Updates Part 1 of 3: Blended Diet and New Teeth

Sorry for not posting that often. Things are crazy. Life is such a journey and we seem to be on a couple of waves right now and just hanging on.( Wysdom is good though, it's more family things) Things in the family are pretty busy. My sister is pregnant and due to have a baby any day now, my father ill and my grandmother needs help to. So any spare time is spent pretty quickly. As well I have a different sleeping pattern due to Wysdom. I have kind of lost my wild hours of staying up all night. Yeah for me, I get some sleep... but not so good for the blogging time. 1-3am was my prime time to blog....

I have so many updates to tell you about that I will do it in parts. This week alone we had around 5 appointments and the next two weeks are the same. We went to physio, the ENT, had a hearing test and saw and infant development specialist to name the big ones. However I think the best update is that things are going really well on the blended diet. Wysdom has been on a blended diet for about a month right now. No formula for a month and it has been amazing. We make his own food at home in our Vitamix.I can barely describe the differences because they are so huge. Wysdom is now more than likely eating better than all of us in the entire house. Albeit it is through the tube...but it is better than his Nutren formula. On a given day he is eating things like hemp seeds, flax oil, squash, broccoli, kale, chicken or beef. He has also had molasses, quinoa and many other new foods. He seems to be tolerating everything very well. He rarely is constipated and has maybe thrown up 2 times since we started. Our ND says he looks amazing and is so much more alert and active. Let me tell you active he is...

The difference is so dramatic. He now has lots of hair, can be thrown up and can go on a swing. He seriously has never been on a swing for the first year and a half of his life. With no reflux now he is loving it. He is eating really well and our next step is to see if we can lower the volume of his food and do one entire feed orally.
Yes sometimes the blended food is green, brown, orange or purplish...but he still eats some of it by mouth with some baby cereal and the rest goes in the tube.

In the midst of all of this Wysdom is getting a lot of new teeth, three-five possibly. For sure three that we can see. He is fussing a bit here and there but nothing that doesn't calm down with a little homeopathic's, baby signing time, and occasional Tylenol. We are so thrilled that he is getting teeth.....however his are all different shapes. I honestly don't mind that they are not looking like conventional teeth. The problem is that the two front teeth are really sharp and more like daggers. He cuts his poor little tongue and now likes to keep his tongue up on the roof of his mouth. We are scheduled to go to the dentist at the end of the summer. That is the first appointment for this specialist. The one thing that they did mention is that children with heart conditions need antibiotics when they get dental work. Has anyone heard of this? We are going to be checking with our cardi. So it is great that they are coming in, but oh boy when he gets a hold of you it feels like a knife. I will have to see if I can catch a picture.

So that is the first part of the update. Next to come is info on our ENT and Hearing Test this week and our physio program. For now that's all the time I have. I have to go make some dinner.

Oh yes and on a personal note I am trying a raw food diet for myself this week. So far I am on day 3 of about 85% or more of raw food.I am (slowly working my way) through a raw food course via the Internet. I have plans to start a new foodie blog...right now it's empty though. I will keep you posted. Have a great weekend everyone