31 for 21: Day 11 The Boy Likes to Eat!

busy day today, but wyatt has been a trooper!  today i had many stops to make, and he just kept on going!  we got to go see his uncle rudy to wish him a happy birthday, and went and saw a friend who will be joining us for the buddy walk, then we went and saw his cousin katie at her office....whew!   and of course he spreads great joy to most everyone he meets!  who wouldn't smile when they see this face????

that was all after 2 therapies this morning....so i thought he'd be ready for a nice long nap this afternoon, as he does every afternoon.... NOT TODAY!!!!   wyatt normally naps 3 hours!   today he would not go to sleep!!!   so he watched sesame street instead....  he loves those furry critters just like his big brother forrest did!  elmo is his favorite!  

tonight we went to the buddy walk meeting and he did pretty good to have not had a nap....we picked up a sonic kids' meal for him (and a lime cherry coke for mama) for supper while we were at the meeting!  he loves hamburgers, brocolli, pizza, sweet peppers, beans, tacos, steak, spaghetti....the list goes on!  the boy loves food, and will eat most anything....

and that made me think about some good friends of mine whose kids have "feeding issues," they can't or won't eat typical food that i take for granted.  some of the reasons kids with Ds have feeding issues has to do with their "low tone," which affects their facial muscles as well.  also, medical conditions can affect their ability to eat, such as when there are serious heart conditions which make babies tire easily, they often "wear out" when trying to suck or eat.  they often must be fed by a "tube" when such serious medical conditions are present.  another cause for feeding issues in some kids with Ds is that the physical size/shape of their mouth is often smaller, which can make feeding more difficult, as well as problems they might have with "tongue thrust."    so in addition to the many therapists that wyatt has, some of his friends have "feeding therapy" as well!  

we'll be looking at wyatt's therapies over the next week or so.....

Just Out of Reach....Make That Taste!

i realize this week just how important food is to me. very. very, very! i love food, it's true. probably a little too much. oh well! there are worse things, aren't there? what brought about this revelation? twice this week i was in position to get a food i really like, but due to circumstances i could not control, was unable to get them. okay, this is not a deep, thought provoking post....sorry! on tuesday night, my dear husband wanted me to attend a fundraiser with him for our local rescue mission, chautaqua school and haiti...an "empty bowl" soup dinner. for a donation, you received unlimited soups provided by local restaurants. a local ritzy, expensive restaurant makes delicious she crab soup..one of my favorites. we hardly ever get to go there...for obvious reasons (my dear husband is the executive director of a not-for-profit organization)! anyway, we were leaving wyatt at home with ethan and forrest for the first time since wyatt's surgery (almost 4 weeks post-op and doing terrific). i knew he had not napped well, but i had fed them all and was hopeful i could be gone an hour! as i arrived, the first phone call came..."wyatt's screaming....i think he's trying to poop..." by the time i was in the cafeteria, call number 2...."he's still screaming, what do i do?" as we get in line to eat, i see it.....she crab soup from THAT restaurant! wow! i can't wait....i can already taste it....and then the third call, with wyatt still screaming in the background...."where's the gas medicine (which fixes everything, by the way!)? time to go back home! our poor baby, who never screams, needed mama! and away we went...."no soup for you..." (the soup chef from Seinfeld, remember?)
the very next day, we went to pensacola for wyatt's post-op appointment with his cardiologist. he received an excellent report and was released to resume normal activities! yay! on our way to eat lunch, i saw a sign for tcby yogurt, which we no longer have in our hometown, and the sign said "$.99 waffle cone wednesday!" wow! awesome! what a deal! so i told tim, after lunch, we can get cheap waffle cones! and he agreed....so after lunch, and a quick trip to target, he dropped me in front of the tcby. as i walked in i passed a little girl leaving with a beautiful white and orange combination waffle cone..yummy! and then i looked up to find no less than 20 people in line for yogurt....NO WAY!!!! i've never seen that many people in any yogurt/ice cream store, ever! once again, no yogurt for me.....i couldn't make my guys wait that long for me to get yogurt...i was sad, sad, sad....
but on a bright note, i did get some macaroni grill bread to take home for supper....