This may seem like a fairly boring photo, but in fact it's very special to us.
For a long time now Lucas has had issues around eating, we first noticed it when we went to America when he was 2. It was the first time we had eaten out of the house and he seemed genuinely distressed by the idea. We already knew that he needed to know things before they happened so we showed him the menus, let him point to what he wanted and hoped he'd be ok, he wasn't.
And so began the food throwing, whatever we presented him with was swiped off the table within seconds. We still talk about the time the top of Mike's burger bun was also assaulted and catapulted across the table, we couldn't find it and wonder if it was ever found :)
As I remember he was already smearing his food before then .
Things have stayed similar at home ever since, he seems to get on better eating the messy foods, I can only assume the enjoyment he gets from the smearing distracts form not wanting to sit at the table for whatever reason. Tomato soup with bread is his favourite, he can make a horrendous mess.
We find if we do eat out and it's not something you can eat with your hands he just can't cope and disappears under the table, sometimes he will still do it with a burger and he eats it under there!
Most evenings at home he just doesn't eat, so we were delighted when we went out last night and he wolfed down his main course of penne pasta, at the table, admittedly with his hands but still, small victories and all that. He did disappear under the table at one point as the desert was taking a long time to turn up but he then came back up and ate all his fruit from his chocolate fondue. He didn't touch the chocolate sauce which I was quite grateful for.
There was a play area in the restaurant and I wonder if this helped as in between courses he could disappear in there with daddy and his mind was occupied.
Whatever the reason it was lovely to see and made for a fairly stress free meal which is a rarity in our house :)
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