A monumental day for us

Christopher ATE spaghetti. This is huge for us! Christopher has been a picky eater since he was 4 months old and refused rice cereal. His meals for the last year have consisted of crackers, chicken sticks, fish sticks, cheese, pancakes, yogurt or bacon - he loves bacon. He has a major aversion to any food that is wet, mushy or slimy.

Mike and I decided to try a new method of introducing foods to Christopher after Monday night when I put a small (less than a square inch) piece of lasagna noodle on his plate next to his chicken sticks and he had a complete meltdown. So, I thought maybe if Christopher saw his dad and me eat it might encourage him to eat different foods.

Well, Tuesday night we did this and had grilled chicken and rice. He wouldn't touch it. He played with it with his fork, but when a piece of rice got on his hand you would have thought it was acid burning through the skin. So we sent him to bed without dinner. This was not easy, but kids are smart and when he asked for his chicken if I would have given it to him he would know he could just wait it out and I would give him what he wanted later.

Day two we had spaghetti. And to Mike and my amazement we watched him eat it right away. This is the first time we have witnessed our soon touch a noodle. I had heard rumors at daycare that he would occasionally eat noodles, but never seen it with my own eyes. We were astonished. I'm just hoping this is progress and not a fluke.

So it's leftover spaghetti again tonight and I'm hoping he'll devour it again!