Weight Update.....

Yes, I know I should have posted the update Friday when we returned from the Doctor but everyday life just took over plus a few extra things.

So Madelynn's big # was 25.6 lbs. YES!! she did it. She is finally over 25 lbs. There was such a feeling of relief.

But I also checked my chart for her height and weight and she actually dropped in percentile's for her height and weight. So I wasn't quite sure how to feel and if it truly was victory.

Accentuating the positive, she is eating more food than ever before and actually asking for specific food and eating all of it when served to her. The other day I fed her breakfast and hour later she asked for a piece of toast. Before I could ask her she handed me a plate with just the crusts on it. She did the same thing with her peanut butter sandwich for lunch.

We are also really working on meats and potatoes. Up until recently the only meat Madelynn would eat was chicken and 95% of that must be in nugget form. However, as stressful as it is to work with her at the table sometimes, she is now eating pork chops and unbreaded chicken. I can usually sneak in a little ground beef with spaghetti. So we are making progress.

When we visited the doctor for her 2 year check up in August he was just sure she would suddenly turn a corner and just start eating like never before. As my hopes to that theory were dashed again, I am still waiting for that day.

If you see her, talk and interact with her you would NEVER believe the journey she is on. Everyday when I see her eat scrambled eggs, cinnamon toast, yogurt and milk for breakfast she gives me hope. If I could just slow down the motion and calorie burn just for a little while.

During lunch the other day I noticed something that made me smile. In the recovery room and the days following surgery with all of the wires and tubes attached to her, I was afraid to touch her. Her feet were the first to be free of extra appendages so I found myself rubbing her feet so she could feel my touch. As this went on, when I would walk in the room and talk before I could get too her bed I could see her feet moving. When I pick her up from school she has to wait for me to get down the hall she is jumping up and down. When she and I were having lunch the other day, we were talking and eating. I happened to glance under the table and she is wiggling her feet just like the days in the hospital.

Everyone says, "No wonder she doesn't gain weight, she burns it off almost as fast as she puts in." She truly is that body in motion that stays in motion.

So for now I will put my leery feelings away in a room and lock the door. If I continue the tunnel vision of her weight gain I would miss so much.....meals would be horrid and stressful, tears and screams would in sue or she would hate meal time. I want none of that.

I will be Thankful for my miracle, praise God for every day I have with all three of my children and let God show me when it is time to open that door again, but not today.

Happy for 25.6 lbs!!!!

TTFN~