May Buzz: Tastes like SH---tring beans!

We've been feeding Karsyn rice cereal for a little over a week now. Her doctor gave us the green light to introduce solids at her last checkup on the 16th. (Not quite sure why they call it a solid, because clearly it is not, nor is it's aftermath) Luckily, she likes it! She generally gets rice cereal for breakfast and then has milk the rest of the day. At first she wasn't so sure about it, but now she gets excited when she sees the spoon coming towards her mouth! Oddly enough, she really doesn't make that big of a mess with it, but I'm sure those days are coming soon.

This morning, Karsyn and I went to watch cousin Kenzie play softball in Apex, so we missed cereal time. Instead of having cereal for dinner, I decided to introduce something new and let her try green beans. I put a couple tablespoons in her little bowl and sat it in front of her. She was thrilled. NOT. It didn't look very appetizing, so I totally understood her demeanor. It was almost a look of, "You really want me to eat that?" I got a little on the spoon and moved it towards her mouth, and she opened it as usual. She liked it! She swallowed it and smiled. So did it a couple more times, but then things changed. Her sweet green bean smile turned to a look of disgust, followed by gagging. I couldn't help but laugh to myself, because I used to be the same way! It hasn't been until the last 10 years or so that I've been able to eat green beans. I can remember growing up trying to eat them, and I could chew them up but could never swallow them, I would always gag. That's exactly how Karsyn was tonight. She kept opening her mouth though....I guess she thought it might would be something different. I'm just hoping that she will be a better vegetable eater than I was. So we're starting early! I felt bad making her eat it, so I did my part and took a bite of them too! (and I almost made the same face she did!)