Ayla update!

Ayla & her BFF Lilly----->

Ayla has been doing really well. She had a bad ear infection a couple weeks ago which showed up by vomiting, that had never happened before. This sent the whole family into worry b/c anytime she vomits and doesn't have a BM immediately we all fear the worst. But it all turned out fine. Ayla's cousins were all in town for Great Strides and she enjoyed playing with them so much! Hopefully we can plan a trip to Knoxville to spend some QT with the Gifford's soon.

Ayla has been eating very well and actually trying some new things.....She actually ate 3 whole chicken nuggets yesterday. She never eats meat so I was thrilled!! She has had quite an appetite, which always makes mommy happy.

We have a check-up with CF clinic and GI this month in Gainesville. I called her nutritionist yesterday because she has been having some very yucky poops. Sometimes oily some not but always piles and never formed. I am hoping these new enzymes she's sending will help. You never know though, I am starting to keep another food & poop journal so I can relate her BM's to her foods. Maybe that will help us to better understand what's going on.

Ahh....the joy's of CF and poop...it's never ending but always tells us something about our child's digestion....understanding the language is a skill i'm still trying to hone.

Ayla is swallowing Enzymes!

My daughter is so amazing!

Today I read a fellow CF mom's blog (www.nathansfight.com) she did a post about trying to train her son to swallow his enzymes. My sister turned me onto her blog and I read it, and it got me thinking...I wonder if Ayla could do that. She almost 3 and adapts to pretty much every change I've ever tried to implement.

I didn't read it until after her afternoon snack so I had to wait till dinner to try this on her. Dinner came and I got the enzymes and this time I didn't break open the capsules like I usually do..I just placed them into some applesauce put it on a spoon and into her mouth. And she tried to spit it out but once I said no swallow and gave her some milk she downed them like a pro.

I said: "Yay, such big girl!" "You take your enzymes like a big girl!"

She was so excited about her accomplishment.

So just now for her after dinner snack she wanted to try without applesauce. So I got her some water put an enzyme on her tongue and said don't chew. She swallowed it like a pro!!

Could this be the end of packing applesauce, Dixie cups, & spoon every time I leave the house?To just take a water bottle and her pills and go will be amazing!!

I think we might be there...Going to see how tomorrow goes. But those of you who know Ayla, understand that she is the most adaptable child. She doesn't miss a beat with change.

I am so lucky!