Ode to PO Eating

Ayden's speech pathologist, Denise, whom I adore, gave the green light for Ayden to begin eating a portion of his bolus feeds by mouth. He is allowed to have 10ml with every three hour feed. Denise came by twice today to see if I was following the rules, though she claims that she was coming to check on Ayden. She jokes that she is afraid that I will have him full bottle feeding by the time she comes by tomorrow. I told her not to worry about that because Ayden was still on too many sedatives for me to be that sneaky. That is, he would fall asleep during too many of the feeds, and he wouldn't get enough food for the day. I'm certainly not willing to sacrifice his Cheez-its just so that I can try him on full bottle feeds. (I'm sure that Ayden would agree with me; he likes his food too much!)

Happy First Father's Day, Bryan!