I have a soon to be 3 yr old girl who has special needs, she is tube fed only. Any ideas for party.PLEASE HELP

Question

She can not have anything by mouth , but i will have kids here that enjoy cake. Now that she is gettin older and aware of food, its very very hard.Please if you have any ideas, let me know.I'm stressing hard about this.Last year i took her to our room and held her and cried while the kids were eating the cake:( Thanks to whoever read this and posted help:) Have a blessed day :)

Answer 1

aww.

i am so sorry your daughter has to go through this.

she will be in my prayers.

i hope she has a wonderful birthday.

like the lady above me (lindsey) said, milkshakes would be great.

maybe you could hire like a magician and he could put on a magic show for the kids.

when i was like 3 or 4 my mother did that for me and it was one of the most memrable birthdays i have had.

i sincerlly hope this helps.

:]

Answer 2

Well, for the cake thing, get everyone tosing happy birthday around the cake and then why dont you instead of letting the kds eat the cake at the party put it in a party bag with afew other sweets and they can take it home with them?

Or give out the cake and give your daughter one of her presents then (something she really wanted) so she doesnt feel bad, she will be so happy with her toy she wont really

realise the cake.

Party ideas...well at 3 they can play pass the parcel and musical bumps (sit down when music stops) and musical statues (stand still when music stops) and they could also come in fancy dress and have a fancy dress contest for best costume. Best costume can win a little prize or something..

Hope this helps and i hope you and your daugther have a great day.

Good luck and god bless

x*x

Answer 3

Make milk shakes for floats so every one is drinking out of a straw. You don't have to have cake. My son don't really care for cake and would rather do ice cream floats with soda.

Answer 4

Since she can't have anything by mouth, milkshakes are out too.  I would not have any cake.  It is her day and there is no need to stress her out for the social norm of others.  A cupcake in a goody bag to eat later is fine.  Maybe you could do balloons with or without a clown, a pinata, silly string, a scavenger hunt.  Maybe you could lite a birthday candle and have it placed in a holder decorated with happy birthday.  It would be easy to make one out of wood, and paint it.  Maybe the kids could fingerpaint, or you could tie dye shirts.  I have been to a party where we were told to bring a t-shirt.  She grouped the kids together and took a picture.  She printed it on the shirts, and they used art paint to write Aspen's birthday party on the back and everyone put there handprint on each shirt.  It was fun.  If she has good head control, maybe you could do pony rides, or a hayride.  If you have to feed everyone, maybe have something that doesn't have really great smells, like cold cut sandwiches, they are cheap, kids will eat them, but they won't make your daughter salivate from the smell.  My sons (autistic) get overstimulated too, one thing that helps calm them is bubbles.

Answer 5

I care for a special needs boy who is also fed through a G-Tube so when he is feeling left out I will sit down with him and let him taste things like ketchup, ranch dressing, yogurt, and anything else really soft and could go down easy without a choking hazard! We also let me chew on big pieces of beef jerky but he's a little older and knows not to try and swallow it. The soft food works great, he loves it! It is pretty messy though so towels and bibs!

Hope I helped!