So Isaac as a baby didn't like ANY baby food! He would quickly turn his head away to all the classic baby foods- peas, sweet potatoes, apple sauce, pears, ANYTHING! It was so frustrating until I began to realize there was a pattern. I started to test him by giving him plain baby food (home made) sweet potatoes and he would turn away like always. I then gave him some with butter, cinnamon and sugar and he loved them!
I also started adding butter and salt to veggies and he began eating them, but only if they were PERFECTLY cooked. If they were even an ounce underdone or overdone he wouldn't eat them.
Isaac was just particular- about everything. Certain foods I realized I had to put through the baby food grinder because he didn't like the texture of each individual item, but when blended together he loved the flavor.
one of the first things I realized he liked was lentil tacos with salsa verde. It was so exciting that he was finally eating something! He just had a highly developed palate for a 9 month old. To this day, he LOVES Thai chicken and rice soup, and anything that has lots of flavor.
trying to get him to take medicine for an ear infection when he was about 9 months old was so tricky. He hated the medicine when he first tried it, so I began mixing it with yogurt. He would eat it mixed with the yogurt, until one day. . . He saw me put the medicine in the yogurt and then refused to eat it! He actually remembered the medicine from a few days ago, and when he saw me add it to yogurt, he wanted nothing to do with it!
He has always been particular about his clothes (the flannel ), shoes and even has to have his blanket and pillow just right every night when he goes to bed.
One day we will miss these little things.
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