Baby Food Strike

For the last couple of weeks, Jacob has been on a baby food strike. I thought at first it was because he was teething and didn't feel good and then he got all congested. However, on Sunday, he went to my Mom's house and ate an entire large packet of baby food. Hmmm....

I've tried feeding him baby food multiple times this week and he'll eat about a tablespoon before he begins waving his hands (sometimes flinging baby food everywhere) and whining. I've thrown away at least 5 packets of baby food in the last couple of weeks because he won't finish them all in the allotted 24 hour time period after opening. I don't know what it is about ME feeding him the food- the only thing I can think is that he prefers breast milk, which is why he would eat for other people and not me. The other issue, maybe, is that because he hasn't been eating baby food during the day he also hasn't been sleeping well at night. It's like we've reverted back to a newborn schedule of eating every 3 hours during the day and every 4-5 hours at night. Exhausting.

Two nights ago, he ate an entire Gerber plastic container of food for Jim and last night he ate another one while we were out for dinner. Jim's parents stopped by at the restaurant we were at to see him and they fed him while we ate. I got some more of the Gerber plastic containers of food because they keep for up to 3 days after opening. I know that means they have more preservatives in them, but we aren't in a place to be throwing money in the trash! I guess I'm going to go back to square one and feed him breakfast, lunch and dinner and see how it goes. Not sure what else to do! Anyone else have this kind of problem?