Fast Food Nation

Baby F. has started eating solids.
...well, i say solids, but really it's just a bunch of mush. 
As it should be, considering she has, count'em, zero teeth. So we've started what her pediatrician recommended - we gave her the same veggie/fruit for 3 days in a row to find out if she's allergic to anything. 

And what wondrous thing have we discovered so far?
Only that she likes *everything*. Broccoli, spinach, apple, strawberry, the occasional fingertip's worth of ketchup ;o).
Everything.

Broccoli *and* apple? Stop it, you're spoiling me ;o)

This doesn't of course mean that it's all been smooth sailing though. Although she chomped down on her spinach like our very own baby Popeye (complete with super arm strength - really, she's crazy strong), spinach alas did not agree with her and we'll have to forgo it for now. Cue sad face.

But the most surprising thing for me has been how quickly she took to eating food. One day she's fighting us, turning her face away from the choo-choo spoon of pap, and the next she has her mouth open eons before we've even cracked open the seal on her veggie du jour. 

I started out giving her half a jar each time she fed and dutifully refrigerating the other half, to giving her the full jar and having her sometimes ask for more - the apple one *is* quite tasty :o)

I'm hoping she continues to be this open-minded about food into the future, but i know that this early enthusiasm doesn't necessarily mean anything as far as her taste-buds-to-be.

But it's nice to know that at least for now, i have a little foodie in the making.