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I have been looking for excuses to hold him all along. Like in church I hold him in lap often and I hold him when we stand up for songs (so he can see the words, not that he cares, but he accepts it there) I also do a lot of lifting him in and out of chairs and such instead of letting him climg and I always kiss and hug him. Dh has been reading to him at bedtime, but sometimes I do it. (he prefers dh). I usually carry him to and from the car, as he would get filthy on the ground. His physical issues lead to a lot of opportunities for holding him and picking him up. As for the not making him eat. We did that this summer and he went four days without eating anything or drinking. When he got sick enough I was ready to take him to the ER, he finally ate and drank, but only a little bit. All the therapists who have seen him agree that on his own he will not eat and drink enough to be healthy so he must be forced to eat more than he wants. However I am working on making it be less of an issue. He ate very little at breakfast and lunch today and I said nothing, but he ate fine at dinner, so over all he got enough calories. He has lost one pound and I am watching it. He is still severely underweight, but at this point I am happy if he can just maintain, though the docs want him growing. He has stopped throwing up and I count that as awesome progress. The appointment I thought was this week, but it's the week after. (We have ortho and eye appointments this week and I was mixing one of them up with they psych appointment)
We have pretty much decided he needs to be our last kid. I turned down working this year so I can be available to drive him to appointments and do whatever else is needed.
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