Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Oral Motor Eval

So on our quest to try to figure out what's plaguing Ben, he had an oral motor eval yesterday.  I wasn't home for it, but was able to talk to the therapist on the phone.  She told me that Ben has a disorganized suck-swallow-breathe pattern.  He suckles mid feed and doesn't have a good latch on the bottle. 
See People???  I knew it! 
Anyway, we are supposed get him vibrating teethers and brush his gums & cheeks with one of those baby "tooth" brushes that slips on your finger right before he eats.
This is supposed to stimulate his mouth in some way to get him to suckle first and be more organized with his feeds.  We'll see.  She wants to come back in a few weeks to see him eat from a spoon.  I'm not concerned about his spoon eating though because he seems to "get it" more than the other guys.  Nate & Sam seem to still have their tongue thrust reflex and push everything out.  Ben seems to be actually "eating" his rice cereal.  She does want me to try to thicken up his cereal a bit so he can get used to more textures...We'll see...

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