My step daughter went to CHOP in Philadelphia; she went in at 6.5 yrs old and had spent the first 6.5 years drinking out of a baby bottle. She is extremely high functioning autistic with Oral and food aversions. She came in with a 6 month old oral development. She is now 7.5 yrs old, off her bottles(7months now) Self feeding, Puréed consistency only and is starting to “chew” on t sticks and a mesh bag.

Thank you so much for this...this has truly helped me figure out what I want to push for my son...he's 4 and never eaten anything ever..only formula and its breaking my heart..the doctors can't explain how to help and then God showed me. Feeding therapy..may God bless you and your baby always

@AutismMomandTravel

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏾 happy we can help 🥰🥰 hugs 🤗 for your son

@periwinkle2493

2 жыл бұрын

My son is four as well- will only drink toddler formula from a bottle and eat yogurt. I have an 8 month wait to start intensive feeding therapy. It’s so frustrating that I can’t seem to have any breakthroughs with feeding.

@AutismMomandTravel

2 жыл бұрын

@@periwinkle2493 you’re doing the right thing 🥰🥰

@christinam.1930

2 жыл бұрын

@@periwinkle2493 I would love to connect with you and be that someone whom definitely understands you...I've been trying to get feeding therapy but no one like the doctors etc are helping me in that direction and I've even called the insurance to see if they can help and they didn't have any clue what I was talking about smh...I have a two year old also now starting the same thing not eating shes also diagnosed with autism but you are doing an amazing job im so proud of you hanging in there...I haven't had luck either. But we can get through this God willing 🙏

@nunu772

2 жыл бұрын

any update on your son. This is me now. he eats only rice and drinks kate farms. We have an evaluation on thursday to se if he can get into the intensive feeding therapy program

Very interesting video. I work in an autistic only preschool class and I feel like it has opened a whole new world that isn't talked about, thank you

I have a 4yo Autistic toddler. He eats about roughly five things and not healthy as well. He also has become very reliant on me feeding him as he doesnt like the texture of many foods and getting dirty and the reality is if I did not feed him, he is quite happy to starve as well. I have been going thru our govt for help because I cannot afford private care & last time they set up a playgroup for Autstic kids to know what services I needed I specifically asked about feeding therapy & they took one look at him & said he looked fine cause he wasnt extremely skinny or anything. Yet are they saying I should keep feeding him into adulthood, hes only an acceptable weight cause I feed hm & we only give him things we kno he will eat. Found ur video helpful & want to find out more of what I can do to support his eating skills

My kids would starve without certain foods. I need to watch this!!

@christinam.1930

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man mines too and its so heart breaking and when they run out of the stuff they only eat I have to rush and go buy it or else they would starve themselves unfortunately

Thank you so much for sharing! I have my daughter on so many waiting lists for feeding therapy.. we have made some progress on our own. I have no training in this but I just decided to try and meet my daughter where she is at... she was having so much trouble w actually chewing. Eye contact is also an issue.. so I got a bean bag chair that sits lower than her highchair. This made it so she could watch me eat/ chew my food w out her having to look up... I sit w her and tell her it's time to turn into a train and we practice our "choo choo" (chew chew) and believe it or not this actually helped her so much! But what she will eat is still very limited so hopefully when she gets into the feeding therapy she will be able to eat more types of food. Thank you again for this video! ❤

@mstreemoon8117

7 ай бұрын

@HollySweden what herbs?

Im in the UK so Im not sure if they offer feeding therapy but I have a non verbal 2 year old autistic daughter and for the last 4 weeks shes not been eating hardly at all, its so worrying as a parent because Im thinking shes not getting enough of what she needs. Taking her to the doctors soon see what they say about it. Watching this has comforted me in lots of ways, knowing that I am not alone 💜

Special Mom, you know what's best for Ramsey! I know you love your son, and have his best interest in hand! Later for the comments from people who ,don't know what they are talking about! You can see,(or at least I can see the love & care you put into Ramsey 😇) Take care Special mom, I got you back 💓💗💖!

@AutismMomandTravel

2 жыл бұрын

💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️💛💛 sending you 🥰🥰🥰 @esther

Lots of love for ramsay ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@AutismMomandTravel

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏾 💕💕💕

Thanks a lot for sharing this 🥹

Thank you for sharing! I’m getting so desperate. I just want my son to eat other foods. I have a 5 year old autistic son & he only eats 5 foods 😩😭 your videos have helped me! I had my son in feeding therapy but it was nothing like this. I feel as if the 8am to 4pm method would’ve probably been more effective.

Thank you this has really helped me to know what route to take. Bless the Lord for your information.

Hi, yes I have a child with chewing difficulty. Im planning to give him feeding therapy.

Yes... I can totally understand that positive reinforcement. "Rewards"... I feel you! We are set to start a feeding program for the 1st time in a couple weeks. Its one day a week. So I assume they will be be educating me (as they should) to implement the techniques at home. My question is this.. Do they check for possible underlying medical conditions? And are they taking into consideration the very real sensory issues? Im very nervous about this new journey!

@AutismMomandTravel

2 жыл бұрын

They don’t check for underlying conditions, they go based off the medical history you have provided from his doctors. They do take sensory into consideration but when it comes to breaking them into swallowing the food. That goes out of the window. I take that back sensory is not considered when trying to get your child to eat a variety of food. 💙💙

Soo thankful you created this video ! I watched it back in August 2022 got the evaluation in October 2022 started program end of December 2022 at Marcus Autism Center. My daughter is 2 yrs. old and although not on the spectrum she went two years with out eating any foods only my breast milk! We had to get the gtube in November 2022 and she was in OT feeding therapy and little to no progress. We are in the second month of the program and our baby girls is eating a leveled spoon of 12 different foods all including a protein,starch,vegetable, and fruit we are soo grateful! And thank you for making this video it really helped me!

Help, I saw your video. It's very motivating. I also face the same problem with my son. However, I live in Africa so such kind of therapies dies not exist. So I have to do it by myself. Can you please please send me video on how to do it or is there any site where I get training

We are just beginning to learn about feeding programs and what’s the best way to go about getting our daughter the help she needs. My question is with the amount of time devoted to all of this therapy how were you able to balance work and mon-fri 8 hours of therapy. Of course we want what’s best for her, however we also have to keep a roof over our heads. Just wondering how you were able to deal with this situation?

@AutismMomandTravel

2 жыл бұрын

I worked the night shift and went after work but I also met parents who took FMLA on behalf of their child to get those days off. They requested a letter from the center with dates and times and we’re approved for FMLA. I hope this is an option for you 🥰🥰

My daughter is 1.6 year old and she is not taking solids other than very runny purees and smooth purees sweet and salty both but she only takes purees and doesn’t take any hard or semi solid pieces in her mouth. I started giving her purees when she was 6 month old till now she is not taking anything. Tried to transition her to semi solids and finger foods but she vomits or rejects everything. She can stays hungry for 6 hours easily that is why I have ti give her puree so she could eat something at least. She has not taken bottle milk as well so she was on breast milk solely. Now I need any advice or guidance what approach should I take as I don’t have any facility of special health care personal for this specific problem here in Pakistan. She is perfectly normal kid but transitioning is quite difficult for me. Should I completely skip purees and give her semi solid things or should I wait until she grows older and able to understand she has 4 teeth in upper jaw and 4 teeth in lower jaw. Can anyone help me please. I don’t want her weight to drop as she is 11.9 kg right now. And on and off have cough and flu seasonal. Please some one guide me as I have left her hungry in the morning and she did not even touch the food for straight 4 hours then I have to feed her pureed food again .

Does the feeding therapy address pica?

My autistic son 5 eats almost everything but has to be all liquidised. Do you have any advise please? We don’t have a feeding therapist around us😞

@AutismMomandTravel

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry you’re going through this, but other than feeding therapy I don’t know what else you can try. I did find an article that I will link and I hope it helps. I’m sorry I couldn’t be of any more help to you 💙 www.autismspeaks.org/expert-opinion/parent-needs-help-4-year-old-autism-wont-eat-solid-foods

What if they won’t eat even for the toy?😢