Music to my ears! Austin is my worst eater. If it's not milk or something sugary, don't even ask him to eat it! Dinner is the worst meal... he never wants to eat meat or vegetables. He's a huge milk drinker, so we've had to cut way back on his milk consumption so he will even think about eating what's for dinner. He's not even allowed to drink milk with meals anymore because he'll drink the milk and not touch his food. My big thing is that he gets one of everything on his plate, even if he doesn't touch it. I don't make him eat anything (tried that once and it backfired terribly). Well, one day about a month ago we got him to try broccoli by calling it a tree, so he tried a nibble and spit it out. Then this past Tuesday, we had chicken, rice, and broccoli for dinner. He started gobbling up his chicken and I, of course, had given him 1 piece of broccoli... not thinking he'd even touch it (he never does). All of a sudden Austin was saying, "More broccoli, please." He had eaten that first piece, so I gave him another piece and he ate it and he said it again... "More broccoli, please." "Music, sweet Music" (not only was he asking for more broccoli, he was asking with a please... added bonus). Anyways, I didn't say a thing, but just kicked Steve under the table and smiled! My plan was working (only after 6 months of trying)!! Now, of course, he wouldn't touch his dinner tonight, but our small little breakthrough the other night made it all worth it and it can carry me through "eatless" nights for the next couple of weeks! YAY AUSTIN!
