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Katey
10-02-2006, 07:23 AM
Right now Sebastian’s eating schedule is:

7:30 am Oatmeal and Baby food fruit
8:30 am Bottle
11:00 or 12:00 maybe a few bites of baby food (if he’s in the mood) and bottle
4:30 pm Oatmeal and Baby food veggies
6:30 pm Bottle
3:30 am Bottle

The swallow study is scheduled for 1:45 so he will probably be eating around 2:00. I am trying to figure out the best way to make sure he will eat.
I am trying to decide between giving him his normal breakfast and morning bottle and just skipping the lunch bottle, or not giving him the food in the morning and just doing the two bottles. Any thoughts on what would work better?

Minnie
10-02-2006, 07:36 AM
If it were me I would probably
hold off on the morning bottle as long as you can
and then skip lunch, or just a few bites at lunch
to help hold the appetite off a little.

Don't you hate having to mess with your child's schedule?
I get so stressed out!
but ya know what?
After the day is done and the testing (or whatever the schedule change is for) is over I always find that I worried about it more than I needed to.

Good Luck with whatever you decide to do. I hope that they get all the info that they need, because he cooperated so well.
I'll be looking for that post bragging about how well he did ;)

scarlet
10-02-2006, 09:44 AM
I would also try and exclude the morning bottle so that he is hungry for the feed later. Good luck!!