So we have this theory about food. Baby food in jars tastes like adult food in cans, usually bland or overcooked. The fact that parents feed their babies one or two jars per meal fails to develop their tastes and ability to appreciate other foods, hence picky eaters who only want to eat hot dogs or macaroni & cheese. So we introduced many different foods to Leilani, and tried to make them fresh for her, so that she would have a taste for a variety of good foods. And for a while it looked like it was working, Leilani would eat 3-5 different foods per meal that we would change each time, and she would eat most of everything. She obviously had preferences, but we thought we had “won” and she would keep expanding her menu.
But then last week, she started refusing many foods, even ones she had eaten before. All she wanted was oatmeal mush and avocado (thank goodness for avocados). Maybe we introduced too many new foods too rapidly recently, and she was “protesting.” So when Mommy wanted to give her broccoli, I thought there was no chance she would eat it. We had given it to her before, it was one of those foods she seemed to eat out of “politeness” (because we put it on the spoon in front of her mouth).
To my surprise, Leilani loved the broccoli this time. I even had to cut up more for her. Maybe the fact that we made it a finger food helped:
Nice bib, by the way :-)
PS: The bandage on her finger was from the blood test at her 9-month check-up. They drew blood for several minutes through a prick, which made her scream her head off. I don’t know if she’ll ever want to go back to the clinic.