He is a great eater with either blended or soft foods, but not great at drinking liquids. He has a lot of small seizures throughout the day, but is on the max amount of seizure medication that can be found consistently in his country.
In school and therapy he does a lot of sensory activities and is working on using his arms for purposeful movement. He has a stander that he likes to use while playing his toy piano. He doesn’t have an advanced way to communicate yet as he is blind and doesn’t have much purposeful movement but he does let us know when he is happy, mad, or would like something. He mostly only gets fussy sometimes at night time when he wants to be rocked to sleep, when he has to take baths, or when he thinks his food is too spicy.
Update July 2026:
Goliath is growing big and strong while he waits for his forever family. He is getting happier and more interactive in little ways unique to him all the time. Forever the baby of his house, he still loves all of the things mentioned in his previous update- with his all time favorites still being cuddles and jumping on the trampoline. He loves being included in everything and would thrive in a big or small family- around lots of chaos or enjoying soaking up all the cuddles by himself.
Goliath now has a g-tube but still eats small amounts by mouth for fun! Chocolate is his favorite. He is sleeping through the night more, and is very easily comforted when he is fussy.
At school, he is working on increasing his engagement with sensory activities and using his arms more purposefully during play and learning. He especially enjoys when his teachers help him paint or explore sensory materials such as shaving cream. His primary form of purposeful movement is kicking his legs when he knows someone is sitting beside him on the couch. He is quite strong and either manages to move himself a little bit when doing this or at least make the person sitting by him pay him lots of attention :).
He needs access to better medical care for his seizures as he is on the max amount of medication his country has available but still has many small (2-5 second) seizures per day.
