There have been some interesting developments since our last conversation about Cole’s eating. We had made two significant changes around that time. We switched bottles to the Dr. Brown’s Natural. This bottle is supposed to reduce the air bubbles. We are also using the #3 fast flow nipple versus the slow flow nipple he was on. It took a lot of patience and determination, but he finally started to accept this nipple. Around the same time we also started him on Prevacid versus the Zantac he was previously on. So how’s his eating you ask? It’s on the verge of scary good. He’s now polishing off 6 ounce bottles versus 2-3 ounce bottles that had become the norm in our house. He’s still putting up some resistance to feeding, but it’s getting better. He’s also making a little headway on the baby food front. We’re putting more and more food in front of him and let him eat what he wants. He’s very independent (read: stubborn). When we have tried to feed him with a spoon he’s also a little more accepting of it. You know what this means? We’re making progress.
Paige is also doing incredible with all the new foods we’ve introduced. We have yet to find a food she doesn’t like. In fact she would rather have people food versus the baby food as she’ll keep her mouth closed if she thinks there is a drop of baby food on the spoon. I guess I’m going to have to start cooking for 3 instead of 2. And guess who got up on all fours? Yep, she’s hopefully only weeks away from starting to crawl. I don’t know if this technique is in any book, but we’ve been trying to encourage Paige to stand and crawl by putting out Puffs. We’ll stand her up against the couch and put a handful of puffs on the cushion. She’ll stand unassisted as she feeds herself. Very nice! When she’s on the floor, well lay out a trail of puffs. Sure enough she’ll roll or scoot until she has devoured them all. If she has an eating disorder later on in life, I think we’ll be able to trace the roots of it.
Future Boss: Paige I need those TPS Reports.
Paige: Where are my puffs? Paige need puffs to work.
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Woohooo Go Paige! Presleigh figured out the crawling last week finally…however today’s lesson - must.wear.pants. She has rugburn on her knees.
And way to go Mr Cole, keep up the good eatting!
Yeah, Paige! She’ll be crawling in no time. That is great news about Cole’s eating, it must be really exciting for you guys. as for Paige and the people food, can she come and show Cooper? We are really struggling in that area (see Eric, he really is a preemie).
I am mortified to admit, we did the same thing with my SON and a big dill PICKLE. It definitely worked but is there a 529 account for therapy I can start contributing too?
We used to do the same thing with Jackson. Food was such a great motivator for that boy, as illustrated by the current status of his wasitline. And hooray for Prevacid! So glad Cole has decided that eating is fun!