The "Other" Kid

I have 2 children...

 

One may be a little more sensory challenged than the other but this blog is certainly not dedicated solely to her.  This healthier lifestyle is for all of us.  It's not a bandwagon...it's a series of choices that will define how we live.  Okay, it kind of feels like a bandwagon right now, but some of it's becoming habit - a feeling of normalcy.  

• Normal to read labels.  
• Normal to politely decline the cashier's offer of a sucker at the local Dollar General (kudos to her for whisper asking me first before just offering it!).  
• Normal to get on my knees in the same DG and quiet & soothe the sobs of  my 3 year old when I switched packages of batteries and she'd already carried around the first package for 5 minutes, thus becoming accustomed and attached to it.  
• Normal to HAVE to go to the store tonight for batteries because the star making turtle wouldn't turn on this morning and tonight's crisis wouldn't have been worth skipping the stop.  
• Normal to still be talking about the hole that someone had in their sock last Monday.
• Normal to delight in everyday with my TWO God given blessings. 

Xavier is struggling with eating.  Like it's probably been about 3 months since eating was a "normal" routine for him.  We put him at the table, he gets down.  Not just at my house, but at the babysitter or grandma's house.  I'm trying not to read too much into this but it's getting old.  I'm so thankful for the nutrients he's getting in his milk but tired of dumping plate after plate of food.  He eats snacks - fruit, crackers - and breads (pancakes, etc) sometimes but has gotten either so picky or so indifferent about trying things on his plate that often he says, "I done" before his bib is ever snapped.  We've had trouble with his eating before when we started introducing baby foods...but there's really no stage to go to from solids so I'm not sure how to handle this.  He did eat for the sitter today and yesterday at least one meal...but one meal a day isn't really great.  :(  We did have him adjusted by a chiropractor on Tuesday and he put his neck & back into place so we're sure it's not his alignment causing discomfort.  If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them!