Food for Thought

In my previous post I mentioned briefly that we are fighting a food fight at our house. I want to share more details about this and see if any of you have been there and are willing to give us advice. It goes basically like this: Hudson was born; he did not want to eat; he drove his mother crazy; the end.

No, really. I used to make all of his food when he was younger. I mainly made fruit and vegetable purees and he did fine with those. As he got older, I decided to try stage three organic jar foods. He loved them and it was just so much easier than having to make up a menu for him and cook separately. All was well.

However, now that Hudson is 16 months old and has 16 teeth (and I am tired of having to pack a million jars any time we travel) I am officially switching him to table foods. No more jars. I fix him soups, sweet potatoes, grilled cheese sandwiches, and also give him fruits and veggies. So far, he has pretty much rejected everything. EVERYTHING.

This is so disheartening and disconcerting to me. He now turns up his nose to foods he used to love like avocados and sweet potatoes. I am not sure why this is. My theory is that he is either going through some crazy phase where he’s just not hungry at all or he is rebelling against my decision to discontinue feeding him jar foods.

Either way, I am not fond of this stage at all. I am at my wit’s end because while Hudson puts food in his mouth and even chews it, he spits everything out. I am not sure how he still has any energy because he certainly does not consume anywhere near 1000 calories a day. I guess there really are two possible explanations here:

1. Hudson is rebelling, doesn’t like the new textures and tastes.
2. Something is medically wrong with him.

Bring on your wisdom. I will appreciate any words you can give me.