iwubrory That makes more sense I'm not sure about the juice thing, I like all juice besides orange. I do not like chocolate milk, or chocolate ice cream. Have you thought about seeing a speech therapist for him? I ask, because my SIL is a Speech language pathologist, and she says I really would have benefitted from it. They help kids over come texture and swallowing issues.
We actually took him to an SLP a few times at the end of last year but it didn't really work out for a couple of reasons. The first being that he's three, shy, and doesn't want someone he doesn't know messing with his mouth/face/body. Second, It didn't really seem like his problems were something she works with often like she didn't know what to do with him. Then she started trying to focus on other things instead of the problem at hand. Any time he didn't do what she wanted she took it to mean he had some problem preventing him from doing it. For example, she wanted us to do hugging exercises with him so he would feel comfortable being touched. He's fine with us touching him but not her.
The last time he went DH took him while I was at work. It didn't go very well as DS was uncooperative. DH is very blunt and inquisitive so he asked a lot of questions about how the things she wanted us to do would help him. He said she didn't really have clear answers. She was supposed to call me to set up the next appointment but never did. Highly unprofessional of her. I didn't think it was a good fit and was a waste of time and money so I didn't call her either.
All that being said, the first session he went to she had him moving food around in his mouth and used a mirror and flashlight for him to look inside and that actually seemed to help as he seems to have turned a corner since then but it could be a coincidence. It seems like those were the only ideas she had though as after that first session she never did anything with food again.
We have an HMO so she is the only SLP near us to see. There's more in Sacramento but it's not really feasible to make it up there every other week with both of us working. If things weren't getting better then we'd have to make it work somehow but for now he's progressing so we're going with it.
iwubrory is the texture thing associated with anything else? I remember when we were going through DS1's ASD diagnosis, that we read about a lot of ASD kids that have a hard time with texture (in food and clothing wise.) Obviously that's not enough for a diagnosis alone, and I'm not trying to say he is on the spectrum, I'm just curious. DS1 won't drink anything besides regular milk and water, which is a bummer because he's super skinny, and could probably use the calories of more fattening drinks.
I'm not sure what you mean about it being associated with anything else. Can you clarify? He doesn't have any problems with clothing texture.
iwubrory is the texture thing associated with anything else? I remember when we were going through DS1's ASD diagnosis, that we read about a lot of ASD kids that have a hard time with texture (in food and clothing wise.) Obviously that's not enough for a diagnosis alone, and I'm not trying to say he is on the spectrum, I'm just curious. DS1 won't drink anything besides regular milk and water, which is a bummer because he's super skinny, and could probably use the calories of more fattening drinks.
I'm not sure what you mean about it being associated with anything else. Can you clarify? He doesn't have any problems with clothing texture.
I guess I was asking if he had any other behaviors that might stick out in your mind or be associated with something like autism (as an example) but now I'm feeling like kind of an ass for asking and probably not asking in a very nice manner. I was being nosy and indelicate, so I apologize. I shouldn't bump when I'm this tired, because I'm not even sure where I was going to go with whatever answer you might have given me. Carry on being a great mom
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