CHOC Day 2: AMAZING DAY!

Holy heck today was an amazing day for Caitlin. I bawled like a baby at dinner, and when the nurse came in, Caitlin said, "This is my mom, she crys all the time cause shes happy I'm eating" LOL. Nice kid, nice.

This morning was a bit of a struggle with Belgium waffles, as they are not the kid she was used to, as well as a danimals crush cup she wasnt used to as well and some milk. But all in all breakfast was a success! She tried some bacon and didnt like it, I dont know if she really is my child lol.

For morning snack she had she went to town on a banana (ate the whole thing), goldfish crackers(ate 1/2 the bag) and about 1/4 of a cup of pudding. She wasnt too keen on the strawberry milk so she didnt really drink that.

Lunch time was great as well. I shed a bit of a tear when I realized my child was eating a bowl of tomato soup, and LOVING it! She also ate half a grilled cheese sandwich, wasnt keen on the green beans or the fruit cup, but we will work on those. She also drank milk there was well.

For 3pm snack she had a full uncrustable, including the fancy endings and all, tried bbq chips but didnt like them, ate a piece of cantaloupe, that she said was only a 2 on the 1-5 scale. She also drank 3 oz of chocolate milk, in which upon tasting it, she walked up to me, put her arms around me and said, "oh thank you so much mom!" Apparently she thinks I ordered it lol. The nutritionist did, but I'll take what I can get ;)

For dinner, she ate a whole freaking chicken taco, with refried beans, avocado, cheese, flavored chicken, shredded lettuce, and diced tomatoes. I seriously bawled like a baby. She cut the tortilla into 4 and then made mini chicken tacos, and ate every single one. Oh and of course she had her chocolate ice cream at the end .

I really thought tonight was going to be a bad night, and I was going to struggle with her eating, and I was so worried she'd be hungry after, and etc...but she did amazing. I am so proud of her.

Anyways, that is all for the day. She will have a bedtime snack around 7:30 or 8 that will be juice and crackers or something.

I am just amazed after only 1 day of being here, that she is listening so well and trusting the team in what they say as far as trying things. I think thats the difference between home and here. She feels the support here and wants to do good, wants to get strong, and wants her tube out. I am sitting here in our room while shes at the play room, just in awe thinking about how much better this is going to get over the next 18 days and how much I am going to enjoy helping her get there.