SWALLOWING PROBLEMS or DYSPHAGIA IN INFANTS- How to use a thickener for your baby 

Hey! I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner! If you are feeding your son milk and you need it to honey thick than you will need to put in 10 teaspoons for 8 oz. On the back of the thick it container the dosage chart is per 4 fl oz. so all you gotta do is double the amount it says. Hope that is helpful for you!

Have you talked to your babies pediatrician? They should give you a referral to a speech therapist to help your baby with any feeding struggles!

Hello! I am so sorry I am just now seeing this and finally getting back to you about all your questions. Was your daughter born with a cleft lip and/or palate? I am glad to help in any way I can and I hope I can answer your questions. My son, Levi, started feeding therapy on a weekly basis when he was about a month old and our speech therapist had us start thickened liquid immediately and about every week or two we would increase 5 mls as long as he was taking the feeds ok and he wasn't showing signs of struggling too much or getting too tired. Yes, Gelmix continues to thicken the longer it sits. With nectar thick liquid, we started with a size 4 nipple until he started getting comfortable enough that he wanted the liquid to come out faster and then we actually started using a wide cut nipple. Yes, we've had a lot of success with the Dr. Brown's specialty feeding system bottles with the blue valve. Here is a video I made about the bottles if you don't already know much about them. Yes, the blue valve was for his cleft palate and has helped him so much! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aMGirZHVJ_A.html I would watch very carefully for Levi's signs when he got too tired and struggling. I noticed red splotches on his face and his eyes would water if he got too tired. Sometimes he would need just a few minutes to take a breather in between drinking. And other times he could only handle a little bit and then we would try again at his next feed. He had to be on consistent feeds every 3 hours to keep his weight up. To answer another one of your questions, yes, he was on a g-tube. So whatever milk he didn't finish in the bottle we would put the rest of the amount (not thickened) through his g-tube. He had to be taking a specific amount every 3 hours. Does your daughter have a g-tube? It took Levi about 9-10 months before he could take his full amount of milk in his bottle. And by then he was still on thickened liquid, but only to half nectar. Throughout those months, we slowly decreased nipple sizes and thickness. And then weaned him off completely until he no longer needed thickened liquid. There are many cleft support groups that I am a part of if that's what you're looking for! Let me know and I will send you all the ones I'm on. I hope this was helpful to you in some way! Let me know if you have any other questions and I will do my best to help out! I know how hard and stressful and lonely it is to take care of a child with problems. Good luck to you!

Mem you are so kind and helpful to all .May God bless you.make more video for cp child.