Re: Re: Infant sucking habits may affect how baby talks

[Guest guest]

my son used a sippy cup with a silicone spout when he was around 12 months old

and I used to let him have it all the time. he would carry it around his

mouth.  I got rid of it but then his grandmother gave it to him one time

because he wouldn't take a nap.  Now, he is 3 years old and I still let him

sleep with it at night but ONLY at night.  I know that its really bad and I'm

going to get rid of it when I'm on holiday break but this article really makes

me feel horrible. 

 

While I think it has contributed to his overbite and placement of the tongue,

I'm not convinced that it has anything to do with his articulation.  I've had

several speech pathologists tell me that he can still make certain sounds even

though he has a big overbite.  When I asked a speech pathologist if I should

get rid of the sippy cup, she told me to try and take it away from him but to

not get in a power struggle over it.  I think I'm going to have to take it away

cold turkey and it won't be pretty.

[Guest guest]

That it exactly how my son was; breastfeeding was painful as he would suck very

hard, had frequent ear infections and acid reflux.

my son's nursing used to hurt me I now wonder if that was a sign of

speech/motor problems. He was my second child and so I knew how to latch him on

.... everything I tried just didn't solve the problem ... but thinking about that

now?

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

 

My son now 11. Never took a pacifier from the day he was born. He was born not

knowing how to suck. Teaching him was very difficult and was diagnosed with

failure to thrive at a few days old. He was unable to keep it in his mouth it

kept falling out due to a very poor sucking reflex.  He also had extreme

trouble trying to latch onto the breast at birth. I was finally forced to give

him a bottle due to dyhydration on the daya fter he was born by the doctors and

nurses. They were going to put an iv in his head. I agreed to the bottle.

However from day one he never really took to it due to the very poor sucking.

The bottle would fall out of his mouth if u wre not holding it in his mouth. The

formula while he was sucking would also drip out the bottom of his mouth he was

unable to sompletely seal around the nipple. We learned quick to keep soemthing

under his chin to catch it.

 

I think this in my sons case is definately related. From day one there was

something there with the oral muscles of his mouth.  He has been receiving

services for ST from 4 months old till present. He never got the hang of using

a sippy cup. He just could not form his mouth right to use one. The ones that

required sucking were  useless. He never learned to use a straw until

age 5. My son was on a bottle till age 4. He relied on it for fluids.

 Feeding my son solids was a nightmare. Trying to spoon feed him was

rediculous. The food would run out his mouth for the longest time. He had a hard

time with a spoon and forming his mouth around it.  He also had sever reflux

and very severe colic. He cried almost non stop at times for hours on end.

 

I for one do not feel guilty now. At the time I did what I felt and needed to do

for my son.

 

I wish I knew earlier that all his early issues would lead to severe oral and

verbal dyspraxia. Maybe I could of got him better services than what he was

receiving from EI at the time.

 

Jeanne

NH