Like all Aspies, Ian is a creature of habit, especially when it comes to eating. I think it's fair to make that generalization. He prefers the same thing for breakfast most of the time - pancakes or waffles, turkey bacon, and chocolate milk. He has never been a big cereal fan, unless it's something like Cookie Crisp or Cocoa Puffs - you know, the really "nutritious" breakfast choices.
Yesterday he saw Steve's box of Wheat Chex and announced that was what he wanted for breakfast. He had no idea that I mix the Wheat Chex with Fiber One. But what he doesn't know won't hurt him. In fact, it may make him healthier.
So. . .he poured himself a bowl and asked for the milk. Then, in mid-pour, he screamed, "NO! I want chocolate milk."
Steve had a look on his face that said, "No freakin' way am I pouring chocolate milk on cereal."
And I was thinking, "Who cares if he pours WATER on it? He's eating HIGH FIBER CEREAL!" I walked over to the bar and poured Ian's cup of chocolate milk into the bowl.
Ian took a huge bite. With milk dripping down his chin and cereal falling out of his mouth, he said, "DELICIOUS!" At least, that's what I am pretty sure I heard since he finished the entire bowl and drank the chocolate milk that was left in the bottom (I taught him that trick).
Although I have no intention of logging his bowel movements in a spreadsheet to see if this has an effect on him, I am pretty sure it will. And even if it doesn't, at least it shows Ian is coming around to the idea of variety.
Maybe, someday, I'll wake up early on a Sunday morning to fix him Eggs Benedict. Who knows? It could happen.
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