Emma has been off the bottle for over a week and was off of formula for almost that whole time as well, until recently when I started giving her a little in her sippy cup as a snack to help supplement the nutrients she needs because....she has become a very picky eater! In the morning she does great- I still have her on Gerber Cereal mix that up with some applesauce or yogurt and she is in heaven. However for lunch, snack, or dinner she isn't eating so well. About 5 days ago or so I gave her a piece of dry bread as a way to buy time while I was getting her supper ready. Needless to say, she fell in love that day...with dry bread. She will eat 2 whole pieces if I let her. She will ignore everything else-spaghetti, lasagna, green beans, fruit, any meat etc. However, she will eat grilled cheese (Go figure--bread!). She also loves toasted bread sprinkled with cinnamon or even a little peanut butter. If its bread- dry or toasted- she loves it. When she was younger, she used to love the fruit and veggies in the jar..and now none of those things interest her. At first, I liked that she was getting her grains and now it seems that is all she is getting. I will say, that generally I don't give in. If she doesn't eat then I may try another thing but then she is done. For example, last night she wasn't eating her lasagna. I tried to spoon feed it to her and I also put it on her tray for her to pick up and neither option worked. Then I tried some fruit and also green beans. She ate a few green beans and then was done. I try to offer a variety of food groups during each meal--and it was working well--until the bread came along!
HELP! Anyone have ideas of how to integrate other foods or how to ignore her only choice? Where am I going wrong?
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