The meal: Tuscan Pork Chops, roasted potatoes, and fresh green beans
The players: Dad, Mom, Blake, Bryce, and Mimi who's in town for a conference
Here's how it went down . . .
Before Dinner - Bryce is very excited to taste everything on the table
(Notice his shirt, "MOM FOREVER" . . . its my favorite, hehehe)Blake is sceptical, but playing it cool
(Notice his pursed lips at the mere mention of dinner food)1st attempt we get the hand
2nd attempt he turns his head
3rd we pause for a moment of sadness
Now we have the entire arm covering the eating orifice . . . this is going just as we suspected
Meanwhile Bryce ate all his pork chop, a few bites of potatoes, and several green beans
He celebrates with a cookie
The rest of the action was not caught on film due to the fact that the star of the show would not sign the waiver. Blake insisted if it was going to go down, it not be caught on tape, he thought he might damage his reputation.
Here's what you missed: We finished eating, cleared the table and left Blake there with his pork chop and potatoes. He sat there as usual, holding his ground. This time it was Daddy who went in the for kill . . . it all seems like a blur now but somehow Daddy did it, he got Blake to eat one bite of pork chop!! The crowd went WILD as he ate 4 more bites and smiled through the pain. It was a moment of victory in the O'Mara household tonight and we are looking forward to what tomorrow brings.
For the record: Blake does take a multi-vitamin, drinks a nutritional shake each day, and in addition to his peanut butter he eats fruit, salsa, yogurt, cereal, and many breakfast foods in which we sneak such things as sweet potatoes and eggs.
Thank you all for your concern :) If anyone has any new suggestions or would like to come food train my child by all means call me at any hour!!!!!!
Thank you all for your concern :) If anyone has any new suggestions or would like to come food train my child by all means call me at any hour!!!!!!
2 comments:
Oh...too funny...and too much like my little Grace :) You're lucky, though...you have peanut butter to fall back on! Sam had reactions to it when he was younger so we have cut it completely out of his diet and have yet to introduce it into Grace's until we have Sam tested. Sam used to be like Blake until Grace turned into the picky eater, then Sam felt it was his time to shine and please Mama :) Here's hoping Bryce regresses...kidding!
Hi Rachel,
I occasionally peek in to see how you're gorgeous family is doing, hope you don't mind too much ;)
Gabe is the cottage cheese king. He could literally eat two containers of it a week, oh the crap we catch because of it. We had him evaled by an occupational therapist who diagnosed him with sensory integration dysfunction and after three months of therapy, he's finally starting to eat SOME different foods, no meat yet, but he's eating things that aren't cottage cheese :D
It's hard as parent to see your child only want to eat certain things and then have to hear about it from other parents/people how you SHOULD be handling their diets.
Anyway, just wanted to say I completely understand the daily struggle of getting a child to eat!
Have a great holiday!
:)
Chrissi
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