Growing Great Taste Buds
Picklicious
Rose's first food was a pickle. Seriously. I'm kind of horrified.
I thought her first food would be a vegetable. Something local and organic. Lovingly hand picked by me, steamed and mashed to perfection. Lovingly spooned up and delivered to her plump little lips. "I am SUCH a great mom" I would think to myself as I fed our daughter her first solid food.
Um... no. It went something like this: Rose is howling in a Chicago diner, grabbing at my pot roast sandwich and fries. Hanson has less luck with a plate of fried chicken. She wants it all. I sigh and do the unthinkable. I lick the coleslaw off of my pickle and stick it in her mouth. Silence. For 15 minutes. She loves it. Rose's first food is a diner pickle.
The staff cheers. They think it's great. I feel sheepish. My adorable little daughter is gnawing on a pickle.
I thought her first food would be a vegetable. Something local and organic. Lovingly hand picked by me, steamed and mashed to perfection. Lovingly spooned up and delivered to her plump little lips. "I am SUCH a great mom" I would think to myself as I fed our daughter her first solid food.
Um... no. It went something like this: Rose is howling in a Chicago diner, grabbing at my pot roast sandwich and fries. Hanson has less luck with a plate of fried chicken. She wants it all. I sigh and do the unthinkable. I lick the coleslaw off of my pickle and stick it in her mouth. Silence. For 15 minutes. She loves it. Rose's first food is a diner pickle.
The staff cheers. They think it's great. I feel sheepish. My adorable little daughter is gnawing on a pickle.
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Comment by Heather Hughes on November 24, 2008 at 9:25pm - Oh - I had no idea! I've gotten over my sheepishness... but it's a relief to know it wasn't as bad as I thought. Thanks!
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Comment by Amy Kramer Hawks on November 21, 2008 at 9:20pm - When I attended the Institute for integrative nutrition, I learned that lacto-fermented foods like pickles were traditionally the first foods in many cultures... they are easier to digest, cause they are sort of PRE digested, and they have beneficial enzymes and flora for the baby's tummy.... what a great story...I can see her with a big deli wedge sticking out of her mouth.... :-)
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Comment by Hsiao-Ching Chou on November 21, 2008 at 8:15am - LOL! So cute.
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