Audrey vs Food

I think most of you are aware that Audrey has had her struggles with food - the bottle, in particular, mostly due to reflux. Or at least that's the theory. We went from multiple brands of regular formula, to formula with zantac, then to soy formula, then to soy formula with zantac. All of the changes would work for a while, then she'd revert to refusing her bottle. Well, a couple of weeks ago the doctor put her on Prevacid, which is basically more powerful, in an attempt to curb whatever discomfort she was having. So far, so good, and she's back to eating and drinking like a champ. She has her nine month appointment tomorrow, so we'll find out how well she is doing in terms of weight gain then. Her visit last Tuesday she had already gained a little bit of weight from the week before, but she's been stuck shy of 17 lbs. for the last few months.

But in an effort to keep us on our toes, around the time she started taking the bottles again she stopped letting us feed her, at least without her participating in the process. So now it's all about the finger foods! I think so far her favorites are cheese and avocado. Oh, and mac 'n cheese. Obviously, it gets a little messy...