Daniel has probably never had a positive eating experience. He definitely has experienced extended trauma surrounding food and eating.
He has not eaten with his mouth since we got him home and to the hospital, October 2017. We’ve given opportunities, but no pressure. He’s calmly told us no and trusted that we won’t force feed him.
This weekend, I asked him to stop refluxing into his mouth… it’s bad for his teeth. He was distraught. Trauma sucks, y’all. He struggled with this demand in deeper ways than I expected when I told him “all done burping in mouth.”
Then I offered him to use the syringe to put food in his mouth that way instead. I told him it was like a pretend burp.
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He’s eaten more than half his meals this way for three days now. I’m so proud of him!!!
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Yay!! Go Daniel!