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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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Eetkamer à l’infintiste – takeaway
This lovely restaurant in Antwerp, Belgium, is definitely Michelin Star worthy, and we love it. It has been a while we have eaten here, the waiting list is rather long. Today my parents in law brought us a takeaway meal from Eetkamer à l’infintiste. Take away our delivery meals…
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Yang Yang Sushi – takeaway
This is the second time we got sushi from Yang Yang, and it’s the best sushi delivery in Eindhoven we have had yet. It’s by chance that we got acquainted with Yang Yang Sushi. My sister surprised us by sending sushi to our house during these corona times. Going…
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Zarzo* – takeaway
It’s a crazy world we are currently living in. Many countries are going into lock down due to the Coronavirus. Life is not what we are used to: we must stay home and only go outside if strictly necessary, no going out for dinner, no going out for other…