The Doctor... just so I remember

For a while Josie would eat by herself... noodles, green beans, cereal, lasagna etc. but then she stopped. She wouldn't eat anything, so for over one month every meal I would feed her by spoon, do a dance, sing a song, let her color, and so on while I tired to pry her mouth open and make her eat. It was so much work, and we both hated it. I took Josie into the doctor 10-18-10 and she weighed 17.2 I took her in 12-10-10 she weighed 17.11 which is progress however she had started throwing up again with texture and didn't eat for 3 strait days after this appointment. I took her back in 12-13-10 and she was back to 17.2. I pretty much lost it in the Dr. office; I started crying telling him how I can't keep forcing her to eat, its exhausting and obviously not working. He sent us to get a bunch of test - thyroid, hormone levels, pituitary gland, cystic fibrosis etc. they all came back normal, he made me an appointment at Primary Children's in January. I also met with a dietitian that day that much to my relief told me I could stop forcing her to eat. Though by doing it she was gaining weight she wasn't learning the responsibility of feeding herself. She told me to feed her three high calorie meals and two snacks and if she didn't eat that was her problem and put the food away and try again the next meal. I love that lady. Sometimes she eats sometimes she doesn't, but we are both a little saner. She was so sad after getting poked three times for blood, sitting through a sweat test, and listening to the dietitian, she fell asleep before we even left the parking lot. It was so cute she looks like she is faking but she slept just like that all the way home.