Ice creams, jellies , chocolates, candies and many more… all are the favorites names of every kid , even sometimes of grown up parents too… even I love sweets ! One fine day Sanvi’s mom presented me one of my favorite sweet dish while I was waiting for next kid to conduct session … Sanvi is a charming 2 year old gal. She is quite underweight as she has super limited food choices with particular texture. Doesn’t like to eat anything in solid. Her mom has to purify normal dal rice to feed it to Sanvi. Even slightest hard bite in her mouth makes her omit everything in her mouth. Sanvi regularly comes to me for her Oromotor Hypersensitivity issues. In spite of sweets being my favorite I couldn’t eat it with the feeling that the kid who should be eating it with excitement didn’t even looked at it. One of the disheartening fact I learned that day was Oromotor Hypersensitivity not only affects the kid but also affects the parents diet!
Every parents earn for his child … so that his child can eat properly and grow normally and healthy. Most of times Moms don’t eat till her child ate well. Unfortunately, Sanvis mom has to face this everyday!! I wonder for how many countless nights, Sanvi’s mom must have slept half stomach or empty stomach with sad feeling that Sanvi didn’t ate well this evening!
Gustatory System (sense of taste):
The gustatory system, or our sense of taste, allows us to recognize the five basic taste sensations of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami (the taste elicited by glutamate, which is found in chicken broth, meat extracts, and some cheeses). It allows us to be safe from ingesting things that are toxic, spoiled, or inedible. It plays an important role in eating and drinking but is not the only sense that allows us to recognize flavor. Texture, temperature, and sense of smell additionally help us to identify the foods we eat. Gustatory or taste receptors react to food and beverages. These surface receptors in the mouth send taste information to their nerve fibers. The taste receptors are located as cluster in the taste buds of the mouth, tongue, and throat.
Oral Hypersensitivity (oral defensiveness):
Picky eater.
Limited food choices.
May only eat "soft" or grinded,
Liquid foods may only eat hot or cold foodsmay gag with textured foods has difficulty with sucking, chewing, and swallowing.
May choke or have a fear of choking.
Resists/refuses/extremely fearful of going to the dentist or having dental work done.
Dislikes or complains about toothpaste and mouthwash.
Don’t know how to spit.
Avoids seasoned, spicy, sweet, sour or salty foods.
Prefers bland foods.
Refuses to lick envelopes, stamps, or stickers because of their taste.
Oral Hyposensitivity (under-registers):
May lick, taste, or chew on non food objects
Constantly putting objects in mouth past the toddler years.
Prefers foods with intense flavor; i.e., excessively spicy, sweet, sour, or salty.
Excessive drooling past the teething stage.
Inappropriate lip closure.
Frequently chews on hair, shirt, or fingers, hard objects.
Loves vibrating toothbrushes.
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