Guest guest Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Kristy, This sounds like Adam's problem too because he seems to have an excessive amount of saliva. We will start working with him on the swallowing. He is having his speech eval today, so I will talk to them about it also. Thanks. Donna -- Re: Drooling Donna, It could be the tonsils, but I also had this problem with Tim when he was young. The drooling was excessive to the point that his shirt was soaking wet all of the time. His doctor had told me that he had immature salava glands(don't know if this is true or not) and that he just didn't know when to swallow. So, I continueally reminded him to swallow and eventually, he quit drooling. He still has a lot of salava and will spit when talking if he isn't careful. I would suggest that you tell him to swallow many times throughout the day, and he will eventually get in the habit of not drooling. Kristy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 I hadn't responded to this post...but just wanted to add that does this as well~ he often has excess saliva in the corners of his mouth when he talks, and has been known to drool now and then... just last week, he " got me " , he was looking down at something as he said something about it, an DRIP, all over my arm... I didn't get angry, just said, " awww !! " but got defensive because my 2 yr old said, " ewwww sick " (but he says that to just about everything...LOL) I thought the whole thing was pretty funny, I dont think was amused though ~ANGEL~ Mom to 11 Mosaic Down Syndrome/Hirschsprung's Disease Lance 16, Tyler 12, 9 Jaeda 8 & Shayne 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Hi Donna. My son just turned 3 and he is very delayed with speech. Although his muscle tone is pretty good, he is following the Sara Rosenfeld protocol regarding his oral motor weakness. did not drool but they have specific exercises to stop drooling...Straw drinking is one method. Different whistles, Biting, etc., each exercise geared to different problems. I am sure the speech therapist will be familiar with the program. I really believe in this program. The stronger his mouth becomes, the easier it will be for him to talk. It is good that you are talking care of it early!!! Insist on as much speech as you can get!! Where do you live? We are in Connecticut. LOL Ross MOM to 7, 3 MDS and Kirk 16mos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Thank you for the advice . I will be checking into this method. We live in Northwest Indiana just outside of Chicago. Adam has his therapist through a program we have called First Steps. Unfortunately, he had a speech eval the other day and they told us he will be recommended for speech therapy but there is a shortage of speech therapist in our area. This means we may have to wait a while. In the mean time she told us several things to work on with him. He knows a couple of words - hi, bye, cat, no, baby and a few signs. He makes a lot of clears sounds, la la la or de do de do like singing, so the therapist said that is a good sign. We will just keep working on it. Donna - gram to Adam 2 mds and Skylar 2 on Sunday -- Re: Drooling Hi Donna. My son just turned 3 and he is very delayed with speech. Although his muscle tone is pretty good, he is following the Sara Rosenfeld protocol regarding his oral motor weakness. did not drool but they have specific exercises to stop drooling...Straw drinking is one method. Different whistles, Biting, etc., each exercise geared to different problems I am sure the speech therapist will be familiar with the program. I really believe in this program. The stronger his mouth becomes, the easier it will be for him to talk. It is good that you are talking care of it early!!! Insist on as much speech as you can get!! Where do you live? We are in Connecticut. LOL Ross MOM to 7, 3 MDS and Kirk 16mos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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