Another One Bites The Dust
Another vegetable, that is.
Ben loves eating solid foods, provided it’s a food he actually likes. Every single fruit I’ve given him, he’s enjoyed. Peaches, pears, apples, cantaloupe, bananas: all a hit. But veggies? No way. He’s hated virtually every single vegetable I’ve given him, from carrots and sweet potatoes to avocados. The only vegetable he has liked so far has been squash. So I, in a rather brilliant moment of inspiration, mixed together the squash and the sweet potatoes, and he liked it! I gradually lessened the amount of squash, and eventually, he would eat the sweet potatoes on their own. He didn’t gobble them down like he does the squash and the fruits (when I can’t feed it to him fast enough), but he ate it without complaint.
I’m trying to make sure to introduce him to a lot of different flavors and textures when it comes to food, so I wanted to make sure to get some new veggies for him to try from the store this weekend. Of the foods I got for him were broccoli and peas.
Well, let’s just say the peas didn’t go over too well. He couldn’t spit them out fast enough! He also shook his head “no” for the first time EVER, and all because of the horrors of eating peas. I’m mystified by it, because personally, I like peas. I love them, actually. But I guess that whole theory of what you eat while pregnant affects their palate later isn’t so accurate… not for my son, anyways.
We’ll keep chugging along though, trying to get him to eat those vegetables.
How did you get your baby to eat their veggies?
