12 month old still on baby food

[mickyc]

Well it has been a little over a week now! I have seen so much improvement! I had mom bring a few jars of chunky baby food plus the ones I bought myself. I have been cutting up everything I make for the other kids into small pieces and putting it in front of him. I stick some of it in his mouth. He usually freaks out and spits it out. After I let him sit for about 5 minutes with the food in front of him (usually him crying because he doesn't want it) then I take it away and mix it into his pureed baby food. I slowly switched to mixing it with the chunky baby food. He didn't like that at the start but soon realized that he was going to have to go hungry if he didn't eat. Today he had cucumber (cut up) for morning snack and ate a half of grilled cheese sandwich (cut into 8) for lunch. No crying, no baby food and no help from me at all today!! We have cut out his bottle and soother completely. Now if only mom would work with him at home - she just gives in so that she doesn't have to listen to him cry. Oh well, success here!! I am so happy!