The Pit of Our Week

CRUNCH!  CRUNCH! CRUNCH!  That was the sound we heard at the dinner table this week as we feasted on a dinner of chicken, apricots, and green beans.  But why the CRUNCH sound? I kept thinking.  My eyes darted over to Dominic (who's plate was gloriously empty!) to have him open his mouth.  Only then did I discover that he was trying to chew up an apricot pit that must have ended up in the jar and mistakenly on his plate!  

It is moments like this where I am absolutely astonished by how far Dom and Zac have come in the past four months.  We headed to Baltimore with two very selective eaters who routinely did not eat enough food for us that we were "tethered to a tube."  If we were going out we knew that we either needed to bring their g-tube supplies with us or be ready when we came home to use them.  It added another 15-20 minutes to each meal (in total about an extra hour per day.)  It is so nice that now they eating their food so well!  When we are done eating, we are done eating...no extra time using feeding tubes.  

It has also reaffirmed for me the importance and value of high quality ABA practice, done with fidelity, through highly trained professionals.  Dom and Zac have learned that they need to eat EVERYTHING on their plate....well, except a mistakenly placed pit! (Which for the record I removed and disposed of.)  Their behaviors are gone.  Eating is not a struggle, or even something we dread. 

Take note of the empty plate!

Things are going so well we are officially accepting dinner dates.  Be prepared to be WOWed!

Dom loves eating out!  If you ask him if he wants
 to stay in or eat out...it is always "OUT!"  haha!