Nutrition Appointment

Today was Grayson's first appointment with a Nutritionist. 

We originally made this appointment because Grayson has had a very limited pallet until just recently. Basically all he ate was fish sticks along with snacks like graham crackers, nutrigrain bars and granola bars.

Now his diet consists of:

Eggs (he LOVES eggs)

Cereal 

Toast/Breads

Fish Sticks

Chicken Nuggets

Nutrigrain Bars (Blueberry and Apple Cinnamon flavors)

Granola Bars

Fig Newtons

Graham Crackers

Yogurt (Strawberry and Blue Berry flavors)

His usual Almond Milk

Grilled Cheese

Cheese Quesadilla 

and now with the help of his teachers at school we have been able to get more fruits and veggies into his diet --- in pureed form but at least we are getting there. 

He will eat pureed forms of just about any fruit and vegetable and especially loves when they are fruit and veggie mixes like "peas, pears and spinach" which is one of his favorites.

I was still slightly concerned with what the Nutritionist might say since that still doesn't seem to be a lot of what most children his age would be eating.

I was very pleasantly surprised at what she had to say!

She said he is doing great! She pulled up all the brands of the foods we give him to check on their calories, fat, sodium...etc and said even if it seems like a "limited pallet" that what he IS taking in, are all good things. He doesn't drink juice or eat chips and doesn't eat fast food...etc. .... and I have made sure of that since I know he doesn't eat a lot of things I try to make sure what he DOES/WILL eat are things that are good for him and not empty carbs/calories and unnecessary sugars.

Okay, circling back around to the Nutritionist.....

She said everything looks great, but as we start to see him really sticking to the fruit and veggie purees, to try to make them ourselves at home instead of buying them in the packets (which I was planning to do once we saw which ones he was really taking too and which "mixtures" he liked, that way we KNOW its truly organic and no preservatives and unnecessary "stuff" in it. 

She also said to try to make him some sweet potato fries/chips...which should be easy because we make those for ourselves often along with making thin slices of egg plant as well I think he may like if we can actually get him to try it :p

She said when wanting to try a new food with him at meal time, to offer him the new food first...just simply put it on his tray and give him about 10 minutes and see what he does with it. If he doesn't like it and shows after 10 minutes he is not eating it, to then allow him the preferred food which is something they do with him at school = "First This - Then This" and we try to do it at home as well. 

So yes, all is good on the Nutrition front and she is one doctor we do not have to go back to unless something changes (knock on wood please). 

It has been a LOOOONG day.

Didn't get home from everything until after 7pm so dinner was late and getting little man to bed was even later.

Goodnight :)