[tri-med] oral sensitivity

Hi Everyone,

My son's has oral sensitivity and gags sometimes on food when it has been 
mashed. He was born 3 months prem and was very poorly so we did spend 6 months 
in hospital with him when he was born. He is nearly 4 now and is doing well, he 
has a few issues like sight problems, very delayed speech, not walking etc, etc 
but considering his start he is well. Something that is bugging me at the 
moment though is his eating and gagging. I read somewhere the other day that in 
a study of prem kids that had spent alot of time interbated or with a nasal 
gastric tube they had big oral sensitivity. Do any of your kids have this 
issue? Everytime he seems to be making leaps forward with moving onto lumpier 
consistencies he then leaps back again after a few weeks and we are back to 
mashing or pureeing. He also has alot of what we call 'ups and downs', he had 
horrendous reflux for the first couple of years but it gradually got better but 
I think it is still there - my husband
 thinks its 'just wind' but this just wind makes him sick sometimes or he has 
difficulty getting the burp up - he does get alot of burpy wind - why? I am not 
sure. I have notied of late that he gulps his drinks so I only give him small 
amounts know and he asks (signs) for lots of drinks during meals almost like he 
is washing his food down. The speech therapist is driving me insane with his 
speech and feeding therapy -  the other day I nearly broke down and asked here 
was there something else she would bedoing if my son was her child she said 
that we as parents were doing everything!!!!
Any suggestions / tips greatly accepted as I am ripping my hair out!

Katy son t8 mosaic.


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