EATING PROBLEMS / FIRST YEAR/FIRST CHILD

[STACEY(CHADOSTACE@WORLDNE]

MY SON IS 11 MONTHS OLD AND WAS BORN WITH A BILATERAL CLEFT
LIP AND PALATE. HIS LIP AND 2/3 OF HIS PALATE HAVE BEEN REPAIRED,
LEAVING AN OPENING IN THE FRONT OF HIS PALATE TO GUM LINE. HE IS
EATING BABY FOOD, CHEERIOS, AND FORMULA. I WANT TO START GIVING
HIM TABLE FOOD, BUT AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT GOING INTO HIS NASAL
CAVITY. CAN FOOD GET TRAPPED IN HIS NOSE? WILL IT AFFECT THE SOFT
TISSUE IN HIS NOSE? AM I BEING TO CAUTIOUS? WHAT KIND OF FOODS
SHOULD I START WITH?

[GAMMA4491@AOL.COM]

JUST READ YOUR STORY,,,,MY GRANDSON WAS BORN WITH BI-LATERAL
CLEFT LIP AND PALATE,,PLEASE GIVE LITTLE GUY ANYTHING THAT A
NORMAL 11MO OLD CAN EAT. YES, SOMETHINGS WILL COME THRU THE NOSE,
HE WILL LEARN TO DEAL WITH THAT. HE IS A NORMAL CHILD AND SHOULD
BE TREATED LIKE IT,,,,HIS FACE JUST DIDN'T COME TOGETHER BEFORE
HE WAS BORN. MIKE IS ALMOST 6 AND VERY CONFIDENT IN HIMSELF. IN
TIME ALL OF THIS CAN BE FIXED. MIKE STILL HAS THE HOLE IN HIS
MOUTH AND THE ONLY THING THAT COMES THRU STILL IS CHOCOLATE OREO
COOKIES. HE ONCE GOT A POPCORN KERNEL CAUGHT IN HIS HOLE AND MY
DAUGHTER JUST BLEW IN HIS NOSE AND IT CAME DOWN. THAT MAY SOUND
GROSS BUT IT WORKED. I WILL KEEP YOU BOTH IN MY PRAYERS. FEED
THAT LITTLE GUY.