FT, OT, & ST

Feeding Therapy is going pretty well!  Whitney has been drinking water from a spoon for a really long time now.  So this week, the Therapist pulled out some applesauce.  Whitney was not interested in it and she got anxious.  We do love our therapist and she does a great job with Miss Whit.  I like recording every other session so that I can see for myself how she really has improved! Now that I think of it, Whitney use to gag and vomit with the littlest peice in her mouth!  And now she can bite and chew tiny peices of Veggie Stix with out gaging!!

Whitney has been to her Occupational Therapy about 4 or 5 times now! It's once a week and it's in the same building at her feeding therapy.  The OT is really nice.  BUT Whitney cries and cries the entire time.  It's not a scary place, no one is wearing scrubs or a white coat, and nothing hurts her!  I really don't understand it but for some reason she cries the whole time!  They are just playing with toys and Whitney will just cry and eventually vomit!  Anyway, hopefully one day she will enjoy it.  Whitney is very sensitive to new situations and new people.  That's one reason why she really needs OT. 

Speech Therapy comes every other week.  For this program, a child has to be 50% delayed in the category to qualify.  I really don't think Whitney is but they still want to work with her on her speech.  She works on Whitney's sign language and tries to get her to repeat sounds or rhythms. She doesn't repeat very many sounds, just "Bah" and "Dah" and sometimes "Mah".  Whitney definitely babbles a lot more than I've seen other kids do her age.  She also knows over 25 signs!  Like More, All Done, Up, Down, Please, Help, Eat, Sleep, Dog, Duck, Mouse, Butterfly, Hat, Phone, Shoes, Bye Bye, Hi, Bubbles, Bath, Ball, Book, Car, Cat, Home, Baby, Water, and Music. She will only do the sign when she means it or wants it.  She also knows all her body parts and the actions to a ton of songs!  I'd definitely say her brain is growing and that she is not really malnourished!

Whitney's recent Blenderized Diet:

2c. Goat Milk 300 cals
1c. Rolled Oats 300 Cals
1 banana 100 cals
1 apple 95 cals
1/4 c. Sesame Seeds 145 cals.

makes 3 1/2 cups total

2c. Goat Milk 300 cals
1/2c. Quinoa 300 cals
1/4c. Peas 25 cals
1/4c. Spinach 25 cals
1 Avocado 300 cals
1/4c. Walnuts 160 cals

Makes 3 1/2 cups total


these make about 40 calories per an oz!