Hi. My child is 3y9m, and he can stand holding onto
something, and can walk with a walker, but can't walk
on his own. He had a hard time eating non-baby type
food for the longest time, but then we got a speech
therapist who INSISTED that we take him off baby-type
food and give him food with texture or he will get
used to the mushy food and getting him to take
textures would be more and more difficult. We did
this when Blake was about 12-18 months old.
We first tried things like beef stews w/gravy and
rice. We chopped the beef real small, and of course
the rice is small. With the gravy, some soft carrots
and potatos, and the rice, it's all small enough for
him to swallow like baby food, but it provided an
introduction to textures. Have you tried that yet??
Nowadays he still doesn't chew all too well BUT...he
eats all kinds of food...we just have to cut it up
small enough for him to move around in his mouth, and
then swallow. Last weekend we spent the night at my
brother's farm to celebrate his 50th birthday with the
rest of my family & all the cousins. We did not have
access to all the conveniences & foods like back at
home. So I cut up a hamburger for Blakie, & since the
knife I used was so pathetic, I couldn't get it too
small...so Blakie actually HAD to chew and he actually
DID chew. He was absolutely starving by the time I
could feed him, so I found it completely amusing that
he didn't spit it right out b/c it was too big like he
would have done at home. ;)
md
p.s. I think I've mentioned before, but Christine, I
am half Filipina. :)


--- k p <deovplaton26@...> wrote:

> Dear Christine,
>
> My daughter is now 4 years old, she cannot stand
> on her own, and never eats solid foods, IS YOUR
> CHILD LIKE MINE WHEN SHE ON HER 4TH YEAR OF AGE?
> THANKS.... GOD BLESS....
>
> christine caoile <xtin23caoile@...> wrote:
> Hi Jared. My daughter is 8 years old. She is
> physically active and you would not know she has
> microcephaly when she talks and acts. It is
> manifested in her academics. But I really feel
> blessed because she is so sweet.
>
> Jared Mason <mrjemason@...> wrote: I'm from
> the chicagoland area, pleasure to meet u and be part
> of the group. How is your Daughter doing? how old
> is she?
>
> christine caoile <xtin23caoile@...> wrote:
>
> mrjemason <mrjemason@...> wrote: Hello I'm
> new to the group we just had a daughter about 2
> weeks ago
> and she was born with microcephaly at least thats
> what she was
> diagnosed with. We are trying to adjust and cope
> and just try and be
> patient for whats to come at least thats what some
> of the doctors we
> have already seen have suggested. I have found that
> some doctors are
> arrogant losers have already written her off and
> some doctors have a
> better bedside manner so we are just trying to stay
> positive. Thank
> you and hope to hear good things from the group and
> good experiences.
>
> Hi there! Welcome. I know how you feel because
> that was what I felt when my daughter was diagnosed
> to be microcephalic. I even felt it was the end of
> the world for her. But everything changed. Just
> remember that we are the lucky ones because now we
> will have more patience, deeper understanding and
> more love to give because of our special angel we
> were task to take care of. Just hang on in there.
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> By the way, I hope you do not mind my asking, but
> from where are you? I am from the Philippines.
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