Updates

Rory had her pediatrician appt on Thursday. She weighed 18lbs 4 oz, 29.3 inches tall. This means only a 1 oz gain since May 12th. :( Good news is her biopsy results were negative. All of the feeding issues we deal with are now considered behavioural, as a result of the reflux. While the feeding clinic is satisfied that she is not underweight, the pediatrician and GI still feel we need to fatten her up a bit more. The pediatrician said we could keep her on infant formula and she'd see us back at 18 months. Right now, she is deferring to the feeding & nutrition clinic.

Rory is actually doing well with her eating. We have traded a strict behavioural feeding protocol for a combination of me feeding her and her feeding herself, in front of the tv, lol, which is actually working well. Rory is now eating 2 soup cubes/day, made of cream of chicken soup, pureed porked, broccoli, green beans and peas & carrots, frozen into ice cubes, and she lets me feed her the entire thing without a fight. :) She is also eating ice cream and yogurt, bologna, cheese, toast, cheerios, lil' crunchies, and arrowroot cookies. The quantity is still not there, but she is eating something at every meal and snack. She still outright refuses pieces of fruit, vegetable or meat, which poses a problem for upcoming daycare.

I got the call last week that she will be starting in September. I have an appt on Wednesday morning to see the daycare and discuss her feeding. I'm still waiting on the call from the clinic to discuss what they feel our options are for having the daycare accommodate her. The pediatrician was adament that the feeding clinic will speak with the daycare, since she has a medical condition. She is expected to feed herself lots of things, including fruits and vegetables, which she can only eat pureed in soup at the moment. We were told we couldn't bring in our own food. I'm willing to see how she does eating with the other children, but want to be prepared if she can't eat what they offer. I'm really excited for her though, to spend time with children every day.

Last night for supper, Rory ate a soup cube, 1 tbsp chocolate ice cream and 2 bites of yogurt, and I fed them all to her without a single peep!!! I was so happy that Mike got to see us do that. We were all very proud and happy, even Ror!!! It's so nice when she doesn't swat or whine. Of course, she cried most of the night with tummy pain. At first I thought it was her teeth, so I gave her some ambesol, but when we were on the couch in the wee hours, she let go some "man gas", and then I knew. I feel so bad that when she eats she gets tummy pain. I don't know what is causing it. I'm afraid to admit it's the ice cream because she loves it so much. I limit her to a tbsp because it's chocolate. I really really hope it's not the new soup. I'll find out in a few days I guess.