Babies Say: Mush Is Out!

Babies Worldwide Admit Mushy Food is Boring

I laughed when I saw this. I think C&D wrote it.

The past couple of weeks they have made clear that the pureed veggies I prepared for them is so two months ago. They don't object to the taste, but are less enthused about the texture. This has been especially true since they've noticed that the sweet potatoes or beets on my plate don't look much like theirs.

So their favorites these days? Crunchy wheat crackers, al dente penne pasta, crisp broccoli off the stalk, sweet potato and yams cut into "fries," bananas, roast lamb, oat o's, savory chicken bones (great teething toys!), the fattest baby carrots we can find, and slimey, slippery pieces of avocado. Almost all organic, of course, I am proud of that. We want to make sure we are doing everything we can to grow strong, healthy people.

We still consider the allergenicity of the foods we are introducing them to (imagine being allergic to avocado, how sad!), but the food processor won't be making any more mushy baby food. Good thing I've got the ingredients for a nice basil and pine nut pesto lined up for tomorrow. Don't want the food processor to sit on its (rubber-footed, skidproof) laurels.

David's second tooth is finally starting to break the surface. I felt it when I felt the first around the time of Rita, but it has been slow in erupting. So now he is close to having two center bottom teeth. Carmen's two top left teeth are on the way out, and she likes practicing her bite on poor, defenseless carrots.