Sad really, that one has to resort to tricks, to insure that a loved one actually eats enough.
It is super hot here, for us, and it zaps a person. It also effects the appetite a great deal, and factor in that you aren’t feeling good. Well, it becomes a struggle to eat enough to keep your strength up. And boy, can Mom be stubborn.
So breakfast, not so many pieces, is the one trick, now for dinner, another.
She likes sandwhiches, and in this weather, so do I. I mean it’s not fun cooking over a hot stove, when its 90 in the house, never mind outside. So instead of a sandwhich with two pieces of bread, I make it one slice. She thinks its half a sandwhich.
I then load it up with one full can of tuna or salmon, and again, she thinks it is less. Funny thing is, she eats it all, and that is the end result I am looking for.
Also, instead of putting the yogurt in a bowl, I use the small little cups it comes in. This way, she thinks it is less, which I guess it is, but truth is, it is the same amount. Yet in a bowl, she thinks it is more, so again, end result is she eats it all.
Now to just figure out, how to get her drinking more, to keep her from getting dehydrated.