Speech and Feeding therapy

Today our feeding therapist came to visit us at home. I ate strawberries, banannas and quartered grapes! I haven't really wanted to put any of the food in my hands though to feed myself. Why do that when daddy and mommy do a good job of placing food in my mouth? So our therapist put yogurt on my highchair tray and encouraged me to rub my hands in it (good and messy) and then put my hands to my mouth. I really didn't like that either, but mommy whispered that we will try more later.

Our wonderful feeding therapist A. is moving away. Big heavy sigh. We love her alot. She has seen us through our first year of feeding challenges. A NG tube for 10 months, then the Gtube, and all kinds of feeding solutions for me with my Hirschsprung's Disease. One of the biggest benefits to A. is that she is very sensitive to mommy feeling overwhelmed at times. She knows just what to say to mommy to make her feel less anxious. Bye bye A. we will miss you!

Feeling better!

We have recovered. Whew! A week long stomach bug for all six of us. No fun! Mommy is going to catch up on her posting photos and such with this "menagerie" of thoughts.


First, it was Nate's birthday! He turned 13 on Saturday. We made him a birthday cake with fishies in water. It was yummy.

Nate and his cousins went to Super Saturday, which is an incredible 4H day long event where you get to attend 4 different enrichment activities. Nate learned how to tie fly's for fly-fishing, he learned how to fly fish, he made slime/gak, and took a class in computer animation.

Mommy wanted to post something 'goofy' about our weekly laundry pile but she wasn't laughing too hard thinking about it. See, laundry for six is no laughing matter. Here are the before and after pictures, yes this is one week of laundry. Each family member has a laundry basket. You must fetch your basket and unload it in your drawers.... and return the basket. Hannah and mommy get most of the folding duties; Colin and Nate have other duties like vacum/mopping, etc.




Sunday afternoon we got to go to yet another park. This time it's Pioneer Park here in our home town of Ferndale. I LOVED THE ROCKS.



Monday, mommy decided to skip developmental playgroup because Liam and I were still 'grumbly' in our tummies and we didn't want to chance getting any of the kids in our playgroup sick.

And that catches you up on us!

And the doctor said...

No more bugs jumping in our bellies! (to the tune of no more monkies jumping on the bed).

The nice dr said that it's a virus. No kidding. We could of told her that.

She said that switching from Pedialite to milk was too early (although it was day three when we switched, I would have thought that was time enough). So, back to Pedialite for me and Liam. She suggested a reduced fat diet which means no dairy and no fatty meats (we only eat local farm raised lean beef anyway, but okay). We had chicken noodle soup last night and I enjoyed. No vomitting yet!

We are restless though. Whiny, crying, moaning, flopping around and so mommy is stuck on the floor and she only moves when we let her! She keeps saying something about coffee and a shower, and she says we are whiny! Listen to her :)

Soon, we pray, we will be up and about again. But for another day, we are home.

Still sick

Tommy and Liam are still sick. The vomitting continues today so we have a doctor appt this evening. Since Tommy has a Gtube it's slightly easier to keep him hydrated with Pedialite. I say "slightly" because he is still vomitting. Poor boys!

The rest of the family is better. I worked a few hours today and yesterday. Daddy went to work today. Big sister Hannah was at middle school. Big brother Nate though spent the day still recovering. Heavy sigh. This is one yukky bug. I know Braska Bear's mom agrees!

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

A HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Stephanie Ebert! We love ya!! Hugs and kisses!! Hope you got some yummy birthday cake :)

...and the bug continues....

Same bug. Different day. Daddy is sick now. Hannah is sick. And Nate is sick. And Liam decided he would have a repeat day of vomitting. The good news is, mommy is starting to feel better. And so am I. Mommy counted 20 poopy diapers yesterday between Liam and I. That is just about one per hour.

No playgroup this week, no occupational therapy, no feeding therapy..... nada. Just hoping this is over soon and we are all healthy again.

Guess what? Mommy was laying on the floor (I said she was really sick) but I wanted to get over closer to her.... so I went from my lovely steadfast sitting position (gee whiz I can sit for hours) to an all fours on the ground... and drumroll please, I crawled to her. Two or three crawls (she only had one eye open so I don't think she got the full effect). I crawled! Hooray!! I haven't done it again, she scared me with her reaction :)

Another biggie that daddy and mommy have noticed, I LOVE to clap my hands. Sometimes mommy sings silly songs and Liam will clap his hands when he is done. Seems she likes this, and she will sing more..... So I started clapping my hands at the end of songs too. And I clapped when mommy put a Signing Time video on. Yippee! I have a wonderful form of communication, I clap my hands.

Okay, mommy is going to lay down again. Whew! Keep us in your prayers for our health to return quickly.

Another bug

We are sick. Oh so sick. Mommy says she hasn't been this sick in years.

Liam was sick first on Saturday. Vomitting and hives. The hives were so strange that mommy and daddy took him to the ER. Turns out with viruses you sometimes get hives. Too much stress on a little body!

Then Sunday was Tommy's turn. Lots of vomitting. And then mommy just had to join the fun. And when mommy is down and unhappy.... it's not a good thing. Thank you to Daddy for staying healthy, changing ALL the diapers, feeding everyone when mommy couldn't even get her head off the pillow. And thanks to Hannah and Nate for being the world's BEST big sis and brother!