Okay. So, here is what food looks like on a typical day.
8:00am - Bottle (formula), I make 6 oz. He usually eats 4-5
9:30am - Oatmeal, 3-4 tbls. Yogurt, whole container
12:00pm - Some "snacks" (puffs, rice crackers, yogurt melts), 2 4 oz jars of baby food
3:30pm - Bottle, I make 6 oz. He eats anywhere from all of it to 1-2 oz. depends on the day.
6:00pm - Some "snacks", 2 jars of baby food, lately a stage 3 (6 oz) and a stage 2 (4 oz) or applesauce
8:00pm - Bottle, I make 6 oz. He usually eats 4-5
Lately, he has been melting down at dinner every night. We think it is because he wants to feed himself, but if I give him what we are having. He most of the time does not even try to eat it. Sometimes he helps with the spoon, we let him, unless he is just trying to play with it. We are confident that he can chew food because he has done it. He just seems unwilling to try new things.
Last night, I tried to only give him veggies instead of offering his beloved puffs and he threw a huge fit and wouldn't eat the carrots I gave him. He did eat them later when we mixed them in with the jar food he was eating that had carrot chunks in it. I just need some ideas on how to encourage him to try foods.
