Morning Sessions: I wasn't able to log into Blogger for some reason so I am trying to remember our sessions after the weekend. The main thing that I remember happening was confusion. The ST didn't had me offer drinks during our feeding because she wanted to try a different method during speech. So the first session went fine. ZZ took all his bites without problem. When we went in with the OT, she said I was supposed to do 3 dips, 3 quarter spoons, 3 half spoons and then full spoons with 3 sips from the honey bear after each squeezing it into his mouth The day before we had been doing 1 dip, 1 quarter and 1 half per 3 drinks with him having to take his big drinks without squeezing. So I figured there had been some changes and followed the new directions. Well, ZZ took his dips but then on drinks he was playing with the straw, grabbing it and chewing on it. The OT told me to squeeze when it was in his mouth which I did and he'd just let it dribble all over and we'd have to decide what counted as a drink. I was confused... During this time ZZ was happily, almost gleefully, non compliant.
Afternoon Sessions: I expressed this confusion to the psychologist who gave me specific directions for the afternoon sessions: 1 dip, 1 quarter bite, 1 half bite then 3 drinks but squeezing only after he initiated the drink so his lips were closed around the straw, then alternating 3 full bites with 3 drinks. He continued with his refusals during drinking being very silly about it most of the time and refusing in his various other ways the rest of the time. It was a frustrating way to end the week. The psychologist said that any time there is confusion like we had today, the kids think they did something to make things get mixed up and will act up. Consistency in the feeding routine is that important.
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