[blindkid] feeding questions

Barbara Hammel poetlori8 at msn.com
Tue Mar 17 02:56:04 UTC 2009


It may not be a skill he needs right now in preschool, but what about when 
he goes to school fulltime?  Someone also made a good point about finger 
food.  If he's not eating any, you need to teach him that skill also.
Our twins we adopted from China almost four years ago were probably in the 
same boat.  One took to finger feeding immediately, the other stopped eating 
altogether so we're a little behind you right now.  Jesse won't even scoop 
and most of the time won't feed himself--it's becoming more frequent now.
Maybe as you're trying to wean him from your hand helping, you could touch 
the corner of his mouth to prompt him that that's where he needs to bring 
the spoon.  Make sure that when you're raising the bar that you do it with 
things he most prefers to eat or he may get frustrated.
Back to the OT, if they eat snack at school, he may need to use a spoon for 
some things unless they always eat finger food--which I doubt.
Barbara

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From: "Jason Fayre" <jfayre at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 5:03 PM
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] feeding questions

> Hello list,
> My wife and I adopted our son from India back in November of last
> year.  For the most part, things are going great!
> I do have one question that I'm hoping someone on this list can help
> us out with.  In the orphanage, our son was fed all the time.  I
> should say that he is almost 6 years old now.  He is now at the point
> where he will bring the spoon to his mouth after we scoop the food
> onto the spoon for him.  We do this while holding his hand and showing
> him the motion of scooping the food.
> The problem is that we are not sure how to get beyond this.  He will
> reach for your hand if he wants more food.  I'm fairly sure he
> understands the motion required, but he is still relying on us to do
> it for him.  I don't want to deny him food, so I'm not really sure how
> to proceed.
> He is now in preschool, and they have been great!  Unfortunately,
> since feeding himself isn't a skill that is"needed" for school, the
> ocupational therapist at the school won't be working with him on that
> skill.
> Any suggestions?
>
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