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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There doesn't have to be a kid menu for them to make something that wouldn't be difficult but a kid could eat.

Think a fruit salad and a chicken breast. Or a baked potato. Rolls and some sort of meat for a sandwich.[/quote]

I wish.

We almost always bring food for my 6 y.o.

Here is the our current food list:

Dairy:
- white milk 1%, 2% or whole - any brand
- yogurt - Dannon Vanilla Greek and certain flavors of YoKids and Yoplait kids
- some lowfat string cheese

Meat/Legumes (protein!)
- smooth peanut butter
- smooth Sunbutter
- plain hummus
- variety of processed chicken nuggets/tenders - but not all
- variety of processed fish sticks

Vegetables/Fruits
- regular french fries, including some homemade
- regular sweet potato fries, including some homemade
- pre-cut carrots (crinkle cut) but generally only with hummus
- red seedless grapes (prefers very firm, rounder, not too big - inspects each one but will eat 10+ in one sitting)
- peeled apple slices (only a couple at a time)
- peeled pear slices (only a couple at a time)
- freeze dried banana slices (now very limited number)
- unsweetened apple sauce - plain or cinnamon
- plus still eats an ever decreasing number of purees from tubes 
(a couple each from Plum Baby, Ella, Gerber Organics  and Earth's Best Sesame Street Fruit/Yogurt combos)

Grains:
- Cheerios - plain
- Kixx cereal
- Coco Lite Pop Cakes (not onion!)
- Wheat Club Crackers - regular
- stone ground wheat crackers - regular or low sodium
- some other crackers at school or other parties but only certain ones
- Pepperidge Farm thin sliced bread - wheat only
- some plain baguettes (will eat Panera's)
- most plain bagels
- plain slightly salted popcorn 
- some pancakes (mostly just ours from a box made small)
- some waffles (unpredictable)
- Fiber One Peanut Butter Granola bars (sometimes - used to like more)
- Cascadian Farms Mini-Granola bars (sometimes - used to like more)

Drinks:
- plain water (cold or room temp - no ice and never warm/hot) 
(plus milk)

Additional commercially produced crispy carbs (a/k/a junk!):
- Snyder Mini Pretzels, Waffle Pretzels or Pretzel Sticks 
- Veggie Straws/Chips
- SnapPea Crisps
- Pirate Booty - regular flavor
- Sun Chips - plain
- plain white corn tortilla chips (Tostitos or similar)
- most regular graham crackers
- Nilla Wafers - regular or mini's
- Teddy Grahams - honey or cinnamon

Almost every food on this list represents a victory - including Cheerios.

Plus, in progress items include:
- plain meatballs
- processed fish patty
- instant oatmeal (w/ Dinosaur eggs)
- celery sticks
- Nutrigrain bars 
- cheddar chees slices/shapes
- watermelon
- vanilla ice cream

No dx, not on the spectrum or anything per evaluation at Children's - just some sensory and anxiety issues.
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