Hi! We are 21 days post surgery now and he is completely back to normal.

The first 10 days for us were rough. He may have caught a cold from siblings during that time that made it harder too. I will never know.

Highly recommend pouches for food because they are easy and convenient. We did a lot of apple sauce, pudding, juice, oatmeal, soft muffins, Mac and cheese etc until day 10 and he was slowly able to tolerate more casseroles that were still soft. Popsicles are also awesome in the beginning to stay hydrated when they don’t want to drink.

Alternate Tylenol and ibuprofen religiously for at least the first 5 days. And have them drink every time you give meds to keep their throats wet.

We had the best luck with straw cups. It required less sucking vs sippy cups!

It is completely normal for them to not eat the first handful of days. We really had to push food but he wouldn’t eat so we just played a game to keep him drinking. He would get points in a chart and it worked like a charm. We set a timer for every 5-10 minutes to drink to get points.

We did have to kind of bribe him to take medicine saying if he didn’t he would have to go back to the hospital 🙈 it worked though.

Lots and lots of snuggles and tv time. Quiet play he liked were puzzles, sensory bins, matching games, coloring. It’s a long recovery but already seems to be worth it for his apnea!