Subtracting

Have you heard about the little boy that can only eat 4 things? I feel for his mother. We aren't there yet, but somedays it feels like that's where we are going to end up. I get frustrated, but I remind myself what is at stake - my child's health, happiness, ability to communicate and his entire future. Oh is that all? Then suddenly whatever has newly been subtracted from his diet doesn't seem like such a big deal.

This week, we are subtracting watermelon. Apples and apple juice went about a month ago -we switched to peeled pairs and pair juice. I was pretty skeptical and then he started using 3 syllable words. Look, a little over a year ago we celebrated a three word sentence - when you've come from there and your kid says "Mom, that's not a good compromise!" Well you can't help but notice, pee your pants a little and act like you've won the lottery. Okay the other Mom's in the school office thought I was crazy. Ask me if I care! This was exciting!

Anyway the apple/pear switch brought on language, then Cherries took everything away and I got hit. So cherries are banished. Last night we fed him the smallest piece of watermelon and within a half hour we were in the presence of drunken four year old who could barely speak and couldn't focus his eyes at all. UGHHHHH!

Fruit is one of those things that helps us get through a birthday party with no cake and no candy. Time to find some new alternatives. I am making pretzels out of the pizza dough mix now. I just have to remember that usually when we subtract something we get another peice of our little boy back. That beats Watermelon any day of the week!