with some of the less appetising tastes (Butyric Acid!!). What we do is put some diluted juice on a 5ml spoon and put the capsule sitting in this. Then as she takes this the capsule usually goes dwon with the swallow. then we follow this with a small sip of diluted juice to make sure it goes down. Plenty of trial and error and capsules pushed back out but we got there! Hope this helps and best of luck Pat > > > > > > Anita, > > > That is so clever - to make the capsules so tiny there isn't a > > > problem with swallowing. I would never have thought of that. > > > Margaret > > > > > > > Hi Margaret, > > > > It took me 1.5 years to think of it :-) > > > > I should have said that I cut only the larger 1/2 of the capsule, > > making each piece almost the same size. The capsule you're left > with > > is the size of a tictac. It won't work for giving big amounts, but > > for stuff like GSE or OoO, it does the trick. DS can't take > capsules > > with water, but this size capsule with something thick is no > problem. > > > > Anita > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hi We've been doing bio-med for approximately 2yrs and 4 months. Méabh has been on gf/cf since Sept 06 and since then it has become yeast free, refined sugar free, etc. We're going to start the SCD diet as food to help battle colitis and issues with yeast. We spent a long time opening capsules and giving Méabh the contents on a spoon or mixed in drinks so it's great the we can give the whole capsule now. Best wishes Pat > > > > > > > > > > Anita, > > > > > That is so clever - to make the capsules so tiny there isn't > a > > > > > problem with swallowing. I would never have thought of that. > > > > > Margaret > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Margaret, > > > > > > > > It took me 1.5 years to think of it :-) > > > > > > > > I should have said that I cut only the larger 1/2 of the > capsule, > > > > making each piece almost the same size. The capsule you're > left > > > with > > > > is the size of a tictac. It won't work for giving big amounts, > > but > > > > for stuff like GSE or OoO, it does the trick. DS can't take > > > capsules > > > > with water, but this size capsule with something thick is no > > > problem. > > > > > > > > Anita > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hi We've been doing bio-med for approximately 2yrs and 4 months. Méabh has been on gf/cf since Sept 06 and since then it has become yeast free, refined sugar free, etc. We're going to start the SCD diet as food to help battle colitis and issues with yeast. We spent a long time opening capsules and giving Méabh the contents on a spoon or mixed in drinks so it's great the we can give the whole capsule now. Best wishes Pat > > > > > > > > > > Anita, > > > > > That is so clever - to make the capsules so tiny there isn't > a > > > > > problem with swallowing. I would never have thought of that. > > > > > Margaret > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Margaret, > > > > > > > > It took me 1.5 years to think of it :-) > > > > > > > > I should have said that I cut only the larger 1/2 of the > capsule, > > > > making each piece almost the same size. The capsule you're > left > > > with > > > > is the size of a tictac. It won't work for giving big amounts, > > but > > > > for stuff like GSE or OoO, it does the trick. DS can't take > > > capsules > > > > with water, but this size capsule with something thick is no > > > problem. > > > > > > > > Anita > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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