Week 4 - Day 5

(May 5, 2011)

This morning I was rereading some notes that the nutritionist gave me.  It said that rice cakes were acceptable, but because it's a simple carb it shouldn't be eaten plain.  It should be eaten with nut butter, cheese or butter.  I've been giving her these rice cakes like crazy because it was one thing she would eat.  I didn't now about the simple carbs.  See, that's what you have to be careful about.  You might find something that appears to be acceptable, but when you delve into this deeper and deeper, those acceptable items turn into the unacceptable.   Thank goodness, by accident, I occasionally put some soy nut butter (non gmo) on the rice cakes.  I'm still getting conflicting information on cheese.  Some books say yes, and some say no.

For breakfast this morning, Jeannette had 4 cinnamon rolls and a slice of turkey bacon.  I didn't give her the mulit-vitamin this morning because of the diflucan she's now taking.  The label specifically states that no medication should be taken within 2 hours of taking the multi-vitamin.  Ugh!! It's so hard to keep up with all the rules.

I can't remember if I mentioned this before because it's hard to keep track on a daily basis, but I've had to create a spreadsheet for us to follow.  We list the supplement, then the days of the week.  Each day has 3 tabs to indicate breakfast, after school, and dinner.  When she takes the supplement, we make sure to put a check mark next to the time of day, so that if one of us isn't around, then they'll know what's left to give her.  It's worked out so far.

For todays lunch, she had brown rice pasta, parmesan cheese, strawberries, and chocolate coconut milk.  For snack at school she had popcorn and a rice cake.  After school Jeannette had her yogurt with the probiotic.  Today after school, my son had a birthday party to go to.  When we went to pick him up, they were in the middle of eating birthday cake.  She was upset about it because she knew that she couldn't eat the cake.  She sat on my lap and almost cried.  It broke my heart.  When we came home, my son went down the street to play with this birthday boy.  After dinner, they were going to be making smores and Jarod asked if it was okay if he went.  I allowed it, but that stirred up some jealousy from Jeannette.  She was upset that she couldn't have smores.  So to compensate, I told her we would make up our own version here.  After dinner, which was leftover chinese food.  I made sure she tried everything again.  She ate a few pieces of chicken, tried the broccoli and still didn't like it, brown rice and the supplement shake.

I also have to get over the mentality that my kids will starve.  They won't starve.  I just have to control myself as well to not buy the chips and crackers and junk.  Chips are my downfall along with chocolate. Jarod likes chips as much as I do, and the best chips are those that end in o's: cheetos, doritos, tostitos, fritos.  Yumm-o!  I know all these changes are for the best.  I know it's not going to happen overnight, and it makes it harder for me because I'm so impatient.  I like instantaneous results.

The other problem is that we still have all this other food in the house.  I have a hard time just throwing it away, so I've been eating it. Yuck!!  So what did I do?  I sent all the foods that Jeannette can't eat anymore to my adopted family in Mississippi.  I sent them mac n cheese, soups, crackers, cookies, graham crackers, chocolate bars, m&m's, and more.  This mom has a family of 5 to feed and I'd rather them get it then it go into a landfill.  It's kind of a double standard though.  If these foods aren't good enough for us, why would they be good enough for them?  Well, Jeannette can't eat any of the ingredients listed on any of these foods.  It's like treating this as if she has a food allergy.  The adopted family doesn't have any allergies.

To end the evening, while my son was down at the neighbors house, I put together a scoop of coconut milk ice cream (non-dairy), crushed up the sugar free/low carb chocolate bar (Doctor's carbRite Diet SugarFree Bar) and sprinkled that on top of the ice cream.  That was our version of a smore.  Her face just beamed when she ate it.  She was happy.