Day 14

Ryan finally drank the rice milk! He had 2 servings of the Rice Dream rice milk, just the classic original one, not the vanilla flavored. We put it in his dinosaur decorated mug and he was very excited. He called it his "coffee" and said he was drinking "coffee" like nonna and papa. Still no luck with the supplements, but accepting the milk was a big step for today, and hopefully we'll be successful with it again tomorrow.

I went to Trader Joe's in Danbury today. I was able to find a few things that are different than stuff we've seen in other stores. And the prices were more reasonable than we've seen in some other stores. For example, the margarine he can have is over $4.50 for a little tub at Mrs. Green's but I saved over a $1.00 purchasing it Trader Joe's. But overall, I wasn't crazy about shopping there. Yes, there were tons of organic options, but I had trouble finding things that are gluten-free and wasn't able to find anything that said casein-free. While there were more choices and a bigger selection of organic items to choose from, I would not be able to go there for a majority of Ryan's food. But once a month it might be helpful and cost efficient to make a trip there to stock up on things that they do have.

Today I also purchased Omega-3 vitamins. They come packaged looking and sort of tasting like gummy bear/sour patch candies. He was interested in trying one but took one sniff and refused. Julia had no problem eating one; but even seeing her eat one and like it, he still refused.

DC