Have we made any progress in the past year on eating?
Saturday, September 16, 2006
That is the big question! After realizing that Bailey still gets at least 95% of her daily nutrition from...FORMULA. And it's the AR formula, not even regular formula yet. She refuses baby food. She tries to eat table foods but still gags, chokes, vomits on most of it. She loves to lick thing to see what they taste like. If she does find something she can eat, she only eats a bite or two and then she is done. No more interest in the food whatsoever. Certainly she has to be tired of drinking for nutrition. I keep hoping she will try harder but it seems like it's the opposite. Foods that she used to love to try to eat, she won't even try anymore. It's like she has completely given up on it. Does she have oral aversion? It could possibly be so, after all she has gagged and vomited on her meds since her first dose at 2 months. She continues to gag on the Prevacid Solutab if I don't mix it with enough baby food fruit. Does she have weak oral muscles like Bradley also? Could that explain why she is regressing? Does she realize how much work it is to gum the food and tires quickly? Does the fact that she still have no teeth a contributing factor also? I have wondered if there is a reason why she has no teeth, because she isn't nearly ready for table foods. Does her reflux still bother her despite being on 30mg of Prevacid? She still spits up occassionally, has silent reflux, coughs after eating, and gets hoarse easily. The Prevacid seemed to help Bradley's gagging but it doesn't seem to do anything for Bailey. She is on the max. dose of Prevacid so it cannot be because she isn't getting enough meds. I keep telling myself, oh she is okay, she will figure it out. She just needs a little more time than a normal child. But after seeing other people's reaction while watching her eat, I do realize that something is terribly wrong for her to struggle like this. Most normal babies just start eating, it comes naturally for them. But not mine! If it weren't for Patrick developing his ability to eat table foods at only 9 months of age, I would it was a problem with me and not my children. I don't push them too soon or too hard. I didn't start Bailey out on solids until after 5 months, then again at 6 months, and so on. So what is causing the eating disorders? Is it genetic?
That is the big question! After realizing that Bailey still gets at least 95% of her daily nutrition from...FORMULA. And it's the AR formula, not even regular formula yet. She refuses baby food. She tries to eat table foods but still gags, chokes, vomits on most of it. She loves to lick thing to see what they taste like. If she does find something she can eat, she only eats a bite or two and then she is done. No more interest in the food whatsoever. Certainly she has to be tired of drinking for nutrition. I keep hoping she will try harder but it seems like it's the opposite. Foods that she used to love to try to eat, she won't even try anymore. It's like she has completely given up on it. Does she have oral aversion? It could possibly be so, after all she has gagged and vomited on her meds since her first dose at 2 months. She continues to gag on the Prevacid Solutab if I don't mix it with enough baby food fruit. Does she have weak oral muscles like Bradley also? Could that explain why she is regressing? Does she realize how much work it is to gum the food and tires quickly? Does the fact that she still have no teeth a contributing factor also? I have wondered if there is a reason why she has no teeth, because she isn't nearly ready for table foods. Does her reflux still bother her despite being on 30mg of Prevacid? She still spits up occassionally, has silent reflux, coughs after eating, and gets hoarse easily. The Prevacid seemed to help Bradley's gagging but it doesn't seem to do anything for Bailey. She is on the max. dose of Prevacid so it cannot be because she isn't getting enough meds. I keep telling myself, oh she is okay, she will figure it out. She just needs a little more time than a normal child. But after seeing other people's reaction while watching her eat, I do realize that something is terribly wrong for her to struggle like this. Most normal babies just start eating, it comes naturally for them. But not mine! If it weren't for Patrick developing his ability to eat table foods at only 9 months of age, I would it was a problem with me and not my children. I don't push them too soon or too hard. I didn't start Bailey out on solids until after 5 months, then again at 6 months, and so on. So what is causing the eating disorders? Is it genetic?
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