Well, we were at Children's yesterday for a feeding appointment. We have been working on introducing some small chunks of soft cooked fruit and veg and work on getting her to chew. It's going not too badly, there's some gagging when the chunk doesn't quite make it over to the side onto her teeth. The OT suggested some hard munchables like sticks of celery or pepperoni or beef jerky. Something that she isn't really going to eat, but that I can place to the side on her teeth and hold there to encourage chewing.
The OT also made Taylor some arm splints. Idea is to wrap them around her arms and when we put her in a sitting position with her hands on the floor between her legs, she will get the idea that she can put weight through her arms. And then she will hopefully start doing that on her own without splints. She just doesn't realize that she can use her hands and arms to do things and help herself.
When Taylor's aide was here tonight we gave them a try, and she held herself unassisted for a couple of seconds before falling over. It was pretty cool :-)
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