I’m sitting at the third feed of the day at the feeding clinic. Each morning Ben weighs Josiah – unfortunately this morning (the first morning when we have not done 3 night feeds) Josiah had lost 6oz from the day before. Which wasn’t great, however I think that was as a result of night feeding which is usually not a possibility for most people. Ben has now changed his strategy a little with Josiah and tomorrow we start at 6am and will continue at 11am 4pm and 8pm.
It seems quite a journey that we are on. He is already a lot more receptive to taking water from a cup when we try to feed him. Once the calorie intake is increased and the defenses are broken down somewhat Ben will train us to feed Josiah in a similar way – he said that Josiah will probably play some of the same tricks – then we will go to different locations and feed Josiah in all locations so that he will eat in all places… we have quite a way to go. Although looking a Josiah now he is a lot calmer now than he was on the first day.We will see what tomorrow brings.
Hang in there guys! We’re praying for all three of you.Love,Hannah, Scotty, Elisha, Isaac and Daniel