"Baby Food Is Gross!"

I have not been able to get Lillie to eat much of anything lately. I tried religiously to get her to eat her 3 meals a day of baby food like to doctor told us to do at her 6 month check-up. She would take like 3 bites and then she'd be done. I was getting so frustrated because I want her to eat solids, she is so much happier when she has a full belly and solids just stick around a lot longer than milk. Plus she is old enough that she doesn't need to be attached to a bottle all the time. She loves the little puff snacks and she is really interested in what we are eating. I tried one night to let her snitch some rice and little things she could handle off of our plate and sure enough she ate like a pig. Light bulb moment, She doesn't like baby food!! This is hard for me because I was so by the book with Joey. I followed every recommendation there was to follow. With her, I'm just happy to get her to eat. Of course, I'm not giving her anything she can't handle or anything she shouldn't be having yet so we are ok but who says she has toeat baby food. A long time ago there wasn't even store bought baby food and parents did what I'm doing now. The other aspect of this is that she want to be in control, she like to feed herself. Here are some shots of her doing just that.

"This is so much better than baby food!"