Andrew's meals and look at his legs

This was Andrew in December as we were giving him his first bath... and the one with me is in July...Look at how much he has put on weight... He uses his legs now especially in the jolly jumper and you can see muscle developing...

Now on to his eating... He usually eats 7 plus bottles a day now....This is how I prepare them. I used to use the blue Munchkin food grinder ( great when we traveled to pick him up) but now I fix so much food for him . I boil chicken, or beef ( usually 6 at a time of chicken). He gets 1 chicken breast daily or the eqivelent of beef and sometimes I will do a hotdog . Then I add 2 slices of whole wheat bread, graham cracker, bananna,applesauce, pears, peaches, peas, green beans, sweet potato, baked potatoe and or whatever others we have as leftovers...I add 3 fruits and 2 vegatables to each mix I make. I use whole milk as the base ( fat content is important to brain developement) and add cottage cheese and yougart. cottage cheese is so high in protein... and I add 1 egg a day to each batch. I do not change to much from this and we put a vitamin in his first bottle. The pitcher is full and there are 13 bottles made... that will go thru 3 days. He gained 2 plus lbs. in 2 weeks and we will check him in a week or so but he seems to be in a healthy eating cycle... He still does not want anything in his mouth but that is normal for a blind child especially one who was neglected and was not offered the chance to experience textures even with touch or his tongue...He does lots of oral discovering with his tongue and will lick the floors or anything he can... we let him as long as he does not chew , which he has tried to do some.

I can't even express our joy watching him bloom... we are still hoping and praying for lots more but each little change is a huge success to us.