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Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Age Reflexes Jaws and Cheeks Lips Tongue Swallowing Self-Feeding<br />

• Feeds self<br />

cracker<br />

• May hold<br />

bottle<br />

• Does not gag on<br />

ground foods or<br />

soft semisolids<br />

• Tongue begins<br />

lateral shift when<br />

food is at side of<br />

mouth<br />

• Blows<br />

“raspberries”<br />

• Upper lip<br />

moves<br />

downward and<br />

<strong>for</strong>ward to<br />

actively clean<br />

spoon<br />

• Mature gag • Munching continues<br />

• Jaw closes on solid<br />

then sucks it<br />

• Jaw held closed<br />

while a piece of soft<br />

solid is broken off<br />

7-8<br />

months<br />

• More precise<br />

finger feeding<br />

• Reaches <strong>for</strong><br />

spoon, may<br />

insert crudely<br />

in mouth<br />

• Drinking from cup<br />

• Takes 1-3 sucks<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e stopping<br />

to swallow and<br />

breathe<br />

• Lateral movements<br />

to transfer food<br />

from center to sides<br />

of mouth<br />

• Lips active <strong>with</strong><br />

jaw during<br />

chewing<br />

• Briefly closes<br />

lips on cup rim<br />

• Munches <strong>with</strong><br />

diagonal movements<br />

as food is<br />

transferred from<br />

center to sides<br />

• Voluntary biting on<br />

food and objects<br />

9<br />

months<br />

Section 2 - Problem-Based <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong><br />

• Finger feeds<br />

ependently<br />

• Holds and<br />

lifts cup but<br />

has spillage<br />

• Brings spoon<br />

to mouth but<br />

inverts spoon<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e mouth<br />

• Fills spoon<br />

poorly<br />

• Taking increased<br />

amount of liquids<br />

from cup<br />

• Takes 4-5<br />

continuous<br />

swallows<br />

• Swallows ground,<br />

mashed or<br />

chopped table<br />

foods <strong>with</strong>out<br />

gagging<br />

• Lateralizes from<br />

center to sides<br />

• Licks food from<br />

lower lip<br />

• Intermittent tongue<br />

tip elevation<br />

• Lips closed<br />

during swallow<br />

<strong>with</strong> no food or<br />

liquid loss<br />

• Lower lip is<br />

drawn inward<br />

to be cleaned<br />

by upper gums<br />

• Controlled,<br />

sustained bite on<br />

soft cookie<br />

• Begins rotary<br />

chewing movements<br />

12<br />

months<br />

<strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Children</strong> With <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Needs</strong> 97<br />

Adapted from Glass, RP and Wolf, LS. Approaches and Strategies <strong>for</strong> the Occupational Therapist in Early Intervention, p. 132.

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