Waffles

For those of you who don't know, my son, Micah is on a special diet, and has been on this diet since he was 3. He is gluten-free and casien-free (huh?). This brings a calm to my family that just wouldn't exist without this diet. Micah used to have meltdowns (a tantrum x 10) that would last for 8 hours. Those 8 hours would be screaming fits of rage that he just wasn't able to control. Enter GF/CF diet: tantrums now last about an hour, and they only happen about once a week (unless something happens out of routine or just basically not Micah's way).

So you see why I do it. It's difficult, expensive, and time consuming. It's also totally worth it.

Still, that's not really why I am writing today.

Today I went grocery shopping. Trader Joe's is on my list of stores that I go to (because I can't find everything in one store). I love Trader Joe's. It's a store where I would shop for most of my grocery needs if I could afford it. The main reason why I go there once a month, though, is for the waffles.

Micah has always wanted waffles for breakfast. He used to eat Eggo's for breakfast every day before the diet. It was routine. So when I put him on the diet, I looked for a replacement waffle that would be a reasonable price. I looked and looked. I just couldn't justify paying 5 bucks for each box of waffles, so I tried making them myself. I discovered that I hate making waffles.

When I discovered Trader Joe's Banana Waffles, I was overjoyed. Two dollars a box. I could do that. I took them home and Micah loved them. Score! I could survive! I would be able to keep him on this diet and not lose my mind!

Today, however, something horrible happened. My life shifted. No more Banana Waffles? NOOOOO!

I was told that the product was discontinued. I wanted to cry. If I had known this last month I would have gone and bought every box in every store in my area. Now I dread tomorrow morning, when my son awakens to a day without his waffles.