Abby vs Food - Video Post

Many of you may wonder what exactly it's like to feed Abby on a daily basis.  Below are a few videos of what she does.  Meal times are fairly quick now-a-days (I used to be trying to feed her for hours while she refused and cried), but now, as soon as she starts fussing or signs "all done" to me, I stop.  I don't want to force her and I don't want her to have any more negativity/fear towards food than she already does.

Things that I have tried to feed her are yogurt, eggs, pasta, cooked veggies, fries, mashed meat, rice, beans, fruits (she seems to like fruits!), cheese, whipped cream, bread & butter, baby food (she refuses them all now!), vanilla wafers (she seems to like these!), smoothies, avocado, ice cream... etc etc - yes not all of those are things that you would ever WANT to feed a baby - but like I said before, in an attempt to get maximum calories into her, we've tried it all!  Abby will usually take a few bites of what we offer her, then she refuses.  Every blue moon she will eat good... this confuses the heck out of me!

Okay, video #1 is some egg cooked in butter with a little Similac Neosure (this is a high calorie formula that is usually used for premies) and breastmilk whisked in.



This is Abby's MO 90% off the time - take a few bites, then either start to refuse it, or spit it out.  The other 5% of the time she completely refuses even 1 bite, and the last 5% of the time, she will actually eat up to a few tablespoons (happy dance!).

Video #2 is Abby eating Strawberry Greek Yogurt - I can usually get her to take a few bites of yogurt (like mentioned above), and then she pushes me/spoon away.  We have tried having Abby feed herself with the spoon, but she'd much rather gnaw on the utensil than eat what we put on it - but we still try this every day!  We've also let Abby just play with food, hoping that without us stressing much on her eating it, she might become curious and put it in her mouth.  The few times we've done this, she has fun playing with it, but none usually makes it into her mouth.  It's okay though, we are going to try incorporating playing with more food as part of her therapy.  Food is fun! Food is safe!




And there you have it.  This is what it's like 3 times a day, everyday.

I have three nieces, all of whom love food - so I knew this was NOT normal.  Can't wait to learn some new techniques and share them with you!

Bye!