Goodbye Gerber?

Reese may have declared an end to eating baby food. I made a post a while back that talked about Reese's growing interest in feeding herself. To accommodate her desire to be "involved," as well as make sure she was getting enough to eat, we devised an eating schedule where she ate a combination of finger foods as well as baby food at each meal.

It was going really well until the last few days. Now Reese is spitting out even her favorite baby food meals. While I've never thought they seem that appetizing, she definitely had her favorites. Now she won't even eat the fruit or dessert items when offered. Instead, she spits them out (projectile style), pushes the spoon away, clamps her mouth shut, and starts fussing when offered baby food.

When the baby food is replaced by a tray of "grown up food," though, she happily begins feeding herself.

In some ways, it's a lot less work since there's no need to sit and spoon the food for her; but the prep is definitely more intense (especially if she can't eat what we're having for lunch or dinner). She's gotta make the switch sometime, though, and if she's telling us she's ready, we'll just have to follow her lead.