So we had a very very very good appointment with the GI dr and Audriannas Nutrionist last week. Audrianna weighed in at 38lbs and I forgot how many oz this is quite the feat. When Audrianna first got her feeding tube put in on April of last year when she just turned 4 she was 24lbs which is small for a 4 year old and now a year later we are up to 38lbs. Her GI dr said an average 5 yr old gains 5 grams a day I wanna say its grams of fat. Well Audrianna gains 12 grams a day which obviously is fantastic. We had a little girl who in febuary wasnt intrested in food at all and who now eats almost all to all of her lunch and dinner everyday. Which is alot better then the 2-3 bites of each meal. So we saw her Nutrionist after we saw her GI dr. and Audrianna has been taken off her overnight feed of 3 1/2 8 oz cans of Nutren Jr with Fiber and shes now getting 2 cans during the day which is 4oz 4 times a day she can take them by mouth or by bolus feed but she no longer needs the feeding pump. Its awesome and a whole lot easier on us. with the new baby comming thats one less thing I have to set up each day cause setting up the pump each night along with giving audrianna all of her meds was a bit much but we do what we have to do to keep her happy and healthy. But when your childs drs start telling you how amazing your child looks compared to before and how far shes come. It makes you feel like wow I am doing a awesome job as a parent and it makes you smile. We still have a few other drs appointments with other drs to tackle this month but then we pretty much have a good 3-6 month break before we have to see most of them. which gives us time to adjust to the new baby.
Audriannas behavior has been a bit difficult at times since she started back up with summer school but I have a feeling its alot of shes 5 and theres not alot she can control but she does know right from wrong and she knows what no means. So I am pretty sure shes just in the whole lets test mommy stage.

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