Follow Up

First things first...Today Kaylie is officially 11 months "corrected" and let me tell you in the past week she has changed. It always amazes me how quickly their personalities change as they grow. She seems so much more alert and aware of her surroundings. She is exploring everything around her and trying to find different ways to do things. Her favorite thing to do is take toys out of a box and place it back in. Her other favorite thing to do is to take something and use it to skate across the room. To do this she gets into her crab walk position and pushes it around. The neat thing is when she takes another toy, places it on the original toy, and continues to skate. That takes a lot of brain power. As each day passes she relies less on us to hold her and actually stands somewhat independently. When she is not trying to stand she can stand for a good 30 seconds. The other day she actually turned to look at the dogs before gently lowering herself into a sit. It is only time before she stands up. Right now she balances herself by sitting in a squat with her baby booty off the ground. How cool is that. It is only time before she starts walking.

Now with that being said...As much as I love being with her this summer the child has turned into the Energizer Bunny. This morning she was EVERYWHERE and for those of you who have seen me first thing in the morning you know that when I am tired you can not speak to me until I have had a Diet Coke. Unfortunately some of you have figured that out the hard way. This morning I could not drink one fast enough. I blame it on her very FULL belly. It is amazing what a few extra calories will do for your energy level.

This morning we had an appointment with the dietitian and as expected things went well. The medicine we are giving her to help with her appetite is working very well. As of right now she has eaten 27 oz and still has one bottle left for the day. We have finished off 3 - 6 oz bottles today which is more than she used to eat in an entire day. With an incredibly happy heart I think I can officially call her my little butterball.

Her weight for today was 14 lbs 3 oz. That is a 15 oz increase from the first time we saw him in May. For the GI doctor to be happy taking away the possibility of needing a feeding tube I calculated she needed to be 14 lbs 2 oz. We go back to see him on Thursday and I think he is going to be pleased.

Most likely at our appt on Thursday he will refer us to a feeding therapist at Our Children's House of Baylor. The program is intense for these little ones but hopefully we can over come this last hurdle of eating solids and move on.

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. Please pray the GI doc will feel the same way we feel now and that Kaylie will continue to eat and move forward.