How do you keep the dips from ending up everywhere?
I was thinking a bowl with a suction cup bottom would be good (my 14
and 11 year old daughters had one) but I can't find one.
Does the benecalorie help? I was planning on asking the doctor if
she would write a script for it. Does medicaid pay for it?
Maria
--- In noonan_support@yahoogroups.com, zack082503@t... wrote:
> Hi Maria,
>
> Zack (25 mos) really wants to be independent too but he also needs
the purees
> and extra calories. One thing that we do with him is give him
dipping sauces
> for his crunchy stuff...sauces made with heavy cream, letting him
dip pretzels
> in pudding or yogurt or melted cheese, we even tried using a
product called
> Resource Benecalorie which is a high calorie supplement.
>
> Hope this helps some.
>
> Beth, mom to Zack (25mos NS, stable JMML) and Ethan (4 1/2 yrs)
>
> Quoting maria <artononyx@y...>:
>
> > Okay here's a new twist.
> > My son who was becoming a very good eater has suddenly changed.
I
> > recently asked about it but now I noticed that there is a new
twist.
> >
> > He is 15 months / 12 adjusted weighing just over 13lbs and is
about
> > 27 inches long. He eats purees (calories boosted) and some
> > crackers, cookies, toast, pretzels, chicken nuggets, some veggies
> > and fruits (the "hard stuff" he more or less gnaws on but he is
> > beginning to try to chew more each day!) and has just begun to
taste
> > things like pasta with sauce (he used to immediately spit it out
and
> > clamp shut with those things).
> >
> > I noticed that he was eating less and still nursing quite a
bit. I
> > told everyone that he is trying to self feed and just isn't
eating
> > enough to stop purees. The past few days he has been dealing
with a
> > cold. His appetite has decreased (which I know is common when
they
> > don't feel well and he has done this before when he isn't feeling
> > well).
> >
> > Tonight I noticed the new twist...
> > it isn't so much that my son wants to eat less.... it is that he
> > wants independence and doesn't want to be fed. He is basically
> > refusing to be fed. Like I said he actually eats very little
when
> > self feeding ... so how do encourage this independence and still
get
> > enough into him.
> > Please any help would be much appreciated.
> > Maria
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