Re: Using a Biomed if there are no symptoms of Gut problem?

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You mentioned that your son had OT which leads me to believe he must have some

muscle weakness, hypotonia???? I also know you are in ST.???? As everything else

has caught up, I was wondering if the ST you see is doing Oral Motor therapy and

if she has done a full assessment of the muscles in his mouth.???? I mention

this because my son is 2 months older than your son.???? I had two previous

speech therapists that were supposedly doing Oral Motor therapy but he wasn't

making much progress in sound production.????? He hated the oral motor.??? The

only did it for a portion of his therapy.?? I was told that his muscles in his

mouth weren't preventing him from talking. ? He had a constant drool, held his

mouth slightly open most of the time, and liked to eat but would spit most food

out if he couldn't get it broken down enough (things like chicken, meats,

etc).????

After a year of ST I brought him in to somemone that really knows oral motor and

she did a full assessment.?? It turns out he had 0% muscle strength for chewing

in the back of his mouth (by his molars), poor lip strength, virtually

non-existent cheek strength.??? I do muscle strengthening exercises with him now

3 times a day (it takes about 5 minutes a session).?? There are a lot of

technical terms for all of this....All I am saying is that my son went from 8

sounds in June with great struggling to now saying all of the sounds of the

alphabet and his vocabulary is improving every day by leaps and bounds.?? Others

can actually understand some of the words he says now which is amazing.??? He

still is very very far behind his peers but I Have hope now.??? Also, I've heard

of children not having the drool but still having very poor muscle strength in

their mouth.

As your sons receptive is right on par I just wanted to make sure that someone

who really knows oral motor has checked him out.????

Good luck!

Sue

[ ] Using a Biomed if there are no symptoms of Gut

problem?

I am new to the group and new to the world of " Biomedical treatment " .

My son was diagnosed PDD NOS when he was about 20 months. He's gone through

therapy (ST, OT, SI, ABA) and is starting school in Sept.

He is now almost 28 months and shows no signs of PDD NOS at this time. Social

skills are great, eye contact, great, receptive language great, and so on. He is

only left with a sever speech delay. He knows animal sounds and says a few words

and tries to say a few more.

He gives me no signs of having any gut problem. Never had a rash, stomach looks

fine from the outside, poops well, pretty good diet for a toddler and is very

active.

I guess my question is... would diet and vitamins and all these things I'm

hearing about be worth trying on a child like this? I am questioning myself and

wondering if I am doing all that I should be.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.