Foodinator: The Jenna Barnes Chronicles

To quote Jake, "I love food." But lately, when it comes to feeding Jenna, food is stressing me out. I still give her baby food because at her nine-month check-up the doctor encouraged it because Jenna had a significant drop on the weight chart. She has loved her fruit/yogurt/cereal mix for breakfast and her sweet potatoes and chicken with apples, etc. .... until about 4 days ago. She rejects everything, even her bottle. I have about three bowls sitting in my fridge full of different concoctions that she has turned down. I do give her bits of regular food, too - bread, cheese, pears - but most of the time she takes each piece, one by one, and lines it up in the crack of her high chair or throws it over the side. As a result, I am constantly worrying about how much food she's eating. If she cries during the day, my immediate thought is, "She's hungry!" In desperation, I called my sister yesterday. She barely got a "Hello?" out before I said, "I'm frustrated!" She had some great ideas, as usual, and suggested that maybe Jenna is getting another tooth or perhaps she doesn't want baby food anymore. I never thought of that. Melissa said to give her the spoon and see she what she does with it because maybe she just wants to feed herself. So, that's what I did. And here's what she did:It was one BIG mess but she loved it. And since then, she has wanted a spoon at every meal. Melissa also suggested keeping a food log for a week because if even though she may barely eat anything one day, maybe she chowed down the next. And, lo and behold, for snack, she ate a whole can of peaches! Thanks, Missy.
P.S. We do not watch the Sarah Conner Chronicles, that title was in honor of Glenn!