Audrey started eating solids this month. I was SO NERVOUS. I was worried she wouldn't be able to do it. It's common for kids with Down syndrome to have feeding issues. Honestly, I just didn't even want to deal with it. I did a lot of research hoping that something I read would give me permission to wait but I found the opposite. Many experts I stumbled across warned that waiting too long could lead to aversions. That's the LAST thing I want to mess with. So Mom put on her big girl pants and bit the bullet. I did research on what types of food are good to start with and after some back and forth settles on avocados. Audrey was less than enthused with my choice. All my worries came back. All my self doubt about not being able to breast feed her came back to the surface. "Oh God" I though, "she's not going to be able to do this."
And then after a few days, it happened. She saw the spoon, opened her mouth, chewed, and swallowed! There I was sitting across from her at the dinning room table sobbing as she was smacking away on some sweet potatoes with a grin on her face. "Don't underestimate me Mom, I got this!" All my anxiety fell away as relief washed over me. All I could do was laugh and cry. Imagine what a mess I'll be when she learns to walk...
Audrey dominated sleeping through the night. Like a boss, she doesn't just "sleep though the night" she sleeps in her crib for a solid eleven hours. Her mom loves her for it. But....she sounds like Darth Vader. She's also pretty restless at times. She does this thing where she lifts both her legs up at a ninety degree angle and slams them back on to the mattress. Over, and over, and over, and over again. She doesn't wake up, just bags away. It's because of all of these things, that I took a video of her sleeping. I am worried she might have sleep apnea. I showed the video to her pediatrician and she shared my concerns. Audrey has an appointment with a sleep medicine doctor tomorrow so I guess we'll see. Hopefully it's just a case of a paranoid mommy.
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