I lost ten pounds because I go to restaurants less often. At restaurants I tend to eat far more than I would normally. A restaurant typically serves bigger portions than I'd serve myself at home. At restaurants I am distracted from what I'm eating, because I'm talking. My sister tells me that restaurants pile on the fat to make their food ( Read more... )

We reviewed Little T's goals on Tuesday. Little T exceeds expectations in all areas of review. He's made remarkable progress, considering he's been hospitalised five times during the review period (six months) Yes, Little T has goals written down on paper that the state government (Early Start) pays to have met. It's all written on our IFSP ( ( Read more... )

Little T has technically been able to hold his bottle for months, but on Tuesday he finally figured out how to tip his bottle, so he can actually drink from his bottle. Now yesterday he doesn't want me to hold his bottle anymore. Woo hoo! He can drink on his own. His OT has been pushing me to put him on a sippy cup. Now we can finally start ( Read more... )

From akienm blogged:
1. Delve into your blog archive.
2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to).
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.

From Grief and not eating "Intellectually I know that he's actually getting all the nutrition he needs via tube and he has large reserves of ( Read more... )

For the first time since he was born a year ago, Little T is off all medications and even supplements! He was even taken off Poly-vi-sol yesterday. I'm so proud of him ( Read more... )

Little T ripped off his Broviac dressing and his NG tube this morning. We all loved seeing his sweet face without tape today. And we're proud of his fine motor skills and wiliness. But tonight, how he howled with outrage when C put it back in ( Read more... )