Day 6: Camp Nom Nom

So this past week, Sandra and I got a taste of being single parents. This would be the longest that Olivia and Sophie have been separated since birth. For some reason, raising 1 child alone felt easier than raising 2 children with 2 parents - at least physically. Mentally, it was much harder both for us and the kids. Leaving Sandra and Olivia at the end of every weekend have been really tough. Throughout the week, Sophie would go into our room and look for Sandra and Olivia and keep making the "nothing/no more" hand sign that she knows and then proceed to play in Olivia's bed by herself. Once I get home from work, we would literally be attached at the hip until she went to bed, since her other half wasn’t here to play (or in most cases, fight) with her. Luckily these days, technology has allowed us start a new nightly tradition: video chat.

Sophie has also made a new friend - Buc-ee, who she visits twice a week (once on the way there and once on the way back). Each time we go, she picks out a new toy from the kids section. This week's pick was a psychedelic stuffed monkey. Grandma couldn’t help herself when she saw Sophie pick it up, give the monkey a kiss, and wouldn’t let go.

Today was also the first time I got to observe Olivia in the feeding program. For those who have not seen us attempt to feed Olivia, this is how it typically goes more or less:  We approach her with a dry spoon, she opens her mouth for it and accepts it. We approach her with a spoon dipped in water, she takes that too. We approach her with a spoon lightly dipped in applesauce or yogurt, she accepts it and processes it in her mouth, occasionally spitting it out. We go for a slightly bigger spoonful, she tries it, then refuses all subsequent spoons regardless of what is on it. Total amount eaten < 5g.
Here is a clip from one of the sessions I got to observe:

This is only day 6 of 30 in the program. I am utterly speechless at the progress she's made so far, except praise to God and being thankful to have found such a program.

Food log:
2/23
Session 1: 14g
Session 2: 14g
Session 3: 15g
Session 4: 8g

Liquids log:
2/23
Session 1: 8g
Session 2: 12g
Session 3: 12g
Session 4: 9g