Preston loves to eat!!

Preston is such a good eater! I have been very hesitant in giving him more table food. We went through such a bad experience with Carter. He had, and still does, the most sensitive gag reflex. If he started to choke on something the whole entire contents of his stomach would immediately come up. He simply cannot recover from choking without throwing up. Well, Preston has been a different story. He gobbles up every little thing I put in front of him. He will sometimes start to choke but recovers very quickly and he even sometimes fixes the problem by stuffing more food in there.

So far, to date, he has had:

• Cheerios
• Saltine Crackers
• Ritz Crackers
• Cubed Ham
• Gerber Puffs
• Goldfish
• Eggs

He also eats tons of baby food. The only thing we have found that he doesn't like are carrots. I have tried the pureed and the cooked and chopped carrots and he gags. So strange since those are some of Carter's favorites!

He is starting to refuse his bottles which worries me a little. I spoke to my pediatrician's nurse today and she told me to just keep offering it to him. He could be teething and the suction of the bottle could be irritating his gums. She said that as long as he is getting some liquid through out the day, whether it is through diluted juice in a sippy cup or from bottles then he should be fine. I told her that he is now up to 21 pounds, and she laughed and said he has plenty of storage in there and not to worry. I did try to put his formula in a sippy cup but he didn't like that idea. So, for now I will keep trying. Some days he will have only 3 oz of formula and other days it could be around 15. It is a little frustrating but we only have 2 more months and it will be safe to start weaning him from formula and switching over to milk.