Applesauce!!

     There are many new exciting adventures that you get to embark on with your little one.  The one I was looking forward to most was the introduction of solid foods.  I was so excited I must have bought at least 2 of everything b/4 we started!  The first thing I tried was bananas - I know, I know, everyone says start with the veggies first b/c those are the ones they'll dislike the most - and the look on Grayson's face was priceless! he did NOT enjoy them.  I didn't understand, every baby I had ever had the pleasure of feeding LOVED bananas right off the bat! that should have been my first clue that things were not going to go how I had planned.  So we did that 3 day rule.  The next thing I tried was carrots... they were a HUGE success!!! So to make a long story short we went back and forth between veggies and fruit.  The veggies he loved, the fruit he wanted nothing to do with! WTF? So when we saw the paediatrician in Hamilton a few weeks ago I voiced my concerns...  He said to just pick one fruit and give it to him every day, and eventually he'd develop a taste for it.  


So this past weekend I bought a huge jar of applesauce (unsweetened of course) and gave it a go.  Wouldn't you know it, the little bugger has been eating more and more of it each day.  I had read about that 10x rule, where "they" say it may take ten tries for your child to like something.  But they are so unspecific... do they mean 10 spoonfuls? 10 days in a row, 10 times sporadically? I have since stopped reading baby books and looking things up on the web.  


So here's what I have taken away from this situation... a) my child is going to do the opposite of every other child i have come across, that's just the way my luck goes.  b) what works for some doesn't work for all. c) don't give up!! I had that phrase stuck in my head when i got frustrated 'you tried and failed, the lesson here... never try'
  
I have since stopped listening to Homer Simpson ;)