Little Nutritionist

Eighty had to have a shot today at the doctors office 💉💉💉💉

(My English dad replies “Doctors give kids shots these days? Tequila or sambuca?” 🙄🙄🙄😂😂😂)

She took it like a Champ 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 No tears, she just squeezed her eyes shut tight and said “Ouchie” 😊😊😊😊😊

Her arm has been so sore so I was offering her ice cream and lots of other treats. She said NO, she needs immune system foods to help her body feel good 🦠🦠🦠🦠

Her dinner request?

Oranges, blueberries, pineapple, broccoli, avocado, mushrooms and ramen with tofu 🍊🫐🍍🥦🥑🍄🍜

I’ll serve it up with a sneaky side of 🍪🍪🍪🍪

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

What a great dinner, but I hope she will find some room for ice cream as well 🤗

Would the prospect of growing out of her 'baby' seat be an incentive to eat a bit more at dinner time?

Raffiki · 22-25, F

@SunshineGirl Nope, ate her dinner and crashed on the couch 😴😴😴😴😴

Unfortunately not. Her therapist told me not to have any punishment/reward thing around food. She said that includes “You’ll grow bigger” kind of stuff because she doesn’t want her to feel any pressure around eating. The carseat is such a huge issue for us and I don’t want her to force herself to eat because she wants out of it so badly 😬😬😬😬😬 She used to eat next to nothing so what she eats now is huge for her ❤️❤️❤️

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@Raffiki I'm sure that's a much healthier approach to child health than in the past.

I never had a problem with eating a balanced diet, but people were always making assumptions and comments because I was a small child and couldn't easily put on weight. I got quite stressed at times because I thought teachers would stop me from doing gymnastics or one of my other sports if I didn't get bigger 😟

Well.done for all your efforts and homecooking 🤗💖

Raffiki · 22-25, F

@SunshineGirl Yeah I can see that being so stressful for a kid 😬😬😬😬😬 I try to make meal times zero-stress. Serve her food and talk about something else. If she doesn’t want to eat that’s chill but she has to stay at the table until I’m done. If she was allowed to say no and go back to playing she’d probably never eat 😅😅😅😅😅

Thank you 😊😊

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@Raffiki I think you must be doing a great job for her to have such adventurous tastes 🤗

That's a good rule, not just for dinner time but for life 🙂