Hi Maria,

Zack (25 mos) really wants to be independent too but he also needs the purees
and extra calories. One thing that we do with him is give him dipping sauces
for his crunchy stuff...sauces made with heavy cream, letting him dip pretzels
in pudding or yogurt or melted cheese, we even tried using a product called
Resource Benecalorie which is a high calorie supplement.

Hope this helps some.

Beth, mom to Zack (25mos NS, stable JMML) and Ethan (4 1/2 yrs)

Quoting maria <artononyx@...>:

> Okay here's a new twist.
> My son who was becoming a very good eater has suddenly changed. I
> recently asked about it but now I noticed that there is a new twist.
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> He is 15 months / 12 adjusted weighing just over 13lbs and is about
> 27 inches long. He eats purees (calories boosted) and some
> crackers, cookies, toast, pretzels, chicken nuggets, some veggies
> and fruits (the "hard stuff" he more or less gnaws on but he is
> beginning to try to chew more each day!) and has just begun to taste
> things like pasta with sauce (he used to immediately spit it out and
> clamp shut with those things).
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> I noticed that he was eating less and still nursing quite a bit. I
> told everyone that he is trying to self feed and just isn't eating
> enough to stop purees. The past few days he has been dealing with a
> cold. His appetite has decreased (which I know is common when they
> don't feel well and he has done this before when he isn't feeling
> well).
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> Tonight I noticed the new twist...
> it isn't so much that my son wants to eat less.... it is that he
> wants independence and doesn't want to be fed. He is basically
> refusing to be fed. Like I said he actually eats very little when
> self feeding ... so how do encourage this independence and still get
> enough into him.
> Please any help would be much appreciated.
> Maria
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