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| 961.1 | CPR may help | CTHQ2::SANDSTROM | born of the stars | Tue Jun 11 1991 14:00 | 10 |
| If you haven't taken a CPR course (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation)
then I strongly suggest that you do. Part of the course teaches
you how to deal with choking - in infants and adults - as well as
how to do mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-nose breating (also for infants
and adults).
Perhaps if you learn how to handle a choking situation you'll be able
to relax and enjoy your baby and won't worry about it quite so much.
Conni
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| 961.2 | choose things that dissolve readily | CNTROL::STOLICNY | | Tue Jun 11 1991 14:03 | 17 |
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I think that some gagging is to be expected with the introduction
of solid foods. However, you should probably strive to give her
things that she can't bite off large pieces that might obstruct the
airway. This would mean sticking to either very soft table food
(pancakes, cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, etc) or very hard things
that she can "gum to death" (i.e. zwieback toast, hard pretzels, etc).
I'd personally steer clear of the apple at this age unless it was
shaved very thin.
My son has a couple of scary choking episodes where he ended up heaving
his whole meal (strong gag reflex!) so I know how scary it can be!
Good luck,
Carol
P.S. Weaning from the bottle at 7 months - wow, that's early!
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| 961.3 | CPR course eased my mind | TARKIN::TRIOLO | Victoria Triolo | Tue Jun 11 1991 14:13 | 5 |
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I have a 4 month old and was worried about the same thing.
I took a "community" CPR course. It covers infants, children
and adults. It was very well done and I'm no longer nervous
about my baby choking because I could do something about it.
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| 961.4 | Infant CPR | THOTH::CUNNINGHAM | | Tue Jun 11 1991 14:54 | 10 |
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Not sure where you are located, but the Mill (MLO) is holding an Infant
CPR course June 20th for employees.... But you have to be Red Cross
Certified in Adult CPR to qualify.
FYI
Chris
(I'll be attending, and see if there is anything I can add here later)
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| 961.5 | Another vote for take the class & relax | TAKEIT::STHILAIRE | | Tue Jun 11 1991 15:17 | 15 |
| I have an 8 month old and she does pretty much the same thing with
solids. I think they just need to get used to the change in texture
(from liquid to solids). It's only natural they need to practice
before they get it down pat. It's so funny to watch her taste and test
new flavors and textures.
My sister and I recently (March 1991) took the Red Cross Child/Infant
CPR Course in Manchester, NH. The course cost was $30.00 and you did
not have to be previously certified in their Adult CPR course in order
to take the Child/Infant course. For a total investment of $30 and
about six hours of your time, I highly recommend it.
Tricia
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| 961.6 | Different courses at different sites | CYCLPS::CHALMERS | Ski or die... | Tue Jun 11 1991 16:34 | 6 |
| Also, some DEC facilities do periodicly run a all-day combined
Adult/Infant CPR class that doesn't require certification as a
pre-requisite. I took one last year on-site, and it didn't cost
me a thing. If your facility doesn't have one scheduled, ask your
personnel services department to check around for one at a location
near you.
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| 961.7 | Other sources | INTER::STEINHART | Pixillated | Tue Jun 11 1991 17:22 | 4 |
| I took the Infant/Child CPR course at Parkland Hospital in Derry. You
could try calling several local hospitals. Parkland has a waiting list
of several months. The local Red Cross would also know where you can
take it locally.
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| 961.8 | take it slowly | WR2FOR::BELINSKY_MA | | Tue Jun 11 1991 18:06 | 19 |
| My daughter is 9 months old and I have worried about this too. I have
taken the Infant CPR course, but also am very careful with what I give
her to chew on. Zwieback toasts worked well at first, and also watching
to make sure she didn't bite off any big chunks. We just took it
slowly.
Now she is getting tired of the mushy baby food, and refuses it. So we
take table food and mash it for her. The change in texture is just
what she wants. As for finger food, we still do zwieback toasts,
arrowroot cookies, breadsticks. The rest is soft foods. We tried
cheerios and she refused to eat them.
I still worry a little, but would rather go slow and avoid anything
that could either lodge in her throat or stick to her mouth (like white
bread). I bet she can chew better than we realize. But until she gets
more teeth we'll continue to try things one at a time.
---Mary
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| 961.9 | Thanks! | DUCK::LYNGA | | Wed Jun 12 1991 12:34 | 5 |
| I forgot to mention, but I'm actually in the UK, but I'll try to find a
local St. John's Ambulance or Red Cross course to attend. Thanks for
the ideas.
Ali
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| 961.10 | avoid peanut butter | CHCLAT::HAGEN | Please send truffles! | Wed Jun 12 1991 14:47 | 7 |
| Just realize that soft foods can be choke-foods, too. I'm talking about
peanut butter. My boy choked on a peanut-butter-on-bread sandwich (no
jelly on it) even though I had cut it up in small pieces, and it scared me
to death! Luckily he dislodged it himself. Later I read you should never
give a child plain peanut butter, or peanut butter sandwiches without jelly.
� �ori �
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| 961.11 | | NEURON::REEVES | | Fri Jun 14 1991 13:19 | 3 |
| Shayne used to make choking sounds when we first started him on
solids and it would scare me to death, now that he realizes that he
gets a reaction from me it is a constant attention getter for him.
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| 961.12 | Reference to note 199 | JAWS::TRIPP | | Fri Jul 26 1991 14:25 | 11 |
| I just wanted to point you back to my note 199, written just about a
year ago. It ended up being quite lengthy, but it's an experience I
can't get out of my mind.
FWIW, my sister inlaw mentioned the other day she has never given
either of her children (7 and 4) hot dogs due to the fear of chocking.
I used to buy the jars of "Toddler dinner", a little coarser than
junior food, and when AJ choked just a little, I'd take and whirl them
in the food processor, simply because MY nerves couldn't take it!
Lyn
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