My Kid Loves Prunes. What a Weirdo!

We've tried quite a few foods with Sebastian so far: oatmeal, rice cereal, bananas, apples, squash, carrots, and, most recently, prunes. He was pretty much ok with everything except for the squash...that was not a hit. He made awful faces, spit more out than he actually ate, and was only smiley and happy when we said/signed "all done." HA!

But the prunes? He friggin' LOVES them. He gets all excited and opens wide for more! Now, it could just be that now it's been a couple weeks and he's getting the hang of the solids thing in general. Or he like the smoother texture (the other stuff he's gotten has been homemade, so a bit grittier, I guess, than the store-bought stuff). Or he likes the extra mess quotient (nothing else he's eaten has been NEARLY as fantastically-colored!). Or he really wants to poop (that's the real reason we went with prunes...hehehe the poor kid hasn't pooped in several days, and we wanted to help things along a bit). OR it could be yet another testament to his true Finnish-ness...one of the more famous Finnish Christmas pastries IS made with prunes, after all! Ken says it just means he like Klingons...Worf did have a thing for prune juice!

Who knows...but he really seems to dig them. I can't wait to try the next thing! Maybe we'll do potatoes or broccoli (two of my favorite vegetables). Peaches or pears sound good for fruit...you should have seen the face he made with the sourness of apples! It was hilarious, though he seemed to like them, even if he did shudder and stick his tongue out now and again! Solids are FUN!