Category Archives: Food Aversions

One year old Ollie

Happy Birthday little Ollie. Oliver is 1 yr old today. We immediately find out how hard it is for his December birthday to not get ignored because of the whirlwind of Christmas activity. Poor kid. We officially didn't celebrate until...
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Ollie's weigh-in

Today we finally had another weigh in for Ollie at the Pediatricians. In 3 weeks he gained 10 ounces. Last time in 2 weeks he had gained 16 ounces. So the weight gain is tapering off a bit. It's...
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Food strategies and struggles

Well, it's still a challenge to get food into Oliver. Today while Orion was at preschool we went to Fred Meyer and they had a sippy cup on sale that I wanted to try for him. It is compatible with...
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Playing with big bro

Today Oliver was definitely not into eating. Mommy had to resort to syringing the liquids into him. I guess his nose is just so stuffed up and his normal airway is always so tight that he just can't manage eating...
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Ollie drinks from an open cup

So, last Monday we took Oliver to Nancy Willard, a Speech Language Pathologist. That sounds odd, I know. But that is who the Doctors send you to when your infant has feeding problems. I went in to the appointment with...
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Lessons learned

I'm learning new lessons every day in parenting. Lesson #1 - Set a timer when boiling/sanitizing things on the stove. I have been in the habit of boiling Ollie's pacifiers and medicine syringes on the stove. I do it so much...
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