On top of it all, instead of being thankful for the day and celebrating new milestones Reece is meeting every day, I'm more focused on August 25. Our next trip to Boston. It's still two months away, but much like the last time, it will be here before we know it. The fear and worry has already begun to set in.
And when I say milestones, I mean MILESTONES!
Because of all the tubes and medicines Reece has had to endure, he's experiencing a huge aversion to food and will not only refuse a spoon with food, he's refusing to feed himself. His therapists with Help Me Grow recommended messy play eating, meaning put anything messy (spaghetti sauce, whipped cream, pudding, applesauce, etc.) on his high chair tray and let him play in it. Eventually he will accidentally get his hand in his mouth and get a taste.
We first tried vanilla pudding. He wasn't a huge fan.