Comments on: Confessions of a Culinary Nutritionist

By: deb z

deb z — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:09:25 +0000

My 10 year old is plagued with a severe geographic tongue as well. Mealtimes for me with him are painful. i wish I could say they get better. I am struggling. I cannot even watch him eat. So frustrating.

By: Jody L.

Jody L. — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:24:46 +0000

Holy moly! How ironic. I had no idea that Hunter had those issues, but Im thrilled to hear that they’re being resolved. As a speech pathologist, I wish I had known! In any case, Im sure he’ll be enjoying his mommy’s glass noodles in no time. :-)

By: Deena

Deena — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:09:38 +0000

Dear Stefanie,
My son Torin was tongue tied at birth as was my older brother. My aunt (our pediatrician) clipped my brothers tongue at birth but Torin’s doctor said that he would out grow it and that it would not need to be clipped. HAH- at 16 he had it clipped. Don’t stress about Hunter’s meal times. He will eat if he is hungry and he can sense if your anxious.

By: peri

peri — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:15:15 +0000

I am so happy you ended with “they won’t starve”. Both my girls have gone through yogurt only phases. It is what it is. They are all crazy little kids.

By: Krystyna

Krystyna — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:22:16 +0000

My son too was born with a heart shaped tongue and did not get it clipped until he was 14…required anathesia..now he can lick an ice cream.. The dr never suggested clipping it. Strange how Dr.s are different

By: Diana

Diana — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:37:41 +0000

Oh Shades of yester year.. been there done that.. kids are difficult without all the other complications thrown in… Its such a surprise when you find out how incredibly unique each child is..

My first child like yours was a great eater..and has remained so.Food was never his issue.. although he found issues of his own, in different areas.. which I had to like a detective figure out as the years went on. My second child and this one a girl.. was tougher from the start. She would not breast feed right away and my breast milk did not come in as it did the first time.. it took a week. I did breast feed her for about nine months and every time I tried to take her off of it she had horrible stomach issues.. Her food issues as a baby were allergies and tummy troubles digesting, the list goes on… To this day she cannot eat like everyone else, and has to be careful, we learned what her system is all about.. and I think thats the thing, we are all so unique no carbon copies of each other. !.. But your right.. he wont starve..or any of that.. My daughter taught me to chill around food, give up control..and let her eat what she needed… (not in a silly way either)..and now she is grown up..she is a chef.. good luck..

By: Rhea Parsons Riker

Rhea Parsons Riker — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:34:31 +0000

It must be so frustrating to have trouble in an area that is your specialty. But you sound like a wonderful mother who cares about her child and what he eats, not to mention his own struggles. Better a mother who dreads her child’s mealtime than one who doesn’t put thought into it at all. Happy almost birthday to Hunter :)