My Plate

October 18, 2012 by 4 Comments

As you guys know, I am on a mission to get Bonham eating better. He doesn’t eat badly, there just isn’t much variety. Today I chopped up 1 1/2 cups for carrots. That is the recommended amount of veggies she should eat daily. Then I chopped up 2 carrot sticks, which is the amount he usually eats. The comparison was illuminating.

So I downloaded EatRight on my phone and set it for the recommended number of servings for a 6 year old. I also put it on RBB’s phone set for his recommendations. Competition is healthy right?

I also bought this food passport to go along with the experiments we have already been doing. I also picked up The Monster Health Book and Eat This Not That for Kids.

So let’s see what this does. I am hoping to get him eating more protein and veggies and eventually eating less processed food. More baked chicken verses nuggets. Asking for the organic yogurt verses the shakes he eats now. I know he has such a compulsive personality (come on, I say that with lots of love and not judgement…it’s just truth) that if I can flip the switch and make him care what he puts into his body he will take control of it. I know that there could be a time that I am begging him to eat a nugget because it is convenient. I know there will be a time that I am annoyed that he is telling me that I’m not eating enough veggies. I just need to find a way to flip that switch in him.

 

 

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  • Melissa J.

    Nice work Mom. ;) I’m sure you’ve tried this but I put spinach the boys choc/banana smoothies every morning…and extra serving of veggies to start the day. Our nutrition dilemma at the moment is that Dylan is losing weight. Dropped from the usual 40th percentile in weight to 10th this year. Swim team 3 days a week and new meds that supress appetitie is not a good combination. I am having to focus a bit less on nutrition and more on calories. Whole milk is back. The good news is that he is finally outgrowing some of his pickiness, he is still sensitive to texture but much more willing to try things and eat new foods. :) Good luck! You are such an awesome Mom!

  • Jody Brettkelly

    Good going on this one, love the direction you’re going in. Food is such a stress for us. Two eat well two badly and they all love cereal and would eat it all day long. We’re wondering if we should stop buying cereal to force them to eat real food.

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    And now…just realised how to master the Disqus thingy!

  • Josie

    Fingers crossed — I really like your updates on his progress, as weird as that might be… Probably because I was always picky, too. My mom instituted a “two hot things” rule — we had to eat two hot things at lunch or dinner if we wanted snack later, but cereal was always an option if we didn’t want our two hot things — it just meant no treats later!
    xo Josie
    http://www.winksmilestyle.com