For breakfast this morning Jeannette had the brown rice cereal, plain and a couple pieces of uncured bacon. She decided she didn’t want any sort of milk on her cereal. She had her vitamin C and digestive enzyme before she was off to school. For her lunch I packed raspberries, cinnamon/truvia toast, sugar free jell-o, and chocolate coconut milk. I know she shouldn’t have the jell-o or the raspberries, but I'm running out of ideas. It's only day 6 and I'm running out of ideas. After school, she had popcorn and a protein shake. I'm starting to feel like the protein shake is the only way to get the supplements into her. My concern is that it's a lot to put into one shake. But Michael said that if that's the only I can get them in her, then so be it.
For dinner tonight, my husband made dinner. He made grilled tilapia with the Mary Gone Crackers as a breading. He stir-fried some green and red peppers with onions and potatoes. Although Jeannette can't have the potatoes, she was able to eat everything else? Did she? Not really. We made them try everything and they both didn't like the vegetables or the fish. I was really proud of my son Jarod. He has a sensitive food palate and when it comes to trying new foods, especially foods that he thinks he won't like, he has the most amazing gag reflex I've ever seen. After minutes upon minutes of cajoling and bribing and begging, he finally takes a bite. But after chewing for 10 seconds and deciding he doesn't like it, he gags and then throws up his food. It makes meal time so enjoyable!!! BUT tonight, he didn't gag OR throw up. I was so proud of him. Now, he didn't like anything that he had, but at least we got through the meal without having to clean up any vomit. That's an accomplishment!!!
After dinner, we headed over to my neighbors house for a neighborhood gathering. They had ordered dinner from a local Italian restaurant and talk about a complicated order. Almost everything they ordered had to either be gluten free, dairy free or sugar free. There were several gluten free pizzas, a salad that only included lettuce with no dressing (because of the sugar), and cheese-less pizza with just sauce. The standard pizza orders aren't what they used to be. Special orders have now become the norm. The more and more I research and shop and talk to others, gluten free, dairy free and sugar free are becoming more and more prominent.
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