Life has been so busy; it is hard to keep up with this thing! Brynn is doing fabulous right now. She is up to 16 foods now, plus some baking ingredients as well! She had her 3 year well-check about a month ago and she is growing like a weed--70th percentile for height and 35th percentile for weight. =) We are currently working on just expanding on her already safe foods. For example: she can have corn and oats, so we found Marshmallow Matey's!! (Aka Lucky Charms) She LOVES them. A few of her other favorite snacks are no longer sold in stores around here, so we are venturing out and finding some new ones. I don't like buying cases of crackers online...she will never eat all of them before the expiration date! Oh, and did I mention online it would be close to $7 per box of crackers? Ugh. Anyway, she is now loving her Marshmallow Matey's, Honey Wheels and Alphabits.
We recently re-trialed apples and it was still a fail. Bummer. It actually took a few weeks to convince her to try it again. She has her mind made up that she is not going to try any new foods (or re-trial any previous fails) because she doesn't want her tummy to hurt. She says, "That makes me sick, I only eat MY food!!" She has quite the attitude about it too. So we aren't pushing her too hard. Life is so much more enjoyable when she is feeling well (for her AND the rest of us)! We did get her to try kale after awhile though. We made kale chips (oven-baked with sunflower oil and sea salt). They aren't her favorite, but she will eat at least a couple a day, which is great since they are loaded with nutrients.
She loves it when she can have the "same" meal as everyone else. We try to make similar foods as often as possible. We found whole wheat tortillas at Trader Joe's that are safe for her, so when we have tacos, we make her a taco as well--whole wheat tortilla, ground pork, and Daiya cheese. Or if we have hamburgers, she gets a pork patty with her cheese on her special bread/bun. She has come across a couple situations where she has gotten mad because she couldn't have the same treat as other kids. It's really hard to watch and it just breaks my heart. But, we are working on always having extra treats/snacks with us just in case. We have safe homemade cupcakes and her coconut ice cream (or Grandma makes a yummy strawberry ice cream) on hand, so we are always able to grab something to take with as a treat.
Overall, she is doing fabulous and we will keep on truckin'! When she is ready to try another food and when things slow down a bit for us, we will start picking out what's next. Right now, she is enjoying the beautiful weather and feeling great! Thanks for all the love and support throughout this journey!
No comments:
Post a Comment