The nurse dedicated to her son
The week of learning... Day 15 He actually blood requested a brownie for breakfast. False hope as he then refused lunch and dinner. Food orally consumed: unknown Fluids orally consumed: 500mlsWeight: 8.6kg Day 16 Last night worked a treat. I put him on his milk an hour early which mean that intervention by me stopped …
We're still going.... Day 22 I woke up to a response from the feeding school about the videos I sent them of him eating. One of him munching chocolate cake and another of him clearly showing interest, hunger and a desire to eat but everything that went in, coming out. The response agreed with my …
Day 8 Starting to feel like he's never going to eat! I reason with myself 'Isn't this what babies do when they first wean? Don't they spit it out too? Doesn't it just take time to get them swallowing?' The difference of course, that babies had already been swallowing milk and would still get their …
Day Two: He refused to even taste the porridge I put on front of him at breakfast despite a whole night of less than half his feed. I added water to make a more runny consistency which encouraged him to touch and play and splash but no tastes. Was yesterday a fluke? He doesn't seem …
I'm pleasantly surprised, though hesitant to get excited naturally. Mid morning I received a message from the feeding school with a suggested new regime to start the process. I looked it over and noticed lunch and dinner reduced with a short amount of dinner and the same for his overnight feeds. It wasn't what I …
Jaxon, my two year old beauty, hasn’t eaten orally since he was 3 months old and now I'm embarking on a private tube weaning programme run by a team in Austria which I'm hoping will change both of our lives (so, no pressure!). It's been a while since I blogged but this feels like the …
A letter from a mother to her son reflecting as he celebrates his second birthday after they didn't now if he would make it to his first.
