have two words for you all today: SOLID FOODS.
Yes!
Milkula may need yet another moniker soon (I hope I hope I hope) as she is now eating cereal, some mashed banana and applesauce. I'm NOT going to repeat the mistakes I made with Minitaur, who didn't wean until he was 2 (gag) and to this day thinks chicken nuggets are the staff of life.
I remember Plosh feeding him avocado once and me, stupid me, saying, "Oh no, I don't think a 10-month-old should be eating that, should he?" Moron! Communist vegetable hater! What was wrong with my 39-year-old self?
Now that I'm 42 and much wiser, I have a better idea what to feed baby:
1. Chili peppers: the sooner she develops a taste for these, the better. I'm sick of all these namby-pamby kids who cry about their mouths hurting. Tough! Peppers are loaded with Vitamin C, capsicum wards off cancer and is a natural antibiotic. I'm thinking pureed, or cut into strips with some ranch dressing.
2. Garlic: the hubby complains it gives him gas. Feh. If I can get Milkula hooked, I can conspire with her to sneak it back into my cooking. It wards off vampires and is also a natural antibiotic, and life isn't worth living without it. Perhaps I'll roast a few cloves and smear them on crackers for her.
3. Tea: it's the world's most popular beverage, separating us civilized folk from the coffee-swilling hordes. It's also loaded with antioxidants, comes in every flavor imagineable these days, and is traditionally shared with teddy bears in floppy hats. I can't wait.
I think I'm going to enjoy this. Maybe too much. Okay, so Milkula developed a head-to-toe rash the other week, with hives the size of dimes all over her pudgy body. I rushed her to the pediatrician, who shrugged and said "No idea."
She suggested I wait a week or two before trying any new foods, but two weeks have elapsed and I'm giddy about the possibilities.
C'mere, my little poblano! Heh heh.
Coffee- Yum. Love my coffee.
Posted by: Jack | February 07, 2006 at 10:58 AM
I knew someone would catch that. Hee hee. I never developed a taste for it, really. Coffee ice cream -- yes. Starbucks -- no. I guess I'm strange.
Posted by: Anne | February 07, 2006 at 12:23 PM
Remember that post you had a few days ago about events that convinced you that you were a terrible parent? Mine was a week or so ago when I fed my 17-mo-old HOT!!! (as in the opposite of cold, not spicy) refried beans. I didn't even know the kid was capable of making sounds that loud.
Posted by: Gooch | February 07, 2006 at 12:41 PM
Ouch. Bad Daddy! Just kidding. 17 mos. old, huh? Wow, how time flies.
Posted by: Anne | February 07, 2006 at 02:52 PM
Before you start feeding garlic and chili peppers, remember that what goes in must come out... :)
Posted by: Ontario Emperor | February 07, 2006 at 05:48 PM
Well, now that you're talking food...why not go global. Take the kids restaurant touring! Prepare them for a global economy...Or find out what kids their age eat in China/India/South America/Indonesia and introduce them to it..... That's what my parents did and I ADORE eating things I haven't had before.
Posted by: Nadine | February 07, 2006 at 07:48 PM
OE: I prefer not to think of it ...
Nadine: Yummy! Sounds like a plan.
Posted by: Anne | February 08, 2006 at 07:46 AM
Look out for raisins...what goes in, must come out (unfortunately,exactly the same as it went in)...Oh, the horror!
Posted by: Randi(cruisin-mom) | February 08, 2006 at 08:22 AM
Randi: Funny you should mention that. We just had Milkula's first "raisin incident" last week when Minitaur fed it to her. One word: ew.
Posted by: Anne | February 08, 2006 at 10:12 AM
Regarding Global Kiddie Food:
Late november I was working with a fellow from China who was having MAJOR home sickness. In China "juk" is a kind of rice "soup". I made my version for him. He couldn't be believe anyone could make juk better than his mom. I haven't told him yet it's made from turkey, NOT chicken.... I can see him now in China trying to find a turkey......
Posted by: Nadine | February 08, 2006 at 04:26 PM
Nadine: What an incredibly kind thing to do. By the way, we love soup in our household too. Hint hint ... ;-)
Posted by: Anne | February 08, 2006 at 05:03 PM
I am not sure about the foods on your list, but my Iranian friend has been giving chamomile tea to her infant since he was brought home from the hospital.
In the end, if you want yuck - trying feeding your child Blueberries. Now that is a gross site to see!
Posted by: jaime | March 02, 2006 at 03:03 PM
That does sound gross. Purplish-blue spit-up ... yum!
Posted by: Anne | March 02, 2006 at 05:13 PM
Not to mention my wife won't touch blueberries herself.
Posted by: plosh | March 05, 2006 at 05:45 AM