Ali started eating!  I almost can’t believe it.  I knew she could do it because I believe that Ali can do anything! She really did it! She started eating!!

I sat with Ali on the kitchen floor last Sunday and she ate yogurt from a spoon.  She just sat there and kept on eating and then it was gone.  She ate it all.  She finished her yogurt and stood up and walked away and I just sat there feeling like an enormous weight had suddenly been lifted from my shoulders.  I can’t describe what it felt like. I put my face in my hands and cried. I’m sure Jason thought I was nuts sitting in the kitchen sobbing but I’ve never felt anything like that before. Eating has seemed just out of reach for a very long time and although I know that we seem to be a well oiled tube feeding machine, the concept of actually having to teach your child to eat is a scary one. It’s stressful and I’ve constantly been thinking about what we need to try, to change to get her to eat. This is life changing for all of us!

Since Sunday, Ali has eaten three yogurt tubes and a vanilla pudding! We obviously still have a long way to go, this is a long road to travel and I’m sure we will have many battles along the way but this step is huge. I’m so proud of my baby! What an incredible, amazing little girl she is!!