Help!-7month old won't eat veggies! and Intro...

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Well, my son eats everything, but my daughter, we introduced bananas

first and she HATED them. Same with every fruit, and apples hurt

her tummy and made her scream! We gave her veggies and she was ALL

OVER them when she would eat anything! She's four now and just

recently she picked broccoli over french fries! I was so proud

lol. And you're right, the breastfeeding is plenty It's how my

daughter survived lol. while she loved her veggies, getting her to

eat anything as a toddler except nursing was a chore, until I

finally became pregant when she was two.

 

And since I'm just jumping in, Hi all. My name is Deeanne, mommy to

Karisma and Rane (he's 20 months) and married to Erik. We've

been " mostly " veggie for about 3 weeks or so now, and it's going

very well. I say mostly, because we've been finishing what meat we

already have, and haven't had the will power to change our eating in

restaurants, but I know that will change over time. I'm trying to

buy mostly organic when we can afford it and eat better in general

(although I'm sure making cookies with organic unbleached flour and

natural sugar doesn't count lol) So, basically, we're very new and

eager to learn more, especially eating all the nutrients that we

need to.

 

Deeanne

 

, " admartin@e... " <admartin@e...>

wrote:

> About a month ago, I introduced my 7-month old boy to solids by

giving him

> Earth Best rice cereal, which he appeared to like but doesn't eat

a lot of

> now. About 1.5 weeks later, I gave him fresh pureed plain organic

> butternut squash that I cooked. He basically licked it and

wouldn't eat

> any more for the next 2 days. About a week later, upon his

pediatrician's

> advice, I stopped offering the squash and cooked and pureed

organic carrots

> for him. He licked them and wouldn't eat any more. His

pediatrician told

> me to just feed him rice cereal for a week and reintroduce

vegetables to

> him by giving him a green vegetable like peas or green beans. I

gave him

> fresh cooked and pureed organic green beans today, he licked them

and that

> was it!!!! His pediatrician believes that babies should be

introduced to

> veggies first and then fruit much later so that they don't develop

a sweet

> tooth. This worked perfectly for my firstborn. He ate up

everything I

> introduced to him but my second born is a different breed. Does

anyone out

> there have a veggie-loving child who was introduced to fruit first

or does

> anyone have some advice for me? I'm still breastfeeding my son

but am

> worried that he will not continue to get adequate nourishment if

he doesn't

> eat something else.

>

> Original Message:

> -----------------

> Maria Rasmussen amigosaqui

> Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:19:04 -0800 (PST)

>

> RE: need opinions/advice...

>

>

> Melodese,

>

> You're not alone.....we've kind of been struggling with the same

thing. My

> dh is omni, but we made the decision together to raise the kids

veg*n.

> However, we're the only vegetarians on either side of the family.

The only

> person I feel that I could truly trust to raise our kids in the

manner that

> we would is my best friend, who is really more like a sister to

me. She's

> also vegetarian, and she shares my spiritual beliefs as well. My

husband

> is concerned, though, that she may not be the best choice due to

some past

> health concerns. So, like you, we still haven't made a final

decision on

> this all-important issue.

>

> I'm glad you brought this up, actually, because I'd kind of like

to hear

> others' opinions and experiences.....

>

> Maria

>

>

>

> mudpuddle@p... wrote:

> Which brings me to something that may totally be off target, but

just

> wondering...has anyone had difficulty in choosing guardians for

your

> children? We have a 2 1/2 yo and another on the way and have been

very bad

> about not legally choosing guardians yet. It just is so hard when

mine and

> dh's siblings have very different ethics, morals, etc. from us.

Anyway, this

> may not even be appropriate to talk about on a veg*n board, but I

guess I

> wanted to see if others were going through the same thing...

>

> Melodese

>

>

>

>