Hers/His

Today we had an appointment with KayTar's feeding disorder specialist/gastroenterologist and she doesn't need to be seen again for a WHOLE YEAR! The last time we were there, about 6 months ago, she was about 29 pounds and now she is up to 34 pounds! THIRTY-FOUR! Again I say, if your child has major feeding problems and a doctor has brought up the possibility of a feeding tube, DO IT. It has changed our lives in so many wonderful ways, and KayTar loves her button. There has not been a single downside to this, other than the post-op discomfort which was so minor compared to the improvements we've seen in her nutrition and development.

While we were there, the doctor asked us about potty training, which I answered by laughing. Training KayTar? To do anything? KayTar trains herself when she is good and ready. She has been almost trained twice, but decided it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. When we say, "Big girls don't potty in their pants." She counters with, "But I AM a big girl and I do potty in my pants." She's going to be a lawyer, I think. The doctor laughed and said, "Oh, smart and stubborn, you've got your hands full." She tried to help me out by telling KayTar, "Do you know what would make you just PERFECT? If you pooped on the potty!" and she had the nurse try and sell it too. Before we left she asked KayTar, "What would make you just perfect?" KayTar answered, "Pooping on the potty!" She's dirtied her diaper twice since that conversation, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say it didn't convince her. She'll decide to do it one of these days, I'm sure.

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Can you believe this tiny little football will be SEVEN tomorrow?

Neither can I!


He was just a little dude, KayTar's age, when I started this blog...it has gone by so quickly!


Now he's almost SEVEN! Unbelievable!