Feeding Therapy

We had a feeding evaluation with a food therapist today. i'd love to say it went great, but i have to admit that i have some amount of skepticism. Basically D has had so much food aversion and we've been reacting so much to it that we've started feeding her very frequently, smaller amounts of food at a time. And this is bad.

We were instructed to let her get hungry, really hungry, between feedings, in the hopes that she eats bigger bottles. We hope, hope, hope that it works, but my pessimistic side predicts that we will end up feeding her 5 ounce bottles (if she even takes that much at a time) every 3 hours round-the-clock (except at night she'll probably only eat 3 oz before falling back to sleep; if only it were so easy for the adults in the family lol). In other words, back to a newborn feeding schedule, but with larger amounts obviously.

And somehow i'm supposed to fit in two solids feedings a day when she's hungry. Ummmm... i did ask her whom we're supposed to call in the middle of the night when we've already been awakened 3 times, and she just brushed me off. i wasn't kidding. Sigh. (i sincerely hope i'm wrong).

P.S. It might be worth mentioning that i'm feeling a bit negative because i've missed a few thyroid pills... or a few more than a few. And i have to wait for the doctor to refill, which she probably won't without a blood test, and i don't have the time off available at work, and it just sucks. OK, i'm done.