Today I took Gabe to a speech therapist. We played with toys and had a picnic. There is nothing wrong with his speech, she was very happy with the way and how much he talks. The whole idea of this appointment was to figure out why he isn't eating and if he will take a bite why he doesn't swallow.
We have pretty much determined due to the reflux that he has experienced in the past he is afraid to put anything in his mouth that he isn't use to. The plan is to slowly transfer him over to mashed foods like sweet potatoes and bananas and things, instead of the pureed baby foods. We are also supposed to give him regular foods like slices of bananas or green beans. In the end he is supposed to have all 3 types of food on the same plate. Hopefully he will start to feel more comfortable with it soon. She seemed to think that if we showed him one of his toys eating a carrot that he might be more willing to pick up the carrot and try it too.
In addition to this we are supposed to go in on the 4th for a Upper GI x-ray and a swallow study to make sure there isn't anything other than his emotions holding him back.
We are also supposed to go to the allergist on Thursday this week. I am hoping they will knock one or two things off of his bad list, so he has more choices.
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