June 20th: I can eat!

This is the first time we are every able to start feeding Brynlyn because of her laryngotracheomalacia that she has had since birth. As she grows, her ability to eat correctly improves. So instead of the food going down her trachea and her "aspirating" her food into her lungs, the food can now go down her esophogus and into her stomach. We are starting with thicker stage 2 food, just not lumpy foods. Because of the thicker consistency, the food is able to slide down easier for her. So far she is loving it and things are going well.

Each week Sarah Hales, our speech therapist, comes to work with Brynlyn on eating. She feels that Brynlyn is make tremendous progress with the fact that she even wants to eat and expresses interest in it. So far, it appears that she has no oral aversion. Wahoo!