HUGE WEIGHT GAIN!!

AND that's a really good thing for my little Whitney!! :)  In two weeks she shot up 10oz going from 18lbs 11oz to 19lbs 5oz.  I'm very happy! Also I'm a bit surprised because she was throwing up a lot.  But I think the trick was giving it back to her right after she throws it up.  She tolerates it very well and that way she doesn't loose those calories and nutrients! I can even give it to her faster and she handles it just fine! 

So since I last blogged, Whitney had speech therapy, I went to the POPSICLE feeding disturbances conference (which I'm working on a post about that), supercross (dirt bike race), church, family dinners, Occupational therapy, feeding therapy, and today was her synagis shot appointment. 

Whitney's speech therapy went great.  This time they hung out in the living room instead of the kitchen. Whitney is very attentive  and I think that her speech skills are very impressive.  Compared to other children her age who can only grunt and point.  :)  Whitney can make so many different sounds and know lots of sign language. 

So like I said I'm working on a nice blog post about the feeding conf. I just have to look at my notes.

Super Cross was awesome!  Check out the post on my other blog! 

Sunday was church and a family dinner so I didn't have time for much else but relaxing.

Occupational Therapy went great.  Whitney falls asleep on the way there and has a hard time wanting to wake up.  The therapist put her on the swing and Whitney freaked out, couldn't stop crying.  So after a bit I picked her up.  They did lots of games while stretching out her rib cage.  They got bubbles and blew them on the swing while it was still.  Whitney loves bubbles then after a while of blowing, the therapist started swinging a little and Whitney started crying, again.  There is so much Whitney needs to learn from OT, sensory and fine motor skill wise, so I'm so glad we get it!

Feeding therapy went great, too!  I can see Whitney improving with being comfortable using a spoon in her mouth.  She likes it when it has water on it to drink.  She was being so silly and smiley it was so cute!  Her therapist was able to use the DuoSpoon this time which is awesome too! We always reward her with bubbles when we put the spoon in her mouth for three seconds.

And today was the synagis shot. Now normally Whitney does pretty good going to any and every Dr. office, but today, this was different.  So my mom came and was carrying Whitney and as soon as they stepped into the building/waiting area, Whitney started crying.  A really sad, scared, pitiful cry.  Made me want to leave right then.  But I know she needs this shot so we continued on.  The crying got way worse when we walked in to the room.  The nurse was talking so softly that I couldn't even hear her. Whitney then threw up.  Yeah she was so scared and screaming so much that she threw up.  The nurse asked if she was sick and I just said no she just really scared and anxious. Then she wondered if she'd be okay with getting a blood pressure, that if she just cries it wouldn't work.  I said that well she going to cry, but she wanted to try anyway. Whitney freaked out more when the nurse came towards her with the blood pressure cuff.  Yeah.  Then I held Whitney and she was just shaking so much and only calmed for a minute when I sang a little.  Again, second guessing if this was worth it.  Finally I brought her over to the bed and she held on to my fingers so I couldn't just leave her.  My mom stood there as well to help hold her legs and bam...shot.  While looking at Whitney and holding her hands,  I finally broke down.  My tears gushed no matter how hard I tried to hold them back. Afterwards I immediately picked her up and quickly walked out the door and down the hallway.  I think at one point Whitney wondered why I was crying.  Then we went back in and the nurse said she could go out in the waiting room and watch the TV.  Of course Whitney is still crying and shaking.  We finally got outside and let Whitney walk around.  My mom said that next time I can leave the room, normally I'm not standing right by Whitney,  just this time I felt so so bad and she wouldn't let my fingers go.  We drove home and Whitney was pretty fussy the whole time.  But my mom feed her and she kept it down!  Went right to sleep in her crib when we got home.  And me straight to the blog to share my traumatic experience with everyone.   

A pic of Whitney today in her "One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish" shirt, which is one of her fave books!