Seminar on weaning & cup

Seminar di pagi Sabtu. 10-1pm @ Bewleys Hotel.

Bersemangat mama n papa (n Z of course) pegi. Duduk tak sampai 15 minit, Z dah start mengamuk2.. So mama n papa kena bergilir2. sorang dengar ceramah, sorang kena bawak Z keluar. Ceramah habis pukul 11. Lepastu ada teknikal session pulak. The SLT supposed to come to each parent and show one-to-one technique based on their requirement. Mama cepat2 angkat tangan and mintak dia jumpa kita dulu. Kalau tak, bakal mengganggu orang lain pulak.. Lepas jer one-on-one session dengan Libby tu, terus kami blah..

Meeting in Progress, tapi mama dgn Z kat luar ;(

Btw, Z kan masih on mashed/pureed type of food. dah banyak kali cuba kasik yg ber tekstur, mesti dia akan gagging, then terus dia refuse the food. Z actually has Oral Sensitivity. Patutlah memang payah bebenor nak masukkan apa2 dalam mulut dia. Nak berus gigi pun macam berperang! So Libby nasihatkan we work more on his oral stimulation. Pastu dia suruh kami tanya our SLT on Oral Desensitisation programme. Hmm.. tu yg masalah tu, SLT pun tak start lagi. Memang la dah penah jumpa Kerri, but thats more on assesment, not really the real SLT programme. Sigh.. for now, mama lah yg kena carik teknik2 tersebut..

Lagi satu, mama baru tahu, eating habit ni pun related to his trunk control. Selagi tak boleh duduk dengan stabil, memang susah diorang nak makan. Sangat penting sebenarnya. Apetah lagi untuk makan sendiri. Z kan memang ada huge problem with his trunk muscles :(. Patutlah dia sampai sekarang x pernah masukkan any object (except his own hands) to his mouth. Itu semua boleh membantu dia makan sendiri and introduce him to new textures. Sigh.. kalaulah mama tahu nih from beginning.. now trunk control dia dah better, but he already skip few steps. so, agak susah la nak train him especially when he already has his own habit. sepatutnya masa umo 7-8 bulan lagi.. ada teknik n equipment for that.. huhuhu.. so for now, we just have to start stimulating his mouth area dulu lah. then consistently introducing textured food. Start with food that melt in his mouth. mcm biskut ke.. coklat ke.. biskut mmg slalu dah kasik, dia mmg ludah jer.. maybe coklat will help.. hmmm..

Latest Sippy Cup, sama dengan yg digunakan di sekolah

Pasal cup drinking pulak.. dia x suggest sangat guna sippy cup (dah berjenis2 sippy cup mama beli..). sebab diorang still kena suck. better introduce minum from cawan biasa terus. doidy cup is a good start. Well, we have doidy cup for nearly a year now. Tak penah pakai pun.. (sebab Z x suka) so, mama akan guna from now on. 

Doidy Cup

Also, straw drinking. bagus jugak for his speech later. It help them to control their toungue as well. yes, mama dah tahu. 6 months ago I did the research. So, I bought this Lil' Gripper from Playtex. 

Lil' Gripper

Konon2 the best first straw cup, sebab mummy boleh squeez the middle part. Mummy diorang ada super power kot. Sebab bukan saja mama, papa pun x bleh squeez. keras gilos!. End up tak guna jugak.. Libby suggest this cute bear bottle from thinkingtoys.ie. Masa mama carik dulu, x de kat ireland/uk nih. Ada brand talktools (honeybear) from US jer, pastu postage lg mahal drpd bottle.. That's why mama end up beli playtex (lg mahal sebenarnya, but shipping cost murah jer). Nasib baik this cute bear bottle tak mahal sangat. So, mama dah order, we will try soon k :)

Mr Juice Bear

Walaupun sekejap jer, I think I have learn a lot! Next time, Z tinggal rumah jer lah. Kacau!