Mmm, sauce!

Wednesday I ordered some tomato sauce from Sugar Free Zone to try with Asher. Parents of toddlers understand when I say that vegetables are a major struggle at the moment in our house! The parcel came earlier than expected, we received it as Asher's dinner was cooking last night and gave him some to try.

Asher was definitely a fan! The sauce is 'Rosella Low Joule Tomato Sauce'. I'm hoping I can find it local as it ended up costing me quite a bit with freight costs, but seeing Asher's face and having yet another door of possibilities open did make it worth while.

Yesterday I was also a bit busy in the fridge. Asher has been keen on helping himself to his food which can be difficult as it's limited and scattered throughout the fridge and cupboard. So yesterday I cleaned up a shelf that is now his with all his refrigerated treats at his eye level. So far it's worked really well, although he did try to help himself to some cheese right as I was cooking dinner which ended in a bit of a meltdown!


For those interested his shelf contains:
- Red grapes.
- Yoplait 'ForMe' yogurt (sweetened with fructose, not sucrose).
- Sultanas.
- Strawberries.
- Cheese sticks/slices.
- Tins of pureed pears. He gets these as a dessert when he finishes all his dinner and thinks it's a big treat! He loves his pears.
- Cream cheese.
- Avocado and pear.

Strawberries!

I'm really excited to be posting this. A lot of people think I'm crazy getting so excited over something so little, but for us all it's a big thing! Asher has been symptom free for a while now, he sleeps so well, his motions aren't as bad or as frequent and his temper has been like, well, a normal toddler! So we decided it was time to try something new. Paul and I did our research and looked at the amount of sucrose in different fruits. We decided to try Asher on strawberries! I love strawberries and they are something I've never tried with Asher, originally we were waiting for him to turn 1 and then he got his diagnosis. So we bought a punnet and gave him 1 to try as soon as we got home from the shops.

And he LOVED them! He wanted more, but we kept it at 1 and increased it daily. It's now been a month and things are going very smoothly, he loves his strawberries and we love being able to give him a bit more of a variety in his diet. Now what to try next?

It's Been A While...

It's been a while since I last updated this blog. During this time we welcomed our second child, Layla Evelyn. We've been told Layla has a 25% chance of also having CSID. We haven't heard anything about Asher's biopsy, which is something I really should follow up on.

We also celebrated Asher's 2nd birthday in March, infact his party was the day before Layla's due date. I will make a post soon about the food I made for the party. With everything Asher ate that day he handled it very well.

I have also created a Facebook Page for the website. I'll be able to post updates there and hopefully one day down the track this can become a support network for parents, a resource or someone will just read it and know someone else has gone through the same thing.