Re: The Ability to Eat
aly...it was so difficult. At one point, I was spending 5 hours a day to get a minimum amount of food in him. I didnt force him, that wouldnt have worked, so I would use toys as a distraction and/or reward for taking a spoonful of food. It was stage 2 baby foods or pureed table foods mixed with a bit of olive oil or melted butter for extra calories. He learned to chew at a specialized childrens hospital when he was 3 but even today, it will take him as long to eat one potato chip as it would take you or I to eat a hamburger. Its a great challenge for him. Eating will never be one of his joys which is kind of sad. My hope though is that he becomes comfortable enough with it that he will willingly eat enough on his own. Aside from the fact that its exhausting to get enough daily calories in him, its a very scary thing to know that if he were on his own, he would truly prefer starvation over eating.