"Unglued"

If you have read the series "Unglued" by Lysa Terkeurst you can completely relate to the many moments of becoming unglued I am having lately.  Keelie's eating has been a big struggle for her lately.  She really only has one, no two, foods in her diet.  Chicken and French fries.  And not just any chicken and french fries.  It has to be from Wendy's, Chick Fil A, frozen Tyson nuggets, even popcorn chicken from Walmart.  Now....those of you who know me, know I don't like fast food or frozen chicken nuggets...gross.  BUT, if that's all I can get her to eat I guess something is better than nothing.  So how do I get this child to eat?  Her Daddy cooked homemade oven fried chicken and oven fried fries for supper tonight.  She wouldn't eat.  She did finally eat a bite but had to spit it out.  She pocketed it right to her cheek.  She spit it out and we tried again.  This time the results weren't so good.  She gagged until she threw up.  TWICE....a great ending to a lovely meal.  At least I hope it was from gagging and not stomach virus.  I guess time will tell.  Today she ate a few Cheerios, drank a glass of milk, had a Capri sun, ate a small bite of turkey sandwich meat and cheese but then had to spit.  That's all she's had all day.  And this is a typical day lately.

My next struggle is potty training.  I wish I knew if Keelie knew when she needs to go or not.  She should be potty trained but she's not close.  Others with her disorder do have bathroom issues.  I just don't know yet but gosh I sure wish I did.  It would be so nice to have her out of diapers.  I've been told she may not feel the sensory of needing to go until its too late.

So back to my unglued comment.  I tend to want to come unglued with Keelie on many occasions throughout the day, but I know it's not the best thing for me to do.  I do become emotionally, physically, even spiritually tired, but in the end I hope I am doing my best to nurture her and help her grow in the right direction.  It is challenging.  Now I can promise you Keelie does get disciplined and treated just like her sister and brother.  I feel it's best for her, but sometimes it backfires....lol.  Keelie's feelings get hurt really bad and really easily and when this happens she shuts down.  So one can forget about getting her to do anything until she perks back up.  So if it happens during a meal, well it's bad news.  She doesn't eat.

So that's all I will discuss tonight.  I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and weekend.  Thanks for following the blog.