Avocados, Carrots, and Broccoli

We are unsuccessfully trying to get Evan to start eating food.  It is not working.  The pediatrician said to start with green and orange vegetables.  That seemed easy enough.  I thought I’d start with avocados, since they don’t have to be cooked and are a super food.  This was his reaction:

(Sorry, the picture is blurry.  My husband is the worst picture-taker ever.)

Yeah, he looks so happy.  And it only got worse.

The pediatrician said not to force him to eat and if he didn’t want any, to just stop and try another time.  He is obviously not enjoying this.  So, we quit.  And when he realized he won, he was quite pleased with himself.

I then read that it takes kids about ten times before they like a new taste, so I thought I would try avocado again, thinking that maybe it was just strange for him to have food instead of milk.  We also bought a highchair (used for $34 – very happy about that) and I thought that that would make him feel grown-up and ready to eat.  Look at how happy he is!  All ready to eat on St. Patrick’s Day! 

 

Nope, he was completely uninterested in eating, although he loved playing with his new plate that his Mimi bought him (with an adorable tractor on it and his name engraved on the side).  He did not grow an appreciation for avocados though.

So then I got my sister’s BabyCook and decided to make some carrots for him.  They are a bit sweeter and still orange.  And the BabyCook is awesome!  It steams the food and purees it in the same little device and makes it super easy to make baby food.  This is the little basket that you put the chopped up food into to steam it.

Then you put it all together and it steams it all up.  Nice and easy.

And then we have some nice, yummy carrots for Evan!

And he hated them.  Look at that grumpy face!  He is learning to hate eating time.

Yet again, he is happy when I call it quits.  Notice how much carrot he left on his face.  I was kind of hoping that if I put some by his mouth, he would lick it up.  Nope.  He just pursed his lips shut and didn’t budge.

I also tried broccoli, sweet potatoes, bananas, and applesauce.  He wasn’t interested in any of them.  However, when I tried to eat my mashed potatoes he seemed quite interested in those.  So, I gave him the tiniest bite and he ate it right up.  Of course mashed potatoes have milk, butter, and salt – so who wouldn’t love them (but seriously, who doesn’t love mashed bananas and applesauce????)!  I know that some new studies have come out showing that it might be a good idea to introduce things like peanuts, milk, and fish to babies, rather than hold off, but I’m not so sure yet. 

I have a feeling that if I made mashed potatoes for Evan and tried to feed him, he would refuse.  He seems to only want to eat my food.  So, maybe if I put a bunch of food on a plate and sat him in my lap and pretended to eat, he’d want to eat what I have?  Who knows.  I am about to the point of trying that though…he’s gonna need to eat something soon!

I am thinking about trying baby-led weaning, but we’ll see.  I am a bit terrified of choking…

 

What baby food do you remember loving?
I remember my older sister and I LOVED to eat the jars of mashed bananas.

Any suggestions on how to get Evan to eat???

Did you do baby-led weaning?