Move Over, Bananas!

I *thought* we'd already found Spoiled Baby's favorite food - bananas. When she eats bananas, she smacks her lips and she patiently waits for the next spoonful of goodness. (This is as opposed to peas, which causes nasty faces, nasty looks, and nasty gagging.)

But today...oh, today! Today, we found her REAL favorite food!

PEARS!

Normally, the kiddo will have between 1/4 and 1/3 of a bottle of baby food in one sitting. We use 2nd foods, because the bigger bottles are a cheaper price per ounce...and we're only using bottled foods until we identify her likes/dislikes and then we'll begin making our own. She'll then follow up the 1/4 to 1/3 bottle of food with 3-5 ounces of milk.

Not today. No, sir! She ate the ENTIRE bottle of pears.

I originally portioned out 1/4 of the bottle. With the first mouthful, her eyes lit up. With the second, she fussed impatiently for the next spoonful. By the third, she was actively reaching for my hand, to get the spoon to her mouth faster.

When her original portion was done, I tried to start her on her bottle of milk. NO GO! Wouldn't even entertain the thought. The spoon was on the tray in front of her, and in one fluid motion, she knocked the bottle out of her way and leaned forward to grab for the spoon.

So I portioned out another 1/4 bottle. Gone. Another portion. Gone. Another portion - the remains of the bottle. You guessed it! Gone.

After that, she reluctantly took her bottle and polished off a few ounces. But she kept sending hopeful glances at the bowl and spoon all the while.

Move over, bananas! Spoiled Baby needs her PEARS!