Family Vacation and Therapy Last Week!

Last week our family was camping up north at Orchard Beach State Park in Manistee. We visited family and friends in Traverse City, Lake Ann, Suttons Bay and at Portage Lake Covenant Bible Camp in Onekama. It was a busy week full of lots of fun! Feeding Jordan was difficult at times, but because of our new Fisher Price Space-Saver Highchair we were able to bring it along and feed her wherever we were.

I actually drove back to Grand Rapids for Jordan's therapy on Tuesday and Ellen made a few changes to our feeding program. I told Ellen and Jane that Jordan has been refusing her bottle more and more and they decided that we need to stop using it as a feeding tool as much as possible. We are back to almost completely spoon feeding. I was supposed to start with the Pediasure (honey/pudding thickness) and spoon feed until she is tiring and then try a bottle until her first refusal and then switch to spoon feeding Pediasure (honey thickness). Yes, it's a lot of work, but the theory is that if she tires of the thicker Pediasure, we might be able to get a little more in by spoon if it's a little thinner.

What we found throughout the week is that Jordan loves to eat by spoon!! She almost never tired of the Pediasure (h/p) and we only occasionally had to go to the bottle and almost never the honey thickness. In fact, we found that Jordan would eat more than we felt was appropriate for her tiny little body and had to start cutting her off at mealtimes. I actually fed her 9 oz of Pediasure (h/p) in one feeding while sitting on the beach! Derrick and I decided that she might not know when to stop eating so we decided to limit her to 6 or 7 oz per feeding. We used the bottle only at times when I was unable to feed her by spoon or if it was extremely late and I needed to get her fed and in bed (spoon feeding is a 30 minute process). Overall, she was taking between 30-35 oz of Pediasure throughout the day!! That finally meets the nutritional needs designated by the Dr.!!