Independent Eater (Sort of)

The most challenging point about raising Izzie is feeding her and making sure she is getting enough. It seems to be a common theme since she was born. We had a rough start to nursing and then later the bottle transition was really tough. Sippy cups were not easy. And all through this, Izzie's weight percentile had gone down dramatically this past year. Her pediatrician assured me that it was completely normal and that she was just leaning out and genetics were kicking in... but I always obsess a little bit how about how much she is eating.

Ladies and Gentleman, I have a picky eater. Izzie loves, crackers, pears and cheese (add a glass of wine, and you've got a party). Anything else I will put her on her tray, she will poke it around and then eventually throw it on the ground. Oddly enough, she LOVES the jarred food. Now, not to be so cocky, I think my food is pretty delicious - but nope, girl likes her jarred food that tastes really bad. I hate that she's eating the jarred stuff - not that its really bad, but it would be so much more simple for me if she ate the food that I made for our family! We're trying this new thing where she gets her yogurt and toast for breakfast, lunch she gets what I give her (and she barely eats it), and then dinner, she gets what I give her, but I finish her off with jarred food, just to make sure she is getting the calories. Perhaps, it is time to really enforce "you eat what I give you or no meal", but its hard for me to do that, because I really think that kid would be happy not eating anything. We'll see - maybe I will go all strict on her very soon.

A few weeks ago I posted a picture of Izzie after she managed to self-feed herself with a spoon. Because jarred food is one of the few things she is willing to eat, I figured its a good way to make her practice eating with a spoon. This time, I managed to get a stealth video of her doing it:


And here is a video of Izzie denying my food: