Veggie Tales

After two weeks of oatmeal, Logan finally got to taste something besides straight breast milk or something mixed with breast milk. I decided that his first veggie would be sweet potato. It was one of Daddy's favorites as a child and is supposed to be a favorite with most babies. I think Matt was a little jealous that I was making sweet potatoes for Logan, since I don't cook them for us because I am not a fan. Sweet potatoes taste like cooked carrots to me, which is one of the few veggies I don't like. Anyways, Logan really seemed to love his sweet potatoes.

I swear he liked them.

After a few days of the taters, I moved him on to carrots. While I may not like cooked carrots, Logan LOVES them. We realized that he just liked the sweet potatoes compared to his love affair with carrots.

Carrots everywhere!

Next veggie up to bat: fresh farm-stand peas. I was really excited about the fresh peas because they were locally grown and they tasted great as I was shelling them (even Matt agreed). However, Logan did not think that they tasted too great. I did not thin the first batch out enough for him, making his super sensitive baby gag reflex kick in which scared the crap out of Momma and Daddy! 

Peas make me gag.

After more processing, Logan will eat his peas. He is not excited about them like he is other foods, but he eats them.

Peas are okay now.

Acorn squash was next on the menu. I have never eaten acorn squash, but it is one of my grandpa's favorite veggies. And like his great-grandpa, Logan really likes it!

Ready for another bite of squash.

Now that I have four veggies that I know Logan likes, we are moving on to fruits. With every new food I prepare for him, I get so excited to see what his reaction is going to be to the new food. This is such a fun time of discovery with my little man.