Quick Update!

Summer has been so busy for us. On some days, I find it extremely challenging to make it out the door on time to appointments, and to still be able to time Ben's meals. Sometimes I just can't get to timing him. If I ask my kids to do it, they will occasionally attach strings of their own to his performance, and Ben has a fit, and the meal ends up in a sad, downward spiral. I find that mealtime is a major frustration for me.

I am going to be training a couple of people at Ben's school to handle his program at lunchtime. When I called this morning to set that up, the counselor said we would most likely have a meeting on Friday. Friday? Seriously? I trained for weeks in Baltimore to get the program right. School starts on Monday. They need to know how to handle it when he decides to throw up, refuse a bite, chuck his plate across the room, etc. They need to also know how to judge bite size. One does not simply pick that routine up in a half hour meeting. I am feeling very discouraged, and have many apprehensions. Our school district leaves much to be desired.

On a good note, however, KKI has continued to be supportive, and checks in with me regularly. They had told me that once you attend their program, you are family, and they are not kidding. They definately want their clients to be successful. We tweaked his program a bit to give him more success. He now gets 5 faces to complete his yogurt. So for 4 oz. of yogurt, he has 15 sec. allotted per bite, and if he does not take his bite in that time, he will lose a face. He is doing well with it. It is the solids that are giving him grief now and then. We may need to change that. He has been level 2 twice in the last couple of days.