So some weeks ago I have written a blog that told that story of our challenge to make our little princess eat the right food (meat, vegetables, fruits). And after three months since we had her annual visit to her pediatrician nothing has really changed alot. Although, I must say that she kind of improved the past days because she now likes to eat my homecooked recipes (Filipino in general) and fruits on the side, she still has the moments of being too hard to feed; and that usually frustrates me and brings back dark thoughts of her being starved.
I thought that there is nothing more effective in seeing what and how well something is than a good tracking device. So, I created some sort of a tracking system to look into how our pretty angel does with the meals she eats everday. This was the same idea as how we did it for her when she was an infant. We would log her milk intake during the day and see if she misses a period or not. That way we were able to see if she gets enough especially that breastfeeding ceased on her third month. [The colors of labels were inspired by Jen.]
With some MS Excel basic know-how...I just created a table labeled with types of meals and dates used as reference in logging down the kinds of food she takes. This also will help me monitor if she actually was taking something during the day when me and my husband is out for work. (Thanks a bunch to our mom who does this now! we love you!).
This system will also help us to modify the types of foods that she takes if needed and take control over some bad binges like candies, sweets, etc.
Here it is....Jaida's food chart. ;-)
And what's really great about this chart is that the mom and dad can use it on their own diet planning.
Do you have any simple planning charts for your kiddos or maybe for just about anything that needs tracking and control? ;-)
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