Getting Braces? Meal Plan for the first week!

It’s sad when your tween has the same diet as your baby!  Blog reader, Heather, emailed me desperate for ideas beyond yogurt and applesauce.  Her poor child WAS a great eater, but now that she can’t eat nuts, granola, popcorn, crusty bread, and “pretty much anything that crunches”, she’s been struggling to know what to eat. 

This is actually perfect timing, as my Erica is about to get her first appliance in a couple of weeks.  So, here is our best attempt at

THE BRACES DIET!!

What foods are off limits:

• Hard nuts, candies, hard fruits (like apples and pears)
• Hard vegetables (like carrots and corn on the cob)
• Chips
• Taco shells
• Pizza crust
• pretzels
• Sticky stuff like taffy, gum, caramels
• Foods high in acidity that could cause discoloration like lemons, limes and sodas.

So, here goes our First week of braces meal plan:

• This was a hard menu for me! Any other ideas of soft foods that would be ideal for these kids?

• Printable meal plans found here

• TIP:  When your child’s diet is compromised or restricted like this, a good vitamin is always important.  Today, I did a product review for Juice Plus .  Check it out on my product review site .