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You know, I had heard that too - start with cereal and veggies and then introduce fruits. Well, we got around that by dipping the spoon into the veggies and then into the fruit. The fruit taste is the bigger amount of food and the veggies slipped right in! That way we knew she was getting both.
My daughter really liked the sweeter veggies - the squash was her favorite. She never really liked the baby food green beans or peas, but she eats real green beans now like crazy! She also loves tomatoes!
Their tastes change over time, and it is said you should try a food a lot of times before the baby may actually like it. It's something like 10 or 15 times. Mixing the fruits and veggies helped us - a lot less waste if she wouldn't eat the veggies on their own.
One thing I could never figure out is why the baby food companies put strawberries and other berries into their fruit mixes - I had heard that you should hold off on berries because of potential allergies until the child is at least 12 months.
Well, I hope this helps! There is a reason why Jerry Seinfeld's wife is making a ton of money on her cookbook which sneaks veggies into recipes! We just tried the same thing!