Domico Family Weekend***Day #6.... BANANAS!

We left the clinic on Friday afternoon around 4:30 pm and headed back to the hotel. Nicholas driving with mom, Mason and Reese driving with dad. It felt like forever getting to the hotel. Nicholas was asking questions like...How close was the hotel?? What was there to do at the hotel?? Were the people nice to Reese and I?? So many emotions racing through his head. I remember him saying....Mommy, I am so happy to be here with you and Reese. John said Reese kicked her feet in the car seat the entire time driving back to the hoteland Mason too feeling excited and anxious to get to the hotel.
Friday night we chilled at the hotel and the boys went swimming in the pool. Saturday we all went to a park where Reese had a ride on the merry-go-round. She loved the air blowing in her face and not to mention the lighting was just perfect. We all know how Reese is super sensitive to natural sunlight. We went to the movies to see The Game Plan(football) movie. Rating:Very good movie. Reese liked it too! We ordered in Pizza and made popcorn later on that night. Over the weekend we bought the boys tennis rackets and taught them how to play tennis. They loved it so much they played several times over the weekend. The boys were off from school on Monday so they were able to stay one extra day.

During the weekend we continued to work with Reese with the dry spoon. She had two feeding sessions each day. Both sessions were by mom and dad. She definitely knows what the word OPEN means now, only one week later!

Dad drove Reese to the clinic Monday morning while the boys and I stayed back at the hotel. Reese had her first feeding(dry spoon only) by dad @ 9:30am and did well. Still crying, but opened for each bite. It was so nice to hear the excitement in John's voice as he told me how good she did. You feel so excited inside and cannot wait to tell someone. We had breakfast in the hotel and got ready to head back to the clinic for Reese's 11:45 feeding. This feeding, we were only allowed to watch through the window. She continued to open with each bite, but did get sick half way through the feeding. We were told Reese would feed one more time with the dry spoon only and the last feeding of the day would be 15 bites dry spoon and 15 bites with pureed bananas. The feeder Annette dipped the spoon in the bananas only enough to get it on the bottom of the spoon. Reese did cough/gag at first, but seemed to handle it OK. They will continue through Tuesday morning with both dry and dip spoons and see how she handles it. Reese does not relax her tongue in order to get the food to the back of her throat. This is something they will be watching closely over the new couple of days. Children with feeding issues is sometimes related to behavioral and not internal. Let's pray this is Reese's case!

Well, all good things must come to an end. John and the boys left around 8:00 pm and headed home. Driving away with tears falling from Nicholas' eyes, not wanting to leave and Mason being as strong as he could. Reese and I waived good bye and headed back to the room. This is going to be a good week. I can feel it in my heart....Soon we'll be back home for the weekend!

Did I mention Reese knows how to give kisses! Daddy, Nicholas & Mason each got a kiss good-bye from their special little lady........