Letting go...

Hi all! Stephanie here. When Cheri and friends started this blog spot I emailed Jase's Clinton County EI therapists to let them know about it. I received an email today from our favorite speech therapist in Clinton Co., Angie, that she had given the blog information to a parent of a child with some feeding issues. I instantly thought about what our life would be like had we had this kind of information available to us when Jase first started struggling.
I think a lot of parents going through this, no matter how ridiculous of a thought it may be, looks to themselves to find out what they did to contribute to their child's problem. I know that I did.
On our first visit with Jase to see Cheri, Sibyl and Cheryl in Springfield, Cheri said something that will always stay with me...don't get me wrong, they said a lot of important stuff...but Cheri looked me in the eye and said, "you did not cause this." My eyes have welled up with tears just writing that and I did the same that day, too...but how did she know? I hadn't asked her what I had done. She knew though that I needed to hear it and I think that all parents need to hear it.
So, if you are here looking for information about how to help your child with feeding difficulties...no matter what the cause or diagnosis...let go of your guilt. Letting go will lift the weight of the world off of your shoulders and when you do you will use that guilty energy and transform it into "let's do something about it" energy. :)