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NoTube Eating school day 6 (chapter 2)
Elodie woke up on her own again this morning. I will probably be starting with this sentence in all my blogs, because our mornings at home start much later, and I am just amazed by her flexibility. We are already halfway to this eating school! Time flies. She didn’t…
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NoTube Eating school day 5 (chapter 2)
We didn’t have to wake up Elodie today, she woke up after hearing our noise while we were preparing for the day. She even had a few minutes left to snooze. She didn’t eat much in the morning. But ate some ice cream and new foods. We have noticed…
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NoTube Eating school day 4 (chapter 2)
Elodie woke up by herself when she heard me walking around. I guess she is getting used to the new daily routine. At home, we chill in bed for a while after waking up, so she wasn’t eager to get up. She seemed more interested in going to the…
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NoTube Eating school day 3 (chapter 2)
Every morning upon arrival our temperature is checked, and we are asked how we are feeling as a way to prevent Covid-19 infections. The hygiene rules were already quite strict, but now even more, face shield or mouth mask on, and washing hands more than 5 times a day.…
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NoTube Eating school day 2 (chapter 2)
We had to wake up Elodie this morning, as was expected. She wasn’t that eager to wake up. We let her sleep as long as possible and then rushed to NoTube. It’s only a 7-minute walk, and luckily we get breakfast there. During breakfast, we had to put white…
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NoTube Eating school day 1 (chapter 2)
No therapy or medical professional in the Netherlands could help Elodie learn to eat. In fact, they made matters worse. NoTube’s multidisciplinary team with pediatricians, speech therapists, psychotherapists, psychologists, dieticians, nurses, etc. who have solely been helping children to tube wean and learn to eat (for over 30 years),…
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Elodie 24-30 months: autonomy and recovery
After everything that’s happened in Elodie’s second year, we tried to reduce the attention the topic of “feeding” gets. It was extremely difficult, because with a BMI of 12 (extremely malnourished) at the beginning of the year it was impossible to let go. She had no body fat or…
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Graz, Austria, city trip with a toddler
We went to Graz because our daughter had to go the NoTube eating school. What a beautiful, charming and child friendly city. We fell in love immediately. We have never thought of it as a holiday destination, but we saw many Austrians coming to Graz to spend their weekend.…
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Fine dining with kids
One of our guilty pleasures as a couple has always been going out to nice restaurants. After working hard, it’s nice to sit down, enjoy good food, talk, and relax. Special needs childAfter having our first child we weren’t able to go to restaurants because she had a feeding…
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Elodie 12-24 months: starvation mode, infantile anorexia, PPD & PTSD
After Elodie’s first year (where we started encountering feeding issues), at her first birthday she wouldn’t drink from the bottle anymore. Until then, we were still dream feeding her. Gradually it took 1.5 hour for her to just drink 40cc and then it diminished to just 20cc. The past…