https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:35:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1896343 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:09:12 +0000 lizzywiz 1896343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: I think I might have mentioned this before, so sorry if I am repeating myself, but there is a water treatment for NPO adults to practice swallowing. I am not sure if it applies to pediatrics but just in case- <a href="http://www.kentuckyonehealth.org/frazier-water-protocol" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentuckyonehealth.org/frazier-water-protocol</a><br /> I have been rooting for you guys! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1894167 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:32:02 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1894167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@macintosh: Thanks so much! How is your DH doing these days? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1894150 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:08:47 +0000 macintosh 1894150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: Awesome! Good job little man! I'll bet practicing on thicker liquids will help him learn. Speech therapy can also do some swallowing exercises with him when he gets to that point. When you do try commercial thickeners, Resource Thicken Up is the best one I found. Once I got the ratio down, I used to put DH's water and the thickener in a Blender Bottle to mix it up. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1894067 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:39:04 +0000 blackbird 1894067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay for D! They sell a flavorless thickener that maybe your OT can get ahold of for you!</p> <p>It may be gross to us but D may be thrilled with the new flavor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893995 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:55:07 +0000 MrsF 1893995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yay for good news! Congrats :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893979 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:48:15 +0000 sorrycharlie 1893979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yay, good news! he is so cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893966 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:41:54 +0000 mrbee 1893966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: oh my goodness, that sounds like wonderful news!! Congrats on the positive progress!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893919 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:18:28 +0000 Raindrop 1893919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay! Not bad at all and now you know he's heading in the right direction. What a tough little guy you have there! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893901 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 14:09:26 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1893901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: definitely progress!! Yay! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893884 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:59:08 +0000 Cherrybee 1893884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: Great news! Congratulations to you all! A bit of practice with the thick liquids and he will be guzzling the thin ones by his next test, I'm sure of it!!! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893881 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:56:44 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1893881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: congrats on a mostly good outcome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893847 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:37:20 +0000 cheert16 1893847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yay!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893808 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:15:57 +0000 Synchronicity 1893808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay, I'm so glad it went well! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893771 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:02:11 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1893771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's great news! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893739 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:50:30 +0000 LovelyPlum 1893739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YAY! Such great news!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893731 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:48:04 +0000 HLK208 1893731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: good news!!! He's so sweet!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893727 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:46:19 +0000 LAZB 1893727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad for the positive update! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893709 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:37:51 +0000 mrswin 1893709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: Haha ok that was kind of what I was thinking, if he's not allowed to practice then the skill will be difficult to learn but hopefully by doing the thicker liquids he will get the hang of it and eventually get to thinner liquids :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893626 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:02:07 +0000 MrsRcCar 1893626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: hooray on for thickened liquids!! Way to go D!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893600 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:54:07 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1893600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: Our OT says that all the time, just because I think it's gross, doesn't mean he will :) She actually had recommended giving his (meat &amp; veggie) purees in a sippee cup to practice but I couldn't bring myself to do it! We haven't tried any of the thickeners before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893599 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:53:55 +0000 mrsjyw 1893599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yay! great news! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893591 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:52:33 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1893591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: I don't know! They recommended not using a commercial thickener until we get approval from GI (who we don't see again until Nov). The options they gave were adding rice/oatmeal cereal to milk/formula, or mixing applesauce with juice, or yogurt with milk. His formula is GROSS though, and he's technically not supposed to have any fruit/juice or dairy... so I'll be experimenting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893584 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:50:34 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1893584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrswin: We'll keep doing the occupational therapy, and maybe will do speech therapy now that he's older... I think also having to deal with thicker liquids on a regular basis would help him get more coordinated? That's actually DH's biggest criticism of this whole process.. he isn't allowed anything by mouth, and then when they test him they're like, oh hmm, he's soo uncoordinated. of course he is, he never gets to try! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893570 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:47:17 +0000 78h2o 1893570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: That's great news. Have you tried thickeners with him before? Does he mind them? I used to work at a peds rehab hospital and I remember the therapists once did a training session with us and we got to try different brands of thickeners. I didn't feel like they had much taste. I thought it was weird drinking thickened juice, but since D isn't used to anything else, he probably won't mind it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893558 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:44:26 +0000 MrsKoala 1893558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: Yay for passing one of the tests! That is so awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/3#post-1893551 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:43:36 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1893551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/2#post-1893528 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:38:48 +0000 jhd 1893528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: yay yay yay!!!! That is awesome news! Go D!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/2#post-1893511 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:35:35 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1893511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Tiger: yay D!! Dylan had a hard time with thin liquids for a really long time (we always thickened his milk with Enfamil AR). Who needs regular water anyway? He can drink that when he's older. :). What are you most excited to try with him? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/2#post-1893499 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:32:23 +0000 mfa_lady 1893499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Such great news! Congratulations! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cross-your-fingers-for-us-tomorrow-please/page/2#post-1893497 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:31:56 +0000 sheskrafty 1893497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awesome!! </p>