Posts Tagged ‘lack of expressive language’

3 year multiple problems

because we have not been able to break her thumb sucking habit, we have been wrapping her thumb with elastic sports bandage which keeps her from sucking as long as she has it on, but as soon as it comes off the thumb goes back in the mouth.

Malignant sleep apnea, difficulty feeding, PDA ligation, and a cerebellar stroke.

Do nothing at this time to discourage her from sucking her thumb. She is quite young to provide a sucking elimination program, even if she had not been through so much already in her couple of years on earth…

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