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Why my child is wearing green

Week 2 of “new and interesting” things for Eva to taste. After a few days of loving rice cereal, I started in on the peas. No good. They didn’t even get to her mouth before she was squirming and sputtering. Carrots were tough since they didn’t puree down after steaming but she seemed to like them so the next day I boiled the heck out of those orange buggers until they were mush. They received a total of 4/10 on the “Eva’s Exacting Taste” scale. Apple, however, that ranks a 6, unless it is mixed in cereal when it becomes an 11. But today was avocado day and I’m sorry to report that Princess Eva is no fan of guacamole.

Of course, I’m not too worked up over any of this. At this point it’s more about fun and learning than about any real nutrition. It’s new. It smells funny. I will admit that I, too, hesitated the first few times I ate bone marrow (which is now on my “last meal” list). I really couldn’t care less if she likes peas at this point. On the other hand, the fact that we were unable to get the spoon actually to her mouth without her sound refusal makes me wonder if she’s just got something against green food. And that would really be a shame. No pesto. No sushi. No tabbouleh! And St. Patrick’s Day is going to be a real downer. So in my attempt to help my little squirt past this phase, I’m dressing her in all green for a week. We’re going to embrace her little leprechaun and hope that someday she doesn’t pick out all the green clovers from her Lucky Charms.

Dr. Lara Zibners, Apr 13, 2010

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