Following my comments today about feeding issues, I was asked how many foods my little guy will eat. That made me curious, so I made a list and was pleasantly surprised that the number is much higher than I thought - around 30.
First of all, I had mentioned that we were down to 5 foods around his second birthday. It was something like this:
- Month 1 - mom makes grilled cheese sandwich, son loves it and eats it all up
- Month 2 - mom makes grilled cheese sandwich, son fusses and eats parts that do not have cheese oozing out the side
- Month 3 - mom makes grilled cheese sandwich, son cries and won’t eat any of it
Ironically, tonight Michael spontaneously starting talking about this topic. He said that his heart (his emotions) is what decides what goes in his mouth. When bad food goes in, it makes his heart hurt and that is why he cries.
Bad foods would be ice cream or any other very cold food; mushy foods like mashed potatoes, pasta, pudding, applesauce or yogurt; crumbly foods like cake or doughnuts; meat that is not breaded or encased in something; or anything vaguely resembling a fruit or vegetable (other than grapes and bananas). And God forbid you try to use any type of condiments, except for syrup on pancakes and waffles!
Good foods would be specific GFCF & Michael-approved brands of crunchy cereal, cereal bars, corn chips, veggie chips, chocolate chips - sorry, I was on a “chips” roll :), pretzels, crackers, cookies, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, french fries and an occasional fish stick. As I mentioned above, he will eat grapes and bananas, and he likes waffles and pancakes, both with syrup.
For treats, he also likes raisins, fruit snacks, jelly beans, lollipops and gummi bears (this does not include other shapes of gummies, which are yucky!). Although for the most part, his diet is gluten-free, casein-free, dye-free, preservative-free, we will occasionally let him have a few M&Ms or Hershey Kisses and have not seen a negative reaction in small quantities.
Warning: If anyone reading this is looking for guidance on what to feed your child, I would not recommend that you use me as an example. We have chosen not to make this a big issue in our lives, since we have been focusing so much on things like speech, and sleep, and why we are getting yet another new support staff person!
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Following my comments today about feeding issues, I was asked how many foods my little guy will eat. That made me curious, so I made a list and was pleasantly surprised that the number is much higher than I thought - around 30.
First of all, I had mentioned that we were down to 5 foods around his second birthday. It was something like this:
Bad foods would be ice cream or any other very cold food; mushy foods like mashed potatoes, pasta, pudding, applesauce or yogurt; crumbly foods like cake or doughnuts; meat that is not breaded or encased in something; or anything vaguely resembling a fruit or vegetable (other than grapes and bananas). And God forbid you try to use any type of condiments, except for syrup on pancakes and waffles!
Good foods would be specific GFCF & Michael-approved brands of crunchy cereal, cereal bars, corn chips, veggie chips, chocolate chips - sorry, I was on a “chips” roll :), pretzels, crackers, cookies, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, french fries and an occasional fish stick. As I mentioned above, he will eat grapes and bananas, and he likes waffles and pancakes, both with syrup.
For treats, he also likes raisins, fruit snacks, jelly beans, lollipops and gummi bears (this does not include other shapes of gummies, which are yucky!). Although for the most part, his diet is gluten-free, casein-free, dye-free, preservative-free, we will occasionally let him have a few M&Ms or Hershey Kisses and have not seen a negative reaction in small quantities.
Warning: If anyone reading this is looking for guidance on what to feed your child, I would not recommend that you use me as an example. We have chosen not to make this a big issue in our lives, since we have been focusing so much on things like speech, and sleep, and why we are getting yet another new support staff person!
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