Showdown at the OK Corral

It was a showdown at the Sumpter corral last night. In trying to get Jacob to at least try new food, we have decided that he will at least try what we are having for dinner before he gets to choose something else to eat. Well last night we had lasagna. Now the boy likes spaghetti, but refused to try the lasagna. He cried for about an hour and a half straight about not wanting to eat it. But we stood firm. He was testing us and gosh darn it, we won. We put him to bed with nothing to eat. I think he believed we would never do that. But the kid is starting to eat cereal and some other things, where he is not SO skinny anymore that if this is what we have to do , it is what we have to do. He came out of his room about 10 minutes later saying he would try it. If he tried it, he was going to get some chocolate milk, which Emily was drinking at the table with him. She was trying her best to persuade him to eat a bite of lasagna so they could share he glass of chocolate milk. He came out, and after about 3 minutes of trying to convince me to try a smaller bite, he tried it. He said it taste good, after he gagged and spit it out. He hd worked himself up so much, I don’t think he could have eaten anything at that point. He got 2 bog swigs of chocolate milk and off to bed. And the amazing thing was he did not get up in the night for a snack, as I thought he would. So tonight we are having grilled chicken, we shall see how this goes.