Day 7

Day 7 - April 17, 2011

We're now on day 7 and things are pretty boring in regards to meals.  It's the same thing over and over again.  I don't feel like I'm making much progress in the form of expanding her palate.  For breakfast this morning she had cinnamon toast/truvia.  It pains me that she's not having more than that.  At least if I could have her eat a fruit, it would be something, but I know that she shouldn't be eating that right now.  It's only been a week and I'm getting impatient.

The kids were staying at my parents for the evening, so I had bring a bunch of food with me and then I had to sit down with my father to go over all the supplements and how to prepare her shake.  I got Jeannette some lunch: 2 rice cakes.  That's even more pathetic than what she had for breakfast.

God Bless my father.  What a gem.  He took it upon himself to go to Trader Joe's to buy some things to try to make with Jeannette.  he bought organic chicken broth, quinoa, brown rice pasta, 2 protein shakes, rotisserie chicken and uncured bacon.  He got an idea to make chicken noodle soup for dinner and he wanted Jeannette to help prepare it.  I had to double check the ingredients on everything, and the only thing that was questionable was the protein shake.  It had artificial sweeteners, but we used it anyway.  Before I left, I made her a shake.  She tried it and didn't like it too much, but worked her way through it like a champ.  So, Jeannette and my dad got to work on making the soup.  When it came time to eat dinner, it wasn't a big hit.  Jeannette wasn't too thrilled, and Jarod was even less thrilled.  Dad said that they ate maybe a soup ladle full.  That's it.  Dad did say it was a little bland, but my kids eat bland food all the time, so why should this be any different?

I really was grateful for the effort that dad was making and was so appreciative of all his efforts.  I knew he didn't have to do all that means so much to me.  I know that parents will do anything for their kids, but they will do above and beyond when it comes to their grandkids and my parents are no exception.  They will do anything for their grandkids.  I'm so lucky to have them!!!