An apple a day...

might keep this from happening to you. GRRRRR! My muffin will not eat fruits of any kind (not even popicles folks) and will only eat veggies under duress but draws the proverbial line at carrots and peas. She is all protein, all the time and you may be wondering if this is simply a battle of wills. The answer is on some levels, yes it is, but it is a battle that was waged when she was about 6 months old. That's right, 6 months old when she decided that fruits and veggies were not her thing. If we wanted to get babyfood jars of apples into her we had to mix it with chicken or ham. As a result she has frequent gastro-intestinal issues as you can imagine. Usually we can take care of this with fiber supplements and lots of whole grain products like white wheat bread, nutrigrain waffles and Mini Wheats but since discovery that she likes Honey Nut Cheerios, her fiber intake took a sharp dive. This caused her to become blocked...again and because of that she gets painful cramping and stomach aches which this time milk of magnesia was no help to her. T took her to the doctor this morning who ordered an x-ray to make sure her bowel wasn't obstructed and thankfully, it wasn't. He also prescribed Prevacid for her to help with the major indigestion she gets too though we think that is more a product of nerves than anything else given the fact that the only tomatoes she gets are in the sauce on her pizza. T took this shot with his Iphone for posterity, isn't she brave???
Tonight with the threat of bodily harm, she managed to gag down two and a half apple slices. I swear, I just don't understand the way her taste buds operate.