I've mentioned before on here and to anyone who asks that my Andy only eats 9 things. In order of preference, here they are:
1. Chicken nuggets/strips
2. Fish sticks
3. CheezIts
4. NutriGrain bars (strawberry only now, used to be blueberry)
5. Scrambled eggs
6. Toast
7. Plain Eggo waffles (remember the Eggo crisis of yore?)
8. Blueberry muffins (mine and not store bought)
9. Hashbrowns, tater tots or french fries
Brownies, Oreos, popcicles, sugar cookies, suckers - don't really count. Obviously.
For Lent this year, the kid made a crazy decision, ON HIS OWN, to try one new food a week. Kevin and I both laughed privately at absurdity of the situation; the kid has eaten the same nine foods for over 7 years now (post baby food era). But we encouraged him publicly and made a big to-do about it all.
First, he tried popcorn. Scoff if you will, but the reason I never forced him to even try popcorn is the kernals. He's a texture kid, all the way, and let's face it, popcorn goes from pleasant and soft to a hard crunch very quickly. But he liked it and ate a good handful. That was last week and just last night, he asked for some more. Unfortunately, I popped the kettle corn and he declared his dislike of that. And since I was already sitting down, I told him I wasn't getting up to see if we had Movie Theater Butter. Perhaps tonight.
Last night was a biggie. Grilled cheese. Again, scoff if you like. I made it and made one for Rachel too, who has been surprisingly supportive of Andrew, saying she would eat one with him while they watched the Oscars. He ate the whole sandwich. THE WHOLE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH. And said he didn't really care for the way the cheese oozed in his mouth but he got used to it. No gagging, no shuddering, no repeal of his Lenten vow.
I realize the question is: Will I be able to serve him more variety at dinner in the future? And the answer is still (from a non-optimist mom): we shall see.
Tune in next week for either pizza or hamburgers. I bet we do pizza first.
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