Vegetables: Myself
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Not Eating Vegetables
Asked by K.W. from Lawton
on March 19, 2008
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My 7 month baby girl will not eat vegetables. She was first introduced to carrots and sweet potatoes... and ate them. Now that i have started giving her fruits she wil...
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- K.--when my son was smaller he also preferred fruits over veggies (and still does). Think about it...fruit is so much sweeter than veggies, therefore more appealing. ...
- When my baby was little, I would put some of a food he didn't like on the spoon with one he did, like green beans and applesauce. I'd start out with a lot of the food...
- Your problem is just the opposite of mine! I have a 7 month old who does not like fruits. I finally discovered that he does like peaches, but that's it fruit-wise. ...
Won't Eat Vegetables
Asked by M.G. from San Francisco
on February 24, 2008
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Hi All, m 5 year-old daughter will not, WILL NOT eat vegetables. We have to darn near pry her mouth open just to get in a few kernels of corn or a couple green beans....
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- There are a couple of books that have good recipes for "hiding" veggies in your children's food - Deceptively Delicious and Sneaky Veggies. I would try it. My friend...
- We sell nutritional supplements that are completely balanced nutrition. Some flavors are designed for kids, and many times we have clients that have very remarkable h...
- Hi, I have the same problem... have you seen that cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld where she purees the veggies and adds them to things? That seems to work really well. ...
Child Wil Not Eat Veggies!
Asked by T.B. from Rochester
on January 3, 2008
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We've been trying to introduce solids to our 6 month old, but he hates vegetables. I've been told not to give him fruit right away because then he'll never eat veggie...
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- The first food I gave my daughter was avocado and she ate it with no problem. Are you using store bought baby food or making it yourself? If you aren't making it, yo...
- I was blessed with veggie eaters, but I do recall a time in which mixing the disliked veggies with homemade applesauce and then cutting down on the amount of applesauc...
- Have you tried butternut squash? My kids loved that. I also found that my kids loved yogurt. If your baby likes cereal, that has the most nutrition in it anyway, so...
Introducing Veggies
Asked by A.W. from Columbus
on March 26, 2008
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I am getting ready to start feeding my 4 month old daughter vegetables but I have heard a varitey of different ways to start. I have heard to start with greens, then m...
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- I started my daughter with the green veggies not because that is what anyone told me to do but I figured they were blander. I was afraid if I started with something l...
- A., I used a book called The Super Baby Food Book by Ruth Yaron. She is strictly vegetarian and had lots of great advice on making homemade baby food. I had great suc...
- Start with squash. The yellow veggies are sweeter and easier for the babies to accept. Then go to the carrots. and then peas and then the beans because the beans see...
Veggies
Asked by D.S. from Dallas
on April 12, 2010
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Need some ideas! My kids (2 & 4) love fruit and some veggies. I would like them to eat more veggies than they are right now. Many times we have either sliced cucumbers...
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- Puree them and blend them into foods. For example, puree cauliflower and add to mac n cheese. Kids will never know. If you don't want to puree, buy baby food and m...
- Our kids really don't have an option - they have to eat what's on their plate. I try to do my best to offer as much variety as possible. I keep the veggies around th...
- My son is pretty limited on the veggies he will eat now too, but I keep trying. The ones he likes are: Celery: I put a very thin layer of strawberry cream cheese on...
6 Month Old Not Sleeping Well After Introducing Green Beans
Asked by B.R. from Indianapolis
on July 27, 2008
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My 6 month old recently started on solids. He's been eating rice cereal now for a few weeks. He's had a week of sweet potatoes, and two days ago we started green bea...
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- Try pulling the green beans and see it that helps. If he gets better over a couple days then he probably doesnt tolerate them. My son has Eosinophilic Esophagitis and ...
- Just a suggestion, but we did this with my brother who woke during the night on the advise of our family physician (my brother is now 47) and I did this with both of m...
- A friend of mine had a similiar issue with her child. Certain vegetables bothered his stomach and would wake him at night. He is an excellent sleeper otherwise. He did...
Toddler Won't Eat Vegetables
Asked by D.W. from San Francisco
on July 1, 2008
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My two year old son hardly ever eats vegetables. Sometimes we can successfully hide veggies in food - spinach is easy to hide, sometimes mashing carrots work. I woul...
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- You know what my mother in law did to get her four adult sons to eat vegetables (she has one who WILL NOT eat any vegetables)…she cooked cauliflower and then puréed...
- Dr. Praeger's Veggie Burgers(available at Trader Jo's) are lots of veggies and my toddler loves them!
- If you have a food processor or chopper, try this: get a small bag of pre-washed baby spinach and about 1.5 cups baby carrots and process/chop until they are almost p...
What Was Your Major or Career?
Asked by M.L. from Houston
on June 29, 2011
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I am 3 classes from getting my associates degree in general studies. Then, I will have to declare a major when I apply to a university. I know what I don't want to do ...
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- I was a pre-med major in college. Graduated and went to work as a pharmaceutical rep for 3 yrs. Loved medical sales! (My parents had a financial setback with...
- I have a B.S. in Economics. After receiving my degree I worked as a Marketing Asst and then moved into the engineering department as an Engineering Requirements Anal...
- My young life I was a Ballerina. I danced through college. I was injured in the line of duty. My injury was going to set me back big time. It was one of those li...
Career - What Would You Do?
Asked by M.R. from Chicago
on October 15, 2010
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Current situation: After 15 years into your gig you have a job that pays six figures, is a fairly easy job. You're tenured and there is very little chance of getting ...
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- When you are 80 and look back what will you think? How old are your kids? In Europe it is more the culture to have a manageable job and then find fulfillment outsi...
- Yes you have itchy feet and want to explore. I think a lot of this desire comes after having children. You give birth and a whole new world opens up with many, many ...
- If you're getting paid 6 figures and can't aford the tuition to go back to school, how are you going to be able to aford not working for 2 years and taking a huge pay ...
How Do I Make & Prepare Frozen Peas for My 6Th Month Old? Other Veggie Recipes?
Asked by J.K. from Honolulu
on September 1, 2008
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Hi Mamas! I want to feed my 6th month old daughter some frozen peas but the book I'm following (Super Baby Food) says not to re-freeze the peas after cooking them. I ...
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- My son loves Beets I boiled them and then blended them. At first he was just interested in them because of the color but then he would yell when I would not feed it t...
- I like to make butternut and zucchini. I just peel them, steam them and strain them...my 7 month old loves it
- I have made peas for my daughter and I used the no salt frozen peas, cooked them and then put them in blender and then re-freezed them. They seemed fine and never bot...
