So as part of his ongoing eating/swallowing therapy, his speech therapist has added something fun to the list of things to do with Oliver - "messy play"! Basically just pop in his high chair and spread the baby food (in his case, banana or pears right now) all over the tray, roll his pacifiers, spoons and teethers in it and let him go to town! The idea is that he'll play, have fun and put stuff in his mouth and still get to taste things without it being his feeding time.....and so far, so good! He has enjoyed his messy play time and though it makes my skin crawl to see the mess that it creates, if it works for him and he has fun, then fine by me! :)
On another note, we are in new ostomy bag heaven!! Oliver has been wearing the same type of ostomy bag since he had his ileostomy back in December and he has definitely outgrown them. Prior to switching, we were changing his bags AT LEAST every 24 hours (sometimes more often, ugh) because they were just falling off and/or he was pulling them off. So leave it to Owen, he figured out another alternative for us and it is absolutely wonderful!! His new bags are bigger and have a gas vent (TMI probably but oh well) which is awesome because it means that we aren't constantly letting out the gas. They also don't have to be emptied, we just switch out the bag because it snaps on and off the wafer....YAY!!! They are SO much easier and less messy.....so we are in ostomy bag heaven......for now until he outgrows these! :)
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