I would have to say I am definitely happy with the progress J is making with his eating. Today he ate three meals plus snacks all containing foods he would have refused to let near his mouth let alone into his mouth when I first got him. He usually doesn't fuss until the end of the meal. I am trying not to push him TOO much so as to not make eating a TERRIBLE experience. For breakfast he ate cut up peaches with blueberries and a bowl of oatmeal. For lunch he ate homemade chicken vegetable soup and cherry tomatoes and supper was spinach & cheese pizza and a no-rice curry salad (it is a recipe for curry rice salad of my mother's but I substituted quinoa for the rice...it has green peas and cut up celery in it). I knew the celery would be an issue for him in the salad but he ate the few tablespoons that I served him. Not overly happily but when I told him to open his mouth, he did. He needs lots of liquid to eat meals. I am not sure why but he seems to chew and chew and suck out the moisture of what he is eating and then he has troubles swallowing what is left in his mouth. He pretty much now likes all food that is round like a ball (and that is what he calls it). He LOVES to eat peaches and plums whole (which is great because that is what is in season). He really likes corn on the cob and does a fairly good job at eating his 1/3 cob that is given to him. So because his eating is so much better, I have started to allow him some treats that the rest of us are eating. For example ice cream for dessert. He is up to 25 1/2 lbs which is great. In July he didn't eat much and his appetite wasn't the greatest but we were at the cottage for most of it and it was fairly hot, and I think he had a stomach bug for a week or so as well. So up 5 1/2 lbs from the middle of may (so just over three months) I am happy. His muscle tone and overall appearance is better with his increased varieties of food. I still try to feed him at least one avocado a week (I usually just fork mash it and then add some applesauce) as this is a great fat for him and I want him healthy and strong for when he has his surgery.
His vocabulary is also increasing. He says 15 + words which is great (probably more if I listened carefully). He is very active and is constantly getting bumps and bruises as he tries to keep up with his big brother.
His big brother is going to be 4 in a few weeks. That just blows me away. Being 3 was a BIG year for him. He learned to swim (he can swim but needs to improve his skills a bit more), to ride a two wheeler (no training wheels), he became a big brother, he went on a couple of big train trips, he moved to a single bed (from a toddler bed), he grew his own vegetable garden (of which he is very proud...needs to work on his dedication to water more often...but I was impressed how much he actually grew considering how much he over hoed and tilled his soil post transplanting and seeding), he can climb a tree, he learned his letter sounds and how to count...there is more but I just can't think of it off the top of my head.
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