Adelaide used to be an excellent eater, but over the past six months or so has become pretty particular. Meal times have become the most frustrating parts of our day. We went from her not wanting to eat vegetables or things that are good for her to her sometimes not wanting to eat anything at all. We've tried less milk to increase her appetite. We've tried airplane with the spoon. We've raced to see who could eat their bites the fastest. Some things helped sometimes but meals were still always a guessing game. Well, for some reason Adelaide has been eating like a cow recently. She still may not be eating the best foods, but she's actually eating and we're not having to spend hours of our day getting her to do it.
Tonight for dinner she polished off lots a piece and a half of roasted chicken, a piece of cheese bread, and a few bites of sweet potato. Today at lunch she ate an entire grilled kid's meal at Steak n Shake-- an entire grilled cheese sandwich and fries. Last night, for the second time this week (because my dad's in town and it's a good excuse), we ate out at authentic Chinese places. Adelaide ate tons; she loves it. She ate chicken, duck, rice, but she preferred the squid, shrimp, scallops, and crab. She loves seafood and polishing it off with no prompting. A couple nights before we ate at a place called Bush's chicken, nothing special just plain ol' fried chicken. Well we ordered a 8 piece for the 4 of us and it's a good thing too because Adelaide ate 4 pieces of chicken. I'm not talking nuggets or strips. I'm talking pieces of chicken. Granted she doesn't like breading so we took all that off, but she ate 2 legs, a thigh, and a wing. It's crazy. We usually don't cut her off because she eats in spurts. We will let her keep going because we know that the following day may mean only a few bites per meal.
Ah. I'm going to enjoy it while I can. Each meal may be the last easy one.
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Glad that she is eating well! Greyson is SUCH a picky eater--dinnertime is my LEASE favorite and most stressful time of day. He refuses anything healthy, and most everything not. We tried some of those same thing--reducing milk, etc. It's starting to level out a little, but I hate some of the things he's eating (that I swore I would never feed him :) Congrats on baby boy!!!!! Keep me posted!!!
I know! Adelaide ate such healthy food for a little over a year and then when she started not eating much at all, I got desperate and would give her pretty much anything she would eat. Sounds very similar. Her eating large quantities only lasted for almost a week though. She got a stomach bug and has not eaten anything or kept much down the last few days :(. Like I said, I did enjoy it while it lasted.
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