Buying Food for Kids with Braces

Posted by L. Marie Dubuque Sep 18, 2008

When I'm at the supermarket, I feel like wheeling my cart through the baby food aisle, even though my only child is now 13! The problem: he has braces and is constantly breaking brackets. Aside from mashed potatoes and soup, what can I feed him?

I kid you not; he has broken a bracket on bell peppers, dried prunes, and the latest happened in his sleep. He wasn't eating anything! The orthodontist doesn't believe him about the bell pepper, says prunes are too sticky, and there is nothing he can do for a child who grinds his teeth at night!

So I have resorted to cooking frozen vegetables (they tend to be softer), feeding him dried grapes and cherries(less sticky) and have thrown out any and all left-over Halloween candy. Oh yah, the first time he broke a bracket, he was biting into an old tootsie roll. In fact, I'm thinking about eliminating Halloween treats altogether. After all, he is 13 and those braces are expensive!

I'd love to hear your comments on what you feed your kids with braces.