[blindkid] a couple of questions

[Barbara Hammel]

If you're worried about the toothpaste, there is trainer toothpaste that it 
doesn't matter if they swallow.  All you can do is tell him not to chew and 
keep working at it.  Keep telling him to open his mouth.  Sometimes we had 
to brush a certain part of the teeth and then allow a couple of chews before 
the next bunch of teeth.  He will get it.

You may want to find a straw cup that has a rubber straw in it.  We have 
straw chewers, too.  We've already cut down one rubber straw because it got 
a hole.  He can still suck but it's almost too short to chew.
Barbara

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From: "Jason Fayre" <jfayre at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:50 PM
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] a couple of questions

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> Hello everyone,
> I have a couple questions for the list:
> 1.  Does anyone have any idea of the best way to teach our 5-year old
> adopted child how to drink from a straw?  He can drink from a sippy cup.
> If you give him a straw, he wants to chew on it.  Any suggestions would
> be apreciated.
> 2.  I'm not sure he has ever had someone brush his teeth before.  If we
> try at this point, he tries to eat the toothpaste and chew on the tooth
> brush.  So, there is very little actual tooth brushing going on.
> Obviously, we will show him how to do this for himself eventually, but
> he is not there yet.
>
> Thanks!
>
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