Hi Ho Hi Ho It's Back To Therapy We Go!

                                                    David has been back in therapy since September and we are soooo very happy! We took a long break from it for financial reasons and yet as I look back it was so needed. I didn't realize until we had to take a break how exhausted I was. I was sooo drained and exhausted from trying to get David to eat more foods. We were both getting so tired. I think parents aren't the only ones that get tired. The kids get tired too. David may have not been able to verbally communicate that to me but I see that now. We were both so exhausted from trying to work so hard. I began to really hate meals. I began to dread it again and my patience was definitely on its way out. I had absolutely no motivation and I was drained. I didn't have anything left in me. I could tell David was tired too because he started to get more frustrated than normal. He cried more and his fits began to worsen. It felt at times we were at the beginning when it came to us both hating meal time. I felt guilty at the time thinking I was depriving my son from what was needed to improve. At the time I didn’t realize that a break for both of us would help a great deal when we were ready to start again. We had about a 3 month break and I am so glad.
                                                                     The Lord in his timing provided an anonymous gift from someone who called his therapist and paid for his bill. I cried that day. I was sooo very thankful and just could not believe that we were able to start back up. I knew that we were ready to start back up and the Lord knew that it would be such an encouragement to us. I was in awe of His faithfulness and his love towards David and us. I knew from that moment that this would be a moment that would continue to remind me that the Lord will ALWAYS provide all that is needed in HIS timing. He is the One who is the Provider and I am so grateful!
                                                                When we first brought David to Scott it took him quite a while to get him to accept his new therapist. He cried most of the sessions. It took a while before Scott was able to really be able to figure out how to best help him and where to pick up from where his other therapists left off. David would just cry and get mad and then try to get my attention. Then Brian would also bring him and still nothing was really progressing. It wasn’t because his therapist wasn’t doing a good job...David just wasn’t accepting it really well. After we took the break and brought David back it was like night and day!!!!
                                                                One encouraging thing was David was FINALLY eating a first completely solid not processed food....Green Beans. I no longer had to mash them or process them. He ate them up almost right after we started back. After TWO LONG years the boy was finally eating a food I didn’t have to process. I was overjoyed! Praise the Lord this has not changed at all! It has been consistent! When we started back to therapy in September I set a goal for David and quite frankly, for myself. My goal is for David to eat 4 different foods that do not need processed or mushed. I asked his therapist if this was an attainable goal and he seemed to think it was. Some of you may be reading this and thinking that sounds a bit strange. However, it took TWO years to get him to eat a solid whole food so in my mind that seemed like a lofty goal.
                                                             Well, my son amazes me sometimes. About a month ago we introduced David to scalloped potatoes just to see what he would do. I thought it was not going to be successful. We had been trying other foods and nothing was working. We were trying to at least see what he would be willing to touch not necessarily put in his mouth right away. Normally, it takes a few weeks to get him used to playing with a new food. Well, we gave him the scalloped potatoes and he played with them right away....mashing them and tossing them back and forth between Scott and me. It was soooo great!!!! I was so thankful! It gave me such hope! Well about two or three weeks later he actually put them in his mouth. He even said "I can eat it". It was one of the best days I had had in a very long time! Then more changes came.

To be continued......... :)