Sweet Potatoes

So it turns out that my Andrew likes his veges. He humored me with the pears & apples, but he is really opening up for the sweet potatoes. I don't give him too much because I don't want to overstuff his belly & make him spit up. I want him to have all good feelings about eating because he is doing awesome & I am hopeful that he will catch on pretty quick now that he's got the idea. I don't think I mentioned before, but we have been giving him his tube feedings through the port that goes to his stomach instead of bipassing to his intestines (a different port). He has been doing great with it. Another lesson we are working on is burping. He thinks he's gagging when he just needs to relax & burp. (Though he also thinks he's gagging a lot of times when he is just yawning, etc. Poor kid, even some of his first sounds are very similar to gagging sounds.) Anyhow, I'm sure once he gets the hang of burping there will be no stopping him; a mom can only hope : )

Also, Andrew started holding himself up on his hands & knees. He hates it! I think he only does it to avoid being put on his tummy. Still, it's exciting that he is strong enough to do it now. Of course we will continue to torture him & try to convince him that it's fun. He is warming up to the bath though he still doesn't like it yet.