Evie's been trying out some new products. We thought we'd share and maybe someone else will benefit from them too! We are learning that the weight of food on a child's tongue is very important as they learn to swallow with low muscle tone. Evie has made some big strides in eating as we gave up on trying to get her to drink yucky formula (in her opinion) and gave her all the Siggi's full milk fat yogurt that she wants (nice creamy weight). She eats the ones with 4% milk fat, with some purees mixed in. In the world of g-tube weaning, it's all about getting as much fat in a healthy diet so the child will still gain weight and not need a g-tube. Evie at a Chinese restaurant sitting like a big girl in a high chair! Our new favorite product is the Travelmate Mini. It solved the dilemma of the Early Intervention shuttle requiring a car seat to take her to play group. You can attach the car seat to the dolly, and then strap the toddler in their convertible ca...
While sharing our journey with Down Syndrome, we want to help other parents with our experiences, as well as spread awareness about what it means to have Down Syndrome (spoiler: it means great things!).