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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 549268" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I hope that easy child will get him to an Occupational Therapist (OT) at some point soon. or that school will push the issue. Occupational Therapist (OT) help can do so very very much and can make such HUGE strides and does not include medications that have side effects. I honestly think Occupational Therapist (OT) interventions are vastly underused and should be mandatory for ALL kids simply because we all have some degree of challenges. </p><p></p><p>Southpaw enterprises has some eating aids on this page: <a href="http://southpawenterprises.com/LivingAids/LivingAids.asp" target="_blank">http://southpawenterprises.com/LivingAids/LivingAids.asp</a></p><p></p><p>Amazon has these things you might find helpful in there daily living aids: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_scat_3775841_ln?rh=n%3A3775841%2Ck%3Adaily+living+aids&keywords=daily+living+aids&ie=UTF8&qid=1345915172&scn=3775841&h=5870fb6bffe434bdb0650939706b7d20f07db040" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_scat_3775841_ln?rh=n:3775841,k:daily+living+aids&keywords=daily+living+aids&ie=UTF8&qid=1345915172&scn=3775841&h=5870fb6bffe434bdb0650939706b7d20f07db040</a></p><p></p><p>You also might look at what they have listed for toddler dishes.</p><p></p><p>If you do NOTHING else, go and find a copy of The Out of Sync Child Has Fun by Kranowitz. This is not the book that explains Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), it is the book crammed iwth FUN (honest to gosh, everyone likes it activities - with ideas to make them as cheap as possible!) actvities. We wore a copy of this book out in just over a year because the kids would plan the next scheduled family time and they would want to do some of the things themselves and every one of us spent more time with that book than husband or I used to over the Sears' Wish Book back when they still made those.</p><p></p><p>The book will help you find ways to develop the areas he needs to work on, and ways to include the ohter kds in those things when appropriate. </p><p></p><p>As far as 2yo eating, Jess was my ONLY child who could feed herself with silverware by age 2. Not WOULD, COULD. the boys just couldn't. With Wiz I didn't know it was off. He used a fork well, but spoons were not successful. Poor kid thought everyone at pudding, ice cream bar, popsicles and jello only in the bathtub at the start of bathtime!! He was SOOO messy that I only gave him those if he was in the tub - but he loved that he had special 'tub food'. </p><p></p><p>thank you was having a hard time using silverware in kdg. He STILL has a tough time with it, esp if he cannot just stab it and eat it. He stays relatively neat when we eat in public and I almost never fuss over his utensil using. He is almost 13 and at this point isn't going to listen a whole lot anyway. I don't choose for this to be a fght issue. One things that DID help as to get those Gripz cookies/crackers for special times. They are the ones where the cookie isabout the size of a pencil eraserl Each tiny cookie had to be picked up in whatever grip we were practicing and eaten 1 at a time. I also put them on top of pudding or ice cream so he could practice wth a spoon,</p><p></p><p>I hope some of this helps and that you know you are always in my thoughts and prayers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 549268, member: 1233"] I hope that easy child will get him to an Occupational Therapist (OT) at some point soon. or that school will push the issue. Occupational Therapist (OT) help can do so very very much and can make such HUGE strides and does not include medications that have side effects. I honestly think Occupational Therapist (OT) interventions are vastly underused and should be mandatory for ALL kids simply because we all have some degree of challenges. Southpaw enterprises has some eating aids on this page: [url]http://southpawenterprises.com/LivingAids/LivingAids.asp[/url] Amazon has these things you might find helpful in there daily living aids: [url]http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_scat_3775841_ln?rh=n%3A3775841%2Ck%3Adaily+living+aids&keywords=daily+living+aids&ie=UTF8&qid=1345915172&scn=3775841&h=5870fb6bffe434bdb0650939706b7d20f07db040[/url] You also might look at what they have listed for toddler dishes. If you do NOTHING else, go and find a copy of The Out of Sync Child Has Fun by Kranowitz. This is not the book that explains Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), it is the book crammed iwth FUN (honest to gosh, everyone likes it activities - with ideas to make them as cheap as possible!) actvities. We wore a copy of this book out in just over a year because the kids would plan the next scheduled family time and they would want to do some of the things themselves and every one of us spent more time with that book than husband or I used to over the Sears' Wish Book back when they still made those. The book will help you find ways to develop the areas he needs to work on, and ways to include the ohter kds in those things when appropriate. As far as 2yo eating, Jess was my ONLY child who could feed herself with silverware by age 2. Not WOULD, COULD. the boys just couldn't. With Wiz I didn't know it was off. He used a fork well, but spoons were not successful. Poor kid thought everyone at pudding, ice cream bar, popsicles and jello only in the bathtub at the start of bathtime!! He was SOOO messy that I only gave him those if he was in the tub - but he loved that he had special 'tub food'. thank you was having a hard time using silverware in kdg. He STILL has a tough time with it, esp if he cannot just stab it and eat it. He stays relatively neat when we eat in public and I almost never fuss over his utensil using. He is almost 13 and at this point isn't going to listen a whole lot anyway. I don't choose for this to be a fght issue. One things that DID help as to get those Gripz cookies/crackers for special times. They are the ones where the cookie isabout the size of a pencil eraserl Each tiny cookie had to be picked up in whatever grip we were practicing and eaten 1 at a time. I also put them on top of pudding or ice cream so he could practice wth a spoon, I hope some of this helps and that you know you are always in my thoughts and prayers! [/QUOTE]
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