Thumb / Finger Sucking Alternatives
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 7th Apr 2016
Question: My sensory child is more of a sucker than chewer. She usually sucks on her thumb and fingers, but I am wanting to get her some other options for school and transitions. She's 5. What do you recommend?
Thumb/finger sucking can be a very hard habit to break - what works for one person may not work for the next. Our products are mostly
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Food Pocketing in the Lips, Cheeks, and/or Gums
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 27th Mar 2016
Question: My four year old daughter pockets food in her lower gums. Foods like pizza, chicken, egg whites, etc. (that do not melt like crackers or cookies). She will simply let it stay in her gum pockets until she looks like a chipmunk and eventually we will have to remove it with our fingers. She is not able to automatically understand the natural process
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Why Does My Older Child Chew on Everything?
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 29th Nov 2015
Question: My 9 year old chews on everything... erasers, foam rubber, shirt collars. He has always had an oral fixation since he was a toddler, putting toys in his mouth and chewing on everything in sight. Is this something more than typical childhood behavior? I've read on some discussion boards that your "Grabbers" are often used by other kids with the same
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The Right and Wrong Way to Spoon Feed
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 22nd Nov 2015
Did you know that there is a right and wrong way to spoon feed? The wrong spoon feeding procedure involves lifting your hand upward as you remove the spoon from the child’s mouth. This method scrapes the spoon against the teeth, gums, and/or upper lip to get food off of the spoon.
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Scraping is not the normal, natural way to feed. And specifically for children with o
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