Benji @ CiCi's

somebody says yummy....

After hard work at speech and Christmas party shopping for the school aged kiddos... Benji had an appetite. (4 breadsticks, 2 pieces of pizza and he's just getting started) Momma's just grateful boo is free.



UPDATE::: While Benji did eat a bit... (he had some brownies afterwards) He went into meltdown. There were alot of young kids there on a school field trip and he wanted to go play. That and his diaper leaked everywhere. So... Momma's very upset, very tired, and damp baby cried almost non-stop all the way home. But once we got home and got our clothes changed he calmed down for the most part. And now we are taking a nap.

OT therapy 04/19/06

Today Benji and his therapist, Ms Deanna started the session with reading a book, It was one of those Thomas the Tank listen and look books. He sat on the couch with her and was very attentive. He would open the flaps mostly with his index finger while they were reading.

While Deanna was holding a pop up toy, Benji stood up for a long time. He was having a lot of fun making the animals go bye bye. Then also of course bringing them back by pushing the buttons.

While Benji only took 2 or 3 steps in succession for Ms Deanna, he normally will take up to 5 or 6 before dropping to the ground on all 4s.

Toady he did not like Deanna touching his hands or feet. He kept pulling away. This is typical, Benji don't like anybody to hold his hands or mess with his toes.
He wasn't entirely interested with the toys Deanna brought, he played with them for a little while but then went to the Easter eggs and started playing with them.

Benji is now drinking Sweet Acidophilus milk, he drinks 3 or 4 cups of milk a day. He still gets a little gassy but he is not throwing up like he was. He is still being picky about eating. He will let Nana feed him pudding or applesauce, but other than that he wants to feed himself. He eats cereal bars, cheerios, life cereal, graham cracker sticks, veggie crackers, chicken strips/nuggets, bananas, whales, wagon wheels and puffs.

Claiming Promises!

I am not sure if I ever updated about when the physical therapist came out to evaluate Benji's eating or not. I will just quickly go over it.

Benji has what appears to be a sensitive mouth. He wants to chew but has some difficulty. He also is wanting to feed himself but gets tired easily, that is mostly from his upper body strength. Benji has low muscle tone and it affects multiple areas. The other thing the pt noticed was that Benji is flat footed and bow legged. He has hyper reflex in his feet also.

Since the assessment, Benji is eating more table foods, he can eat chicken if it's broke up into bite sized pieces. He can eat cheerios, honey comb, carrots, green beans, eggs, crackers, bananas(broke up) and I am sure there is more.

Benji has been standing and cruising around the furniture for a couple months now. It started around Christmas and he is doing good. He's just afraid to let go. From what the pt said, it's part of the hyper reflex in his right foot. Me and Benji's regular therapist find this interesting because his right leg has always seemed weaker through the last year.

Anyhow, I shared all this to get to a promise. My mother came over today and was just so excited, she had been doing her Bible Study this morning and was reading about the crippled man that Peter healed.

Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple court, walking and jumping, and praising God. Acts 3:7-8

I so claim this for Benji! God will strengthen the muscles and joints in Benji's feet and ankles and he will be healed.