[tri-med] Re: Chewing?

Kim,

Not gross at all!   This is exactly how I used to get Tess to chew in 
the early days.

  so this is kind a two-fold thing for me) and when she bit down on 
it, I would say chew to help her understand that biting down means 
chew, I put something like a cheese puff into the side of her mouth 
and pushed up on her jaw (that way if she didn't continue chewing,
>  her saliva would break it down), and when she was eating, I would 
> eat too and make REALLY exaggerated movements for chewing (it 
> sounded gross) and said how great this was and just kept saying 
> "chew, chew, chew".  I still have to do this once in a while, kind 
> of like a reminder.  I also tried to find some things that she 
> loved to eat, and she loves chocolate (a girl after my own heart 
> lol).  So once she had the cheeto thing down, I gave her a small 
> piece of Hershey's chocolate bar (the really thin ones) and again 
> made her take a bite.  For the first week or two, she would just 
> move the chocolate up to the roof of her mouth and work it with her 
> tongue.  I think she figured out if she chewed, she could get more 
> chocolate faster.  So when she started chewing that up, I moved on 
> to something different.  She does not eat steak, roast, pork chops, 
> or any raw veges.  But she eats a lot more than what she 
> did.  We'll just keep trying.  I hope this helps.  If I can help any other 
> way,
>   let me know.
>
>
>Kim Ihlenfeldt, husband Kerry (complex balanced translocation 9, 15, 
>and 18 chromosomes), son Cameron 9 (same genetics as Dad), Cayden 
>T-18 (12-16-02 to 01-16-03), and Candace 2 (Partial Trisomy 18 and 
>Partial Trisomy 15)
>

Jocelyn, loving Nanna to Tess with Trisomy 18 aged 10 & 1/2 years

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