This evening little Miss Emma had two firsts. Not only did she have meat for the very first time, but she also had her first serving of "Real" food. Since I was making my famous spaghetti, which I make from scratch and slave over for hours, I decided that I would put some in the blender and make a rough puree for Emma. I am extremely cautious when it comes to every ones diet in my household and typically I stray away from pasta dishes all together. However, since I make my sauce from scratch I am able to ensure that it has no preservatives or additives and I am able to load it up with peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and sometimes even various types of squash which I hide within the sauce. On top of that I use only 97% lean ground beef and I serve the meat sauce over whole grain noodles. Since my spaghetti is about as healthy as pasta gets I decided that it would be okay to serve it to Emma as her first introduction to real food. Never in the two and a half months that she has been on solid foods has she turned anything down. She was a bit weary of avocados and sweet potatoes the first time she tried them but never refused to eat them. My spaghetti however was a completely different story! As you can see from the below photo, Emma HATED it!
She gagged when I put the spaghetti into her mouth and spit out most of the food that I did manage to get into her mouth. I was worried that she was not going to get enough food in her belly before bedtime so I tried my absolute hardest to get her to accept this new food but had no such luck. After trying to get her to accept the spaghetti for about 10 minutes she finally decided that she had eaten enough and began pursing her lips shut as if to say "No more Mommy!"
According to the many books and online resources I have read pertaining to infant feeding, it can take a child up to ten times to accept a new food. So with this being said, I filled an ice cube tray full of my pureed spaghetti and stored it for later use. I am going to wait a few days and then try it again, hopefully with better luck. What is so shocking to me is that Emma eats foods such as asparagus, avocados, brussel sprouts, beets, and soy beans with a smile on her face. I am a health fanatic and even I am not that daring when it comes to eating vegetables.
After failing miserably at getting Emma to eat my Spaghetti, I decided to let her go at it in hopes that the sheer excitement of being allowed to feed herself would get her to eat a little bit more. Again, no such luck. She took about two bites and then spent the rest of the time playing with her food and making a huge mess out of her high chair. Better luck next time!
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