Again, it has to be because he ate, ate and ate some more yesterday. Ending the eating fest with a huge bottle with rice cereal in it too.
And then this morning he had some more rice cereal:
And then this afternoon he had some sweet potato - his first real food:
As you can see, Bryce thoroughly enjoys eating. We are unusually grateful for this because we know from our experience in the NICU that many, if not most, preemies who spend months intubated have feeding issues well beyond the poor sucking muscles. Many have oral aversions, they don't like anything in or near their mouths - which makes eating, even from a bottle, a huge undertaking for them and their amazing parents. And the problem only gets worse as the varied textures of food are introduced.
So we are so proud of our baby Bryce - we may not know what the future holds for our precious boy, but we can certainly relish in the present!
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What an incredible video! Thank you so much for sharing that - he's hilarious and adorable at the same time. What a gift!
ReplyDeleteLove, G2