First foods

As a child, I had a strong dislike for veggies. Green beans in particular (we only ate the canned variety - yuck!). I would go to great lengths to get out of eating them: sharing with the dog, stuffing them in my pockets, volunteering to do the dishes so I could quickly shove them down the garbage disposal, or even pretending to go to the bathroom and flushing them! So when the pediatrician gave me the thumbs-up at yesterday's check-up to start solids with Aaron, I knew what I had to do. Maybe it was my way of making amends - a small apology to the green beans of my youth.
That's right...
Aaron's first solid food was....
you guessed it....

green beans.

He did well, thought he clearly wasn't too sure what to make of the homemade mush dad shoved in his mouth. We only gave him 2 tiny spoonfuls (and sentimental mom used one of her old baby spoons, of course) and he'll have green beans all week, just to be sure he's not allergic to them. Then it's on to carrots. How exciting!

Of course, the upside to all my childhood veggie-hiding antics is that my kids won't be able to get away with any tricks of their own - I know them all. :-)