I am new to this blogging thing and probably late to the party.  I am a stay at home mother to a 2 1/2 year old boy and a 16 month old girl.  I am having trouble getting my son to eat much of anything.  Sure he will eat fish sticks and french fries, but I want him to eat more and there are only so many fish sticks I can tolerate.

When we were introducing foods, he was quite adventurous.  Then something changed.  I now wonder if it stems from the start of a food allergy that has made him reluctant to try foods.  He seems to have a reaction to food coloring, specifically red dye.  Nothing so severe that we have had to rush him to the hospital, but enough so that we noticed a swollen tongue, hives, and anxiety.  I have eliminated those foods from our house (we didn't have many to begin with, but it is in some surprising places like pain relievers and juice) and make the majority of his foods from scratch.

My daughter will eat anything that isn't nailed down.  Unfortunately that also means mulch and tiny pieces of fuzz that she pulls from the carpet.  She seems to have a sensitivity to dairy and eggs.  Not an allergy, but she gets some extreme gas pains when she encounters some.  I am still nursing her, so I also have had to watch what I eat. 

This will essentially be a place for me to share my successes and failures, vent my frustrations, and learn from others as I try to feed my family healthy meals.  I apologize in advance for grammatical and spelling errors.  This is not my forte and most times I will be posting during nap times (fingers crossed) or while they are otherwise occupied.