She's Spitting Things Out

Hi Jodi. I have a 13 month old too and he is doing the exact same thing. Looks like he is two days younger than yours. Anyway. he doesn't think he can have food in his mouth to get a drink so he spits any out and then get s big drink. He also spits out most fruits and lots of veggies. We have just kept giving them and he is finally starting to eat them now.

For snacks we are doing raisins, Cheerioes, crackers, Gerber Yogurt melts, Gerber Fruit strips, cheese to name a few. I was stressed about the calories too but it seems he is doing fine. I always think he should be eating more than he really needs. Also we still give him quite a bit of milk if he doesn't eat well.

He has days where he does very well and other days I feel like he has had nothing at nutritional.

He loves to have a fork in his hand like mommy and daddy and this has helped hi eating a lot. He won't go for the plastic...it has to be the silver tipped with the rubber handles by gerber. He sees our silver and wants the same so we did this. He still eats a lot with his hands but loves to get things on the fork to eat. You might try this as well.

Let me know if you need more ideas. I've tried lots of things. Good luck.

She's not going to starve. I promise. :) My son liked cottage cheese that had been blended smooth - good for calcium, protein.. try dried fruit - not slimy, still has vitamins - and sweet as candy. Cheerios, veggie crackers..

S.

Well get ready mommy. This is just the beginning of her having her on choices on what she wants. Same with potty training. Be calm and patient with her on this. Not eating is one thing that you really can not control but the spitting should be handled like any other offense. It's simply a no no. Do you use any thing yet for her offenses? I started time outs with both of my sons when they became mobile. I simply would warn them once and if the offense was done again off they went to the pack and play for a few minutes. They picked it up quite quickly. I never got mad or anything they just knew that when mommy said that I better stop or I get put in that thing! It's kind of hard to do when you are trying to set down for dinner and have to clean them up a bit to put them there but it's better now then later. I wish you the best!
C.

Try the V-8 Splash juices for vitamins (water them down about 1/2 juice and 1/2 water).

You can usually hide textures by putting things between crackers (it's an old Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) trick).

Hope it helps.

Blessings,

P. <><

I agree with the other moms about it being something new she's trying. Also, kids have a much better hunger regulator than adults do, they eat when they're hungry.

Just make sure that at any meal there is at least one thing you know she'll eat. Even if she tries and doesn't like everything else, I would suggest leaving it alone. Don't get into the habit of cooking something special for her and something different for you.