Here we go. New Year - Let's get these kids healthy!
Monday - Home for New Year's Holiday. Lots of unhealthy leftovers. Still eating the leftovers.
Created a "Healthy Eating" chart for Tyler. Tyler must eat healthy and drink more water for 6 days and then he gets a prize. Yes, it's time to try bribery.
At this point-I'm basically trying to get Tyler to eat more meat and vegetables. If we can determine that he ate a reasonable amount of meat and veggies for the day then I'll give him a check mark for the day. He is excited about the prizes.
Tuesday - I didn't sleep much the night before. Olivia sick with fever. I made eggs and sausage for Tyler for breakfast. Instead he had a granola bar. I was so tired.
For dinner I pan cooked some beef round steak and pan cooked green beans in bacon grease. I served to the kids with fruit. Olivia loved it and ate a bunch. Tyler tried it but didn't like it. I didn't realize he helped himself to the pantry while I was cooking. He had chips and granola bars. He wasn't even hungry. At bedtime he was hungry. A normal recurrence in our house. Dad gave him 2 choices-beef jerky or pepperonis. The kid ate the beef jerky! Yeah!
Wednesday - Up all night with Olivia. Served Tyler cereal. Olivia's not eating-only drinking milk. I'm getting sick too!
Thursday - Tyler to the doctor with ear pain. I'm still sick.
Friday - I'm feeling bad - don't know if it's allergies or what the kids have. Olivia seems to be well.
Saturday - Tyler starts feeling bad with sore throat.
Sunday - Tyler runs fever all day. I start to feel much better.
I gave up on the healthy eating for now. The kids didn't eat much and when they did it was difficult to find things they would eat. And me--well--I fell into the old comfort foods. I hate to confess this...but I think I had toast for lunch one day. Yes, just toast. That did nothing for me. Probably made me worse.
Let's see what happens next week.
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