Cutler has now decided that it is fun to stick his tongue out.  Not sure why as I don’t recall this being a big thing with Mason, but Cutler really enjoys it and if it weren’t for the smile that follows I would think he actually means it. 

It’s also a great increase for a WBC.  Cutler’s WBC jumped from 800 to 1200 overnight.  The ANC is also holding steady in the mid 600’s.

Cutler’s eating continues to struggle and so yesterday an occupational therapist was brought in and provided a list of activities to do to help stimulate the feeding effort.  One of those is to dip the pacifier into the food and he ate quite a bit of apple sauce this way.  However the effort to get him to drink from the bottle is still not going well, but it is something we will continue to push on.  We are working on pushing some formula, using a syringe, into his mouth when he is working away at the pacifier.  The first attempt resulted in a massive gagging reflex, very similar to when we try the bottle.  There is something about the taste that he just has a bad reaction to, but hopefully that will change as the WBC continues to increase and his taste buds return.