Picky Maya

Feeding Maya has become quite the chore. She never seems to want to eat the first thing you try to give her. Now we have gotten to where we will hold the food in our hand(s) & ask her if she wants it. She will let you know for sure one way or the other. She will completely shake her head from side to side if she doesn't want it & will nod & get all excited if she does want it. If she does want it you better be ready to give it to her or she will start fussing until you do. We have had some drama if we have to warm up the food after she has seen it.

We used to always use fruit as a fallback, but now she will rarely eat any type of fruit. However, she loves her Indian food. No matter what dish it is she will usually eat it up. The only problem is her Mom doesn't really know how to cook it. Luckily, her grandparents are great at cooking her Indian food, so we keep having them stock up our freezer for Maya. I think if it was up to Maya she would be a vegatarian, so we have to find ways to stick chicken or other types of meat in her rice, etc. She loves rice, any type of bread & of course tortillas. She is also like her Mom in that she loves salsa & the spicer the better.

Now we have recently had to not only figure out what Maya will eat, but also how she wants to eat it. We went through the stage where we had to let her hold the spoon & put the food in her mouth herself. Of course Maya has always wanted to spice things up, so she has decided to add some steps to the feeding process. She loves to play with the cap from her sippy cup/bottle. Well, she also likes to put the food in the cap first, then it can go into her mouth. Not sure why that process is needed, but Maya requires it often. Today there was a new twist. Sapna was feeding her some Indian food out of a bowl with one spoon. Since we had tried a few more food choices, we had a bowl of chicken soup and another spoon on her high chair as well. She decided that she would take turns with her bites between the Indian food and the chicken soup. Then, she was done with the chicken soup after a few alternating bites, but I guess she liked the spoon that we used for the chicken soup. She made Mom alternate spoons between her bites of Indian food! There were 2 different types of spoons and I guess she liked them both and didn't want to make a decision between the 2. I mean seriuosly this girl has definitely got a mind/attitude of her own.