Feeding Evaluation

I took Preston to his feeding evaluation at Children's Hospital last Friday. Everything looked normal so that is good news. It was so interesting to watch though. It was done with an x-ray. We fed him Barium through a bottle and we could watch him suck this dark liquid and we could see it as it went down his esophagus. Then we'd stop the x-ray and feed him 1-2 ounces of formula. Then, we started the x-ray and fed him Barium again. We did this a couple times because the radiologist wanted to see how he did swallowing throughout the entire bottle to make sure the milk wasn't pooling up above his esophagus/trachea area. Things looked good throughout the feeding and Preston was a champ to put up with it. It didn't answer my question of why he is such a slow eater though. I guess that's the way he is... My friend, Sara, watched Kate while I took Preston to the appointment and she had a great time there so thanks for helping me out!