update on feeding issues

i just wanted to mention that the jay-man is officially eating "chicken french fries"...i take chicken breasts and cut them into bite-sized pieces then toss them in a zip lock bag of quinoa flour with some tapioca starch mixed...add some salt, pepper, and various other gluten free spices that sound good at the time...shake shake shake...fry...freeze...yummy! i cannot reheat them in the microwave as they become hard...so i put them on my pampered chef stone on 350 for 10 mins...and HE EATS THEM!!

one chicken breast has 35g of protein!! i have worried so much about his protein intake or lack thereof...THANK YOU GOD...thank you chicken...i buy the most natural ones i can find...i still struggle with the whole meat thing...but hey...when your kiddo only eats a variety of...i think we're up to like 10 things!!??

pancakes (of course with one veggie and one fruit puree added)
waffles (see above...)
muffins (the whole thing!!)
sweet potato french fries (with lots of organic gluten free ketchup)
skin on! potato french fries
carrot and squash fries
veggie chips and stripey chips aka ruffles
frutabu (when we can afford it...freaking $5 for a box with like 6)
chicken nuggets
apple slice (very small bite...but hey...it's a fruit)
carrot slice (see above note)
vegan cheese dip
chocolate shake
home-made cheese free pizza
tortilla pizzas

OMG...that's 15 things, and i know i have to be forgetting something! this is only due to the diet...i truly truly believe that j-bob's pickiness was due to
a) addiction to gluten and casein
b) zinc deficiency (strongly affects the way food tastes)
c) negative reaction to all the offending foods...caused him to fear food

well...let me add...my very wise friend says success with our kiddos is like a three-legged stool...there's the diet, the supplements, and the therapies that all work together towards the betterment of our children's success. well...our kiddo's stools are probably more like the 10-legged stools...but one gets the idea! the diet allows the body to stop attacking itself, the supplements allow the body to function properly or more properly, and the therapies educate towards proper behavior techniques and/or modifications.

i am feeling quite thankful tonight. i think i am going to start a little information session on the different supplements we use, and why we use them...i believe we are using the most basic and scaled down approach bio medically speaking. our DAN (dr betsy hendricks) is very systematic and thorough...i appreciate that from a financial standpoint and also a non-overwhelming standpoint. we are due to see her again...actually...i am pretty sure we should have done our follow up months ago...but you know the drill...all in due time!

i must add...i think we can all benefit from evaluating our diets and removing what's causing negative reactions, supplementing our ridiculously lacking american diets, and supporting our bodies ability to function better, and if i have said it once...i have said it a thousand times...there's not a person in the over stimulating fast paced society that wouldn't benefit from some OT's sensory processing sessions!!!