However, I've been composing this post in my head for the last week, so I thought I'd try to get it down. The other day, I was talking to another mom about Sawyer's food allergies and about halfway through my spiel about what he can't have, I noticed she was looking at me like I had two heads. It seems as though avoiding all food containing milk or soy (in addition to his other allergens) was just ... beyond her. It kind of surprised me in an odd way. I thought - hey wait, what if Sawyer is my trickier kid?
To say that Sawyer is an easy baby is a complete understatement. Sawyer was (surprisingly) easy to conceive, easy to birth, and has been a happy, smiley, easy baby since we brought him home from the hospital. In terms of feeding, I thought nothing could be harder than Tucker. I thought I had seen it all and it would all be downhill from there. And I certainly never imagined that Sawyer would be harder than Tucker in any way.
But he is, in one way. His restrictions are very limiting, especially when it comes to toddler food. (Mac and cheese? Nope! P, B & J? Forget it! Fishy crackers? Never heard of them!) And, on top of that, he is a pickier eater than Tucker was. He's a voracious eater, when he's eating what he likes (bananas). But he's much more prone to sit in his highchair and cry and sign "more" while there is a whole tray of food in front of him (beef and veggie stew).
I started feeling frustrated and guilty that I was not getting enough variety into my already very limited child. But then I decided that, for now, I'm still smarter than him. So I chopped up kale very finely. And I put it in everything I made for dinner - meatballs and mashed sweet potatoes. Kid gobbled them up. Victory!
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