Pedialyte Trial - Day 7 (Wednesday 12/10/08)

Weight 6.990 kg (15 lbs, 6 oz)
Oral Intake 14.5 oz

We started our day off with Sherry and Shelly, Sofie's FirstSteps OTs. They were also very pleased at her progress on the Pedialyte Trial. She's blazing new territory here!

After her therapeutic play session, which included some new exercises on a ball that was sort of like a smaller, longer exercises ball (very cool), Shelly fed her some breakfast in her high chair. I noticed her taking the spoon to feed herself more the last couple of days. She's been a fan of feeding herself with her NUK brush for a while, but now she's getting the hang of feeding herself with the spoon. She's much more willing to eat when she's in control, so we just let her do it. Yes, it's messy, but as long as she's eating, who cares?! Any way she chooses to put food in her mouth is a winner, winner chicken dinner.

I also told Sherry that it seems like Sofie is really interested in holding her bottle and trying to drink from it while she's sitting up. This would work great if it had a straw, but not so much with a regular bottle. I have had a sippy cup with a straw that I've tried with her several times over the last couple of months or so with no luck. I tried it again and still no luck, so I asked for some ideas since she's still a little young to master the straw. Sherry has used a homemade "straw bottle" (I'm not sure what to call it) to help kids learn to drink from a straw that is made of an empty honey bear with a straw inserted into it and cut off at the spout. She'll bring one for Sofie to try next week, so I'm excited to see how she reacts to it. Sounds like a good idea to me!

Sofie's been really playful again all day. So playful she had her NG barely hanging in there this morning after she woke up, so I pulled it after her morning meds to see how she'd do without it in today.

Again, she didn't take her usual morning nap. She played during OT and then took 3 ounces from her bottle afterward. Instead of falling asleep, which is what she'd usually do, she was ready to play again. I finally put her down in her pack n' play for a nap around 3:30 or so and told her it was nap time and she slept for a couple of hours. I guess I'm going to just have to start "initiating" nap times or my little play monster might just stay up all the time!

I forgot to mention yesterday that Kenny has recovered from his flu. He had a fever over 101 on Monday evening and by late Tuesday morning was feeling much better. He was back to 100% Tuesday night, and so far Sofie and I are still healthy.