When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be.
--Kermit The Frog
I have a problem that most parents dream about.
Little Man has never cared for sweet things--his first birthday cupcake never touched his lips. Pureed peaches and berries had to be coaxed into his mouth with endless rounds of "The Wheels on the Bus". Recently, he turns up his nose to his favorite staples like apple sauce and baby yougurt. What does he want?
Green stuff.
Broccoli, spinach, peas--all things green go down with smiles, clapping of chubby little hands and not even a whisper of what the horn on the bus does. He doesn't mind cauliflower, either. He'll eat those greens three times a day if I let him. He never seems to get tired of them. So I've been branching out, experimenting with edamame, kale, and other obscure green veggies. He eats combos that even most adults would hide in their napkin.
Every now and then I'll slip in a fruit--a spoonful of applesauce or pear into his beloved greens. As long as the ratio is tipped in the veggie's favor, he doesn't seem to notice. But if the sweet taste breaks through? Baby food everywhere. He is not easily tricked.
And who am I to complain, really? I'll ride the green wave as long as I can. Because, as Kermit wisely said: "I'm green and it'll do fine."
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