To the iPod. I’m afraid he is more a clone of me than I had thought. You see, I’ve struggled with addiction to technology my entire life.  When I was 8 years old, the hot gift at the time was a Nintendo. I clearly remember the day my Mom, Grandma and I went to Toys… Read Full Post

I have HUGE news! We have an eater now, as Borat would say, it’s a “great success!” It as though a light switch turned on now and he likes to eat. I believe it is because he isn’t teething right now, so he must have a very low pain threshold to refuse food when his… Read Full Post

Today was our final Occupational Therapy appointment with the Feeding Team. It feels so good to say that! We were discharged today since the Binkster has show better eating habits and is steadily gaining weight and getting taller. The official stats for todays visit are: 32 inches tall (15%) and 21.2 pounds (1.14%). Since our… Read Full Post

At our 18 month well-baby visit, our fabulous pediatrician, Dr. M, asked us if we had thought about potty training the Binkster yet. I had to laugh, because 3 months ago I was just worried about him getting adequate calories in every day and overcoming the ol’ Failure to Thrive diagnosis. She agreed that his… Read Full Post

As you have probably read, Jackson is a picky/non-existent eater. One thing we’ve discovered that he will *almost* always eat is a McDonalds Happy Meal (chicken nuggets & fries). The fact that we get him a Happy Meal as often as possible makes me a little sick because I was one of THOSE people before… Read Full Post

I owe you all an update on Jackson’s Failure to Thrive diagnosis. We had an occupational therapy appointment last week and Jackson gained a whopping 2 ounces, up to 20.4 pounds. He’s holding steady in the 0.93 percentile for weight and the 13th for height. The doctors and therapists would like to see him get… Read Full Post

Today we met with part of the Feeding Team, the Clinical Psychologist.  Although she was running a little behind, she was very nice and we started out the appointment like we always do: Jackson in a high chair eating. I didn’t think to bring foods he doesn’t like because it is always so hit or… Read Full Post

After our OT (Occupational Therapy) appointment on Monday, we were given some homework for Jackson to work on. Besides the obvious, eating more, we are also going to do exercises or “heavy work” with him to strengthen his upper body. I ordered bean bags from Amazon for him to lift above his head and put… Read Full Post

Dear Jackson, You are now 18 months old! I can’t believe you are a year and a half old already. You’ve turned into a little boy with a fun personality and you are a joy to be around. Your favorite things are your stuffed dog, Coco, and your basketball hoop. You could spend all day and… Read Full Post

Our OT appointment this morning went well. I’m proud to announce my peanut is now “officially” over the 20 pound mark at a whopping 20.2 pounds. I love Hasbro Children’s Hospital. There was a gentleman playing a guitar with several instruments our for the kids, forming an impromptu band concert. The kids were having a… Read Full Post