These questions are often asked by parents to therapists in clinic. What caused it? Roughly divided into the following reasons:
Physiological disease problem
Sensory problems (touch, taste, smell, etc.). )
Oral motor skills
Problems related to daily life.
Behavior related problems
Among them, problems related to sensation may be related to sensory integration.
Feeling oversensitive may lead to problems related to your baby's diet.
The baby is picky about food and only likes to drink liquid food? Hate to eat certain foods? Become a little devil at dinner time, refuse to eat, and cry for no reason?
When we encounter these problems, we may also think in the direction of "over-sensitivity", usually touch, taste or smell. Frequently asked questions include:
1, only like to eat food with specific taste, mouthfeel or taste.
If unfamiliar or disliked food enters the mouth, it will cause nausea and vomiting. Even when you see, touch or smell a particular food close to your mouth, you will turn your head or twist your whole body to escape.
2. Like to eat liquid food
I like to eat liquid food and refuse hard or rough food (such as peanut butter with particles).
3, don't like to eat soft food
I don't like soft food, probably because I can't correctly identify the types of food by rejecting the taste or taste, such as jelly, puree and tofu.
I don't like people touching my cheeks or around my mouth.
They don't like others touching their cheeks or around their mouths, and they may not like toothbrushes, straws, dental floss and other appliances that invade their mouths. Babies in this group often have oral hygiene-related problems, such as tooth decay and bad breath.
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5, often drooling
Drooling often may be because I don't like swallowing, or because I don't like the friction between my lips and teeth when my mouth is closed.
6. Eat dates.
Swallowing dates when eating may be because you don't like the feeling of chewing food or you can't control the food in the right position when chewing, so most people swallow dates.
7. Don't chew or swallow.
Don't chew or swallow. After eating the food, leave it in your mouth.
How to improve the baby's refusal to eat because of sensitivity?
1, first touch the food in a way acceptable to the baby, such as playing games, and let the baby play with his hands through toys with similar texture.
2. Massage of trunk and limbs (deep pressure) can be provided in the form of games first, and then spread around the neck, head, face and mouth after the baby can accept it. Finally, provide oral massage. The massage method is as follows:
External oral massage: press from the temporomandibular joint below the ear (a single piece should be slightly hard to avoid touching or rubbing back and forth), then press the cheek, and finally press around the lips.
Pressing method: press with the abdomen of thumb or forefinger in a "circle" way, and each piece can be repeatedly pressed for 5 ~ 10 times. In addition, as for the lips, we can grasp the lips with our thumb and forefinger and press them hard.
Internal oral massage: After external oral massage, you can massage your gums. The massage sequence can start from the gums of the front teeth and gradually move inward to the gums of the molars. The way of pressing is to massage the upper and lower rows of gums in a "spiral" manner according to the above order. Tongue massage mainly focuses on pressing the tongue surface.
3. Before feeding, let the baby touch the food with his hands, then smell the food, and finally try to put a small amount into his mouth. If nausea and rejection occur, you should avoid eating forcibly or losing your temper with your baby.
4. change the feeding method. For example, when feeding with a spoon, the food should be placed in the center of the front of the tongue, avoiding the back or sides.
5, gradually change the material of food: acceptable liquid ingredients, soft ingredients, such as pudding or konjac, mixed with a little rough or hard ingredients, gradually increase the taste diversity of ingredients.
"Pay attention to sensory integration and eat well."