Thursday, July 9, 2009

Nightmares

Aiden started having nightmares last night. He was asleep maybe two hours and then the crying and screaming began.

Chris was going to go back to work today. He has been off work since the day we found out about Aiden's surgery. Aiden slept in the big bed following his nightmares, sending Chris to sleep on the sofa.

There are pages of colouring books all over the living room floor. Aiden has decided it is much more fun to tear the pages out of the books than to keep the pages in the book and colour on them. At least he is tearing the full pages out and not corners or half pages. LOL

Last night was his first bath following surgery. He wasn't too happy about being in the bath chair. But his chest can't be submerged yet.

And now I need suggestions....

Aiden takes both a bottle and a sippy cup. At school, he only uses a sippy cup. However at home, Aiden HAS to have a bottle for his Pediasure. He will not accept a sippy cup with Pediasure. The sippy cups, according to Aiden, are for the sugary drinks ie Pepsi and sweet tea.

How do I get the Little Boy to drink his Pediasure in a sippy cup and get rid of the bottle?
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  1. Sorry about the nightmares. I know my first son who is now 14 had night terrors starting at 2 and ending around 3yrs. Good luck, hope they stop for you.
    Jonathon likes to rip up my magazines(too funny) I tell him no and school WANTS him to rip up paper(Go FIGURE)
    As far as the sippy for Pediasure~I could not get Jonathon to drink milk out of a sippy. Only his bottle. I switched to straw sippy's made by playtex(playtexstore.com)And now he will drink anything out of the straw sippy, but still gives me problems on the reg.sippy cup. Maybe since Aiden is older, he could pick out a new special sippy just for his pediasure(or a few different colors so there is more than one) Good luck, let me know what you and Aiden decide.
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  2. I was going to suggest the straw cup also. There are several kinds out there that are spill proof. I've found some at walmart and target. They're a little more expensive, but Peanut uses them well and they are great for oral motor therapy also.
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  3. I also vote for learning to use a straw. It is excellent for oral motor strengthening, and it will help with speech down the line. Sippy cups actually cause more harm than good with our kids with low tone--it keeps them suckling rather than having them move on to a more mature tongue/swallowing pattern.

    If he doesn't know how to drink from a straw, start with a juice box and squeeze a little juice into his mouth. You can also get a honey bear straw cup which is helpful to learn to use a straw. http://www.talktools.net/s.nl/it.A/id.771/.f

    please note that you cannot use aquarium tubing and make your own--you need to have food-grade tubing to be safe.
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