New foods and moving on...

Those of you who know my Gage very well, know that he operates from a limited menu selection. He eats the same "stuff" day after day after day.

Our goal this summer is to eat a chicken nugget before second grade starts. Will we get to that goal? Maybe. Maybe not.

Our boy loves his fruits and veggies. He loves bacon, crackers, peanut butter and pop tarts.

Pizza? No way.
Hamburger? No way.
Chicken Nuggets? No way.
Bread with Jelly? No way.
Anything else that most normal kids love? No way.

However, he has grown like mad on his self-imposed limitations. And baby steps are beginning to be made. He ate a bite of waffle, after tearing it into minute pieces. And Sunday morning, he ate one bite of biscuit without holding his nose.

We have tried very trick and bribe we know. We have taken and tried the advice of pediatricians, grandmas, aunts, uncles, friends and acquaintances. But it took me meeting one mom last summer whose daughter had an even more limited food group to exist on, that made me feel comfortable about my son's different eating habits. She had accepted her daughter's decisions (like there is something we can do to change them, anyways!!) and accepted the fact that as her daughter grows up, she will more than likely choose more foods to try.

I stopped stressing over my child. If another mom could accept that fact, so could I. Oh sure, I still wish he would eat a wider variety. I know he wouldn't get so hungry and probably not be so nervous if he would eat different types of foods. However, I do know that rounds of crying and puking are all that come out of me pressuring him out of his comfort zone.

So, we will move on. One bite at a time. That's how we all conquer our fears and our problems...one bite at a time. One day he might, just might, find out the rest of the food is good. Until then?! Pass the crackers!