Just a quick blog post to say that Ainsley ate about a tablespoon of Apple Crushers sauce. It's a Trader Joe's product that is basically apple sauce with carrots in it, in these weird little squeeze packs. It's got extra vitamin C so it's rather tangy. We didn't have great luck during therapy but tonight she was past due for a feeding so she ate close to 10 small bites. I held the spoon a few inches away and let her set the pace and she leaned forward to get the bites when she was ready. It's been so long since she's willingly opened her mouth for anything. And......she was capped. The best thing....it's orange so it's super easy to see if she's aspirating and I'm thrilled to say there was no trace of color in her secretions.
She also tasted the hamburger, tomato and chips. (We barbecued since we had nice weather.) Just licks but still....really great since she got crumbs into her mouth and didn't gag. It SO helps to be hungry.
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That's great! I bet today's fresh air helped too :-)
ReplyDeleteYahoo! Go Ainsley! I never got the chance to experiment with Tommy's feeding while he was capped, but from what I understand, taste is greatly improved. Whatever reason, eating is EATING! Yay!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds great!! I have to say that sauce sounds disgusting to me, but if Ainsley likes it more power to her. ;o)
ReplyDeleteyea!! that is awesome!! what a great update! go Ainsley go!!
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