i just deleted a page of rabbit chasing...let me get right to the point...
jay-bob asked for bread...my homemade GFCFSF...egg free...nut free...bread!!!!
since being sick...he has regressed to only wanting sweet potato french fries...even pancakes have been a battlefield lately...SO...when his little wheels went a turnin in his precious little mind and his angelic mouth formed the words: i want sandwich pwease mommy...
i skipped to the kitchen...pulled out the bread machine...three hours later...yummy bread...and that was the easy part...
now...
the battle of cutting the perfect slice...it can't be broken...have crumbs...too big...too small...the wrong color...hmmmm...every time i think i have thought of it all...i would be banished back into the kitchen to "twy again..."
so i am learning...(five wrong slices later)...i bring the cutting board and my santuko knife along side...show me...and in his sweet little ways...he demonstrated with his fingers how he wanted it cut...OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH...that!!?? never would have guessed that one...must have been how daddy did it that last time...sigh...note to self...start leaving picture diagrams of new foods eaten...
so Dr. Phil...i hate to impart this bit of information to you...you were wrong that day that everyone of my family and friends happened to have your show on picky eaters vomiting (oops, i meant to say airing) on their televisions...not every child is just being stubborn and controlling...i love the illustration i read in Just Take A Bite...the author has the parent go to the store and get something that is not pleasing in thought to eat...she relates that feeling...the not wanting to look at it...the rapid heart beat...the feeling sick...over eating what we don't like or are unfamiliar with...that's how our kiddos with food sensory issues feel EVERYTIME a new food is introduced...
oh, sorry...there's that darn rabbit trail again...bottom line...does this mean we are gaining lost ground?? i sure hope so...it's devastating to the motherly ego when one's beloved child refuses to touch her very hard...make betty crocker swoon with envy...many hours searched on the internet...delectable dish...(of course, i have had to pass many a said dish on to the dogs myself...come on fellow hyper-allergenic chefs....let's be truthful about these things before we go to posting them...or publishing them...)! my favorite part of it all...the mermaid (much like mikey...she'll eat anything!): mommy...mommy...i want mine just like jaden's!!
sigh...ok...so it takes me an hour for pre-meal-presentation...but that just gives me an excuse to leave the dishes in the sink a little longer...i mean...really...who works that hard on a slice of bread and then doesn't stick around to watch the two second devouring process...i love the initial exchange of glances the OA and i have...both wondering...holding our breath...merci following suit...watching...all eyes on jay-bob...is he...will he....YYYEEESSS!!! he's eating!!!!
for all the nervousness i feel before that first bite...i wonder...does it even compare to jay-bob's own...
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Yea! Yea! Yea! I remember my mother in law telling me to just hold out and make him ask for the food....he eventually would give in and talk when he got hungry enough. Grrrrr....that wasn't a food sensory issue (althought my boys have those)...this was a favorite food to a nonverbal boy that she thought was really able to speak if he wanted. (double grrrrr) ha-ha....well, good for Jaden! I'm so happy for you!
I can't watch those Dr. Phil and etc. shows! I just get frustrated.
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