CHOC Day 6: Looking Up

After yesterdays fiasco, I was a little concerned about today, not gonna lie. I was telling myself last night that it wasn't my fault and to keep my chin up because that was going to happen either here or later after we were out of the hospital, and that it was a learning point for myself.

This morning she was pretty brave, jumping straight to the french toast sticks she had laying in syrup. Although I guess everything looks pretty great doused in syrup lol. She also had a little bit of bacon and 1/2 a danimals yogurt and she even ate about 1/4th of a blueberry muffin with about 4 oz of whole milk.

AM snack was a breeze again, I really didnt need

to direct her too much, as I got smart and wrote meals for today that I could actually coach her with. She ate her whole banana with tons of peanut butter on it, 1/2 an uncrustable, and all of her apple juice.

Lunch was kind of a shocker for me. I had on the menu cooked carrots, grilled cheese, chips, peaches, vanilla pudding and a chocolate milk. She actually ate more cooked carrots and peaches than she did grilled cheese. Cooked carrots, who would have thunk it. This is the third time shes surprised me here at CHOC. 1rst with the tomato soup, then with the chicken tacos, and now with cooked carrots.

PM snack was yet another little but welcomed surprise. Celery. Yes, that funky stringy green veggie that most kids despise. Not only did she like it, she liked it plain, with nothing on it. Then she started her dipping; applesauce, ranch, and whatever else I had on hand. I was not complaining so she just had fun with it.

Dinner was pretty awesome, again, I didnt need to coach her through anything. She started seeing that the fried chicken strips were just like chicken nuggets and since I had honey on hand, decided to dive right in and tackle it. She ate an entire big chicken strip! She also dug right in to the mashed potatoes and gravy, the side roll with tons of butter, and her milk.

She did so well after dinner I surprised her with oreos. They were supposed to be on her tray, but they didnt give them to her, so luckily I had ordered some with my meal for her. She just about peed herself when she saw them . If she was allowed to she would eat them for every meal, every day, every month, and every year. She normally just eats the insides and then finds creative ways to dispose of the carcass without me knowing. But today I got to show her the art of dipping the outside into milk. Oh yeah, it was a big hit. 1 point for mom.

As I am sitting here typing this, Caitlin says, " Hey mom, remember the night we made and ate tacos here?". "Yes Caitlin", I said. " Well could we have them again for dinner one night this week? I really liked them." I am about on cloud nine with that statement. She wants to make something she had once and never tasted before that night, again, because she LIKED it. Thats amazing to me. With that I am off to go snuggle the little ginger I call my daughter :)