It's so sad that summer is coming to an end!!! It has been pretty hot lately and the kids have had fun playing outside.
The city was flushing the fire hydrants in our neighborhood and the kids had a blast playing in it!!!
My dirty girl doing front- rolls in the front yard.
My two favorite boys! I just love them to pieces:)
My grandpa turned 80 and we had a little party! He is one good looking 80 year old.
When Laynie turned 3 she graduated from the Infant Toddler Program in our state. It is our state's early intervention program which provides therapists to come to your home from birth until 3. She has had occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, and a deaf mentor. Some of them have been coming since she was born. We are still privately keeping occupational therapy and speech therapy, but it is crazy that she is 3 and graduating from the program. We made these cute things for her therapists...
Speaking of therapists, I think Drake gets the gold metal for #1 therapist!!! I can't even begin to describe what he has done for her. Laynie's ENTIRE day consists of following her brother and trying to do EVERYTHING he is doing. She is practically on top of him all day long. He tolerates her being by his side all day very well (most of the time). I know she would not be doing as well as she is without the help of her big brother.
Another big thing that has happened lately is changing Laynie's food a little. Not many doctors or dieticians are supportive of the blenderized diet (using real food and blending it into a puree for a feeding tube) because it is a lot of work and harder to count calories. We haven't had much help from the dietician we have been seeing and so I have just been figuring it out by myself and with the help of other CHARGE moms. About 2 years ago I started adding a little bit of baby food to her formula and it magically helped with her vomiting problem (she used to vomit after 90% of her feedings, even with special prescribed formula).
Anyways, we saw a dietician here in town and she was so helpful. She has never helped a patient with the blenderized diet before, but she was willing to put in some work and help us figure out what we needed to do to decrease more of Laynie's formula and add more real food. So, now we only use 6oz of formula in her total day time feedings and the rest is baby food and oils. Eventually we will switch to more real food, but I need to get a vitamix blender first. After switching everything, I have been able to eliminate one of her feedings during the day and add more volume to the other 4 feedings. It has been so life-changing for all of us. I feel like all we do is feed Laynie and this has helped a ton!!!!
YUMMY!!!!
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