Isaac On Strike
Lately Isaac has been all about refusing things he normally enjoys eating or drinking, and it’s getting a bit out of hand.
For example, fresh raspberries have always been a winner in his book, so I go out and buy some every week despite the fact that I normally have to fight the elderly lady next to me to get a good box at the grocery store, and they are one of the most expensive fruits my son could have chosen. Just like Jessica’s picky eater, Isaac shuns things like bananas, no idea why.
These cheerios look yucky...should I eat them?
“My boss” decided to say no thank you to all solid foods recently, and I was saving the raspberries as my ace in the hole. I knew they were a sure fire food he could not deny, so when Isaac spit them out I was shocked. Were they sour or maybe too cold? Nope, I sampled one and it tasted delicious as usual.
I tried to tempt Isaac into eating a raspberry again, same result, except this time he spit it down the front of him and shoved the juicy red mess down his diaper. Nice!
Isaac is not friends with any of his usual foods right now, such as cheesy scrambled eggs, baked beans, cheerios, graham crackers, and peas, to name a few of his previous crowd pleasers.
It seems he is going on some sort of baby strike, although I’m not sure what this child is protesting. I have read about nursing strikes, but Isaac is still very interested the breast milk, so no issues there.
Water is another thing that is on the not-a-chance list, which I don’t get because it doesn’t really taste like anything so what’s not to like? And when I do occasionally give him juice, I water it down so much anyway that I’m sure it tastes close to plain water anyway.
Nope, no cheerios for me, yuck!
Apparently Isaac does not share my line of reasoning because even if the little guy is sweaty and red-faced from the playground, he won’t drink water. What he does it take the cup, shoot me a suspicious look, take a sip, and then let it dribble down his chin when he realizes it is water and not juice while glaring baby daggers at me.
Perhaps he is sick of the same old thing and needs a bit more variety? That is my next plan of attack, wish me luck! What does your baby love to eat? I need some new ideas, please!
Good luck! When Serophina was that age, her palate was CONSTANTLY changing! I think they do it just to torture us.
Thanks Mamta, I will need it! And what’s worse is I hate wasting food, so I end up eating all of his leftovers, which isn’t part of my “back to pre-baby weight” plan at all (: