Bottles at 2?

Yep. But that is ok, because I have a plan. ;op

He cant do real solids due to his nissen being too tight. We go to Gville tomorrow to talk with his specialist and GI so we'll know more then, but for now I have decided to stick with liquids and baby foods. I have to do something to get him in the right direction for eating orally! It seems there is always a setback. He doesn't have a problem getting liquids/soft food down, so 3 days ago I decided to stop feeding him through the tube during the days and just do night feeds. (he's been on night feeds anyways for lost day calories since his tummy cant handle much at once) I found a bottle that was really flimsy and soft. I need to use something where I can lay him back, put on a video and keep him distracted. He CAN suck a straw, but he is not going to keep sucking one for me. I thought about a sippy cup, but those are too bulky and he isnt going to go for that after a while and I knew it would take him some time to get a couple ounces down. So the bottle it is, and I even had to make the hole a little bigger.

It takes the kid forever to get hungry. I just didnt feed him and he played and acted like things were cool. So I finally laid him down and attempted to feed him. He fought me but I would just keep him distracted and kind of force him in a nice way. =p Long story short, in the last 2 days I have gotten 2 cans of formula down him which equals 16 ounces each day. This is GREAT. This is SOMETHING. Sometimes he'll do 2-3 ounces at a time. He always tries to quit at one ounce but I make him continue. Well tonight he did 5 ounces in one sitting, tried to stop twice and it took an hour, but he did it. That is what I give him for a feed, 5 ounces. So he did his whole feed orally!

I know Camden, and he'll get used to the eating idea and we can slowly switch to sippies etc. when his insides gets stretched again we will start doing more table foods again, which he prefers anyways. For now Im okay getting the calories down him this way. I never got to feed him at all so it is really okay for momma...

Bad thing is he cant have milk and soy makes his stools SUPER loose. GROSS. I usually make him a blenderized diet but forget him chugging that down so I have been giving him the formula to drink which means lots of loose stools.