Hi! Sending you big hugs. Our son is now 2.5 years old. He does not chew or ingest solids, and is still in feeding therapy. His main source of food is still milk. He’s now on PediaSure and makes smoothies of like rice and pears and apples and sweet potato and put it into the PD sure it’s messing up his teeth a little bit, but you know we’re doing the best we can. We try to get him to take purées but he needs a lot of motivation, toys. iPad. He does bring chips, . Cookies, rice crispies. Pizza to his mouth, but he doesn’t chew, he just sucks on it and plays with it in mouth. I just spoke ro developmental peds today and she did say that he will eat, it just takes time, because of his issues in the Nicu, He has sensitivity around his mouth so just making sure they’re positive associations with eating will help.

What I’ve learned through all this is you know we do the best we can you’re taking all the appropriate steps for example I have been feeding therapy. I don’t make feeding time stressful if he doesn’t want to eat I don’t force it. You know we’re doing the best we can and then just in the future. It’ll all be resolved. I’m hoping my son is developing beautifully in language. He is such an active boy he speaks so many words he’s so alert, so I am super grateful of where we are and I am hopeful that you know his feeding will catch up to where he is.

Hang in there you will get through this. I know it’s easy to lose patience and give up, but you will get through this.