Day Twenty One

We went back to the feeding clinic today - yea!!! There were no problems with eating and Daniel picked up right where he left off. His total volume for today was 16 oz which was not bad considering we had a long weekend off. They started the vanilla soy milk this morning and it went fine. His face told us that he didn't really care for the change in taste but no bad behavior like spitting it out or refusing it. However, we had a weekly conference today and we decided for the moment to go back to the special juice that he drinks. The reason for this is that I brought up the fact that we really need to work on Daniel's volume. The real test will be how much his stomach is going to handle. I'm concerned that we are working on drinking techniques when we know that he can consume an 8 oz juice box in no time flat. What we don't know is how much "food" he is going to be able to consume. We can't push volume and try a new drink at the same time so we think the best thing would be to push the volume to see exactly how much he is going to tolerate. He is still getting a drink with the meal but instead of 1 bite of food and 1 drink of juice, he is now going to get 3 bites of food and 1 drink of juice. If we worked on both volume of food and a new drink and Daniel starts to have a problem with going to the bathroom too much or throwing up, we won't know if its the soy milk or the volume of food. So, for now we will go up in volume of food and stick with the special juice we know he can already handle.

Daniel had a little problem acclimating himself back today. He didn't want me to leave his side and cried and cried whenever someone came to get him for an activity or feeding. Its always a hassle to have a weekend off and go back Monday to see him struggle with getting back into the routine of things. I had to take him to a meeting with me today because he absolutely threw a fit when I was leaving him. I'm hoping that this will get better as the week goes on. They frown upon you not leaving him but I wasn't sure what to do. I know the other parents understand but sometimes I am a little embarassed by his behavior.

Well, I gotta get off here and get myself to bed. I'll update tomorrow with how pushing the volume goes.

-Angela-