Yes, We Have No Bananas!

After 5 months of drinking only milk for 8 meals a day, I was sure The Babe would be enthusiastic about trying real food. Pureed real food, but still real food. After all, she is my daughter and I love food.

Both The Psychologist and I are adventurous eaters - willing to try anything at least once (and usually more than once!) France was the BEST culinary vacation for us. Snails? You bet. Goose liver? Bring it on. Rabbit with rosemary? Yum! Foul smelling cheese? Yes, please.

The Babe was off to a great start with the rice cereal. Opening her mouth eagerly for each bite and slapping the tray of her highchair for More! More! More! Hey, this is going really well! Let’s try sweet potatoes.

And that is where it all started to go downhill.

The Pursed Lips. The Head Shaking. The Spitting. After a few weeks of “eating” real food, here is what she will tolerate: sweet potatoes, pears, carrots and applesauce. Here is what she will not tolerate: Bananas. But, aren’t bananas a super food? Yes, but that doesn’t matter. The sight, smell or taste of bananas makes her very angry. She actually cried every time I tried to feed them to her. So, I gave up for now. Oh, and don’t even try to give her any formula. Uh unh.

I will love her anyway. My little picky eater.