Sentences with phrase «if oral motor»

Support of chin, cheek and jaw movement may assist in facilitating a stronger sucking pattern if oral motor control is low or sucking is weak or disorganised

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If a child uses a sippy cup excessively and doesn't develop a mature swallowing pattern, then oral motor skills are not well - developed.

So, what does this mean for a parent who wonders if a sippy cup is impeding their child's oral motor development?

It is great that he will take sips from an open cup, and I would suggest moving toward using the open cup and / or a straw cup (which is better for oral motor skills than a sipper cup with a spout) for meals if he can manage it.

As a speech pathologist, I want children to have great oral motor skills, and if a child has great oral motor skills, they are more capable of imitating speech sounds, words and sentences correctly.

They state that though crawling generally develops between 6 and 10 months of age, it is not a true milestone and has little to do with oral - motor development, and thus may be misleading if used to designate finger - food readiness.

The thinking seems to be that if you just don't talk about food allergies, lip ties, sensory disorders, poor oral - motor development, etc., then these things won't affect a baby's ability to breastfeed.

They state that though crawling generally develops between 6 and 10 months of age, it is not a true milestone and has little to do with oral - motor development, and thus may be misleading if used to designate finger - food readiness.