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?

[Anonymous]

AVOID FOODS THAT CAN CLUMP AND DO NOT DISSOLVE WELL. BE
PERSISTENT TO TRY NEW FOODS AND TEXTURES-I WAS NOT AND MAY BABY
TENDS TO BE A VERY PICKY EATER.