Today bear has requested a sandwich with the crusts on. I nearly fell over after years of cutting off crusts. It worked out that he ate more if he didn't have the crusts as I trimmed closer to the crust than his teeth did.
This hasn't helped with the looming shadow of School Lunch Box. If he hadn't come back half starved last time then I would be tempted to put him back on school dinners. His most recent request is pasta salad, like his friend. I have no idea the form the pasta salad takes, so I shall be in touch with the mum and try it out. Bear does currently like pasta. As he has complained bitterly about every form of sandwich in his lunchbox it is at least a way of getting some necessary carbs into him. Until he invokes Terms and Conditions and changes his mind about that.
School are quite liberal about lunches, taking the view that it is better for the child to have something before they return to learning. One of bear's friend has, according to the mum, chocolate spread sandwiches, a chocolate bar and chocolate milk. He looks a bit pale. However according to his mum he now likes to have dry crackers as well.
Bear is pretty good. He often eats cucumber, cherry tomatoes, celery sticks, apples, soft peel citrus and sometimes I even stretch to berries. I always include something fresh. The big problem I am now facing is protein. Bear is currently rejecting ham. He is also rejecting cheese except on pizza or at my brother's. I tried Fridge Raiders which are over processed and designed to appeal to children bits of chicken. He liked those until the Terms and Conditions kicked in. He will sometimes take a small lump of cooked chicken, but we rarely have cooked chicken hanging around. Besides, it is not something I can rely on. Tuna has been utterly rejected.
I think he will start the new term with just salad bits, his drink and a slice of cold pizza. He will at least eat the salad.
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