Veggies!! For babies who hate them lol

How do your babies eat vegetables? My girl loves purée veggies in those snack pouches but will not eat them solid. I’ve tried with ranch, butter, and flavor and I don’t think she loves the texture of any veggies. Broccoli, carrot, sweet potatoes, avocado 😩 I’m not sure how to transition her or if I just blend it and hide them. I worry that she’s not getting her veggies in!

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I started by cooking/steaming them to near mush with no seasoning. My son loves cherry tomato, a simple not overly seasoned guac, plain Greek yogurt or hummus to dip in. Otherwise I'd probably just start "hiding" them in dishes.

It is normal for babies to have preferences and most often they need to try foods several times before liking them.

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I started baking them into veggie muffins and veggie pancakes to get my son to eat them. He loves anything that is a bread texture and has no issues eating them if they are baked into muffins or pancakes but will not eat the veggies by themselves

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My son loves vegetables we’ve been feeding them to him whole since 6 months. He especially loves corn on the cob and cold cucumber skewers but he eats broccoli, asparagus, carrots, sweet potato, avocado and everything else. I’ve done baby led weaning so we just feed him what we eat just making sure it’s prepped in a way that’s safe for him. We’ve never added sauces or dips but they usually are seasoned. My daughter also ate a lot of vegetables at this age but is pickier now as a toddler and doesn’t eat as many as she did when she was 1. She has said she didn’t like certain things but we keep eating them around her and eventually she has asked to try them and then she says she likes them. I’ve read about it and the experts say modeling is important, so you have to eat them yourself, and also repeated exposure, so just keep putting vegetables out on the table or on their plate, and eventually they will try them. I wouldn’t use the pouches too much they are actually mostly apple sauce.

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You can also try sweeter vegetables like tomatoes or beets. My kids really like those. You can also try finding “fun” vegetables. My daughter loves edamame bc it’s fun to eat she enjoys shelling it herself. For a one year old you have to shell it for them and break the edamame in half so it’s not a choking hazard but they might enjoy watching you do that and seeing the experience of it and be interested to try since it’s an adventure to see what’s inside the shell. My kids also really enjoy French fries and you could try making French fries out of other root vegetables to add more nutrients like sweet potato or turnips or yucca

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My husband has been abroad for work (1 day and exploring for 1 day) for 2 and a half days which means I’ve had both kids (1 year and 4 year old) for 2 and a half days plus cooking, cleaning, taking them to clubs, bedtimes!
He came home late afternoon and said I’m so tired, I just need to chill. I said can you wash up whilst I sort kids dinner out, he said he’ll do it later which means he won’t do it and I’ll end up doing it so I said no do it now please otherwise I’ll end up doing it and he said well you have been home and I’ve been away so you’ve just been relaxing.
Don’t know what planet he is on but having the kids alone for 2.5 days is not relaxing. I was stressed!

When he was away, I did miss him and wanted him to come back but now he’s back, I want him to go away again😂
Is that bad?

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Feeding

My son is coming up to five months and I just started giving him oatmeal and rice cereal. When can you start trying veggies or fruits? I only give him the oatmeal or rice cereal once a day right now which is what the paediatrician had said to do. I’m just curious to when anybody tried anything else with their kids cause my son eats a lot of formula and he’s VERY curious when I eat.

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Really bothered by this

A friend posted this and it really bothers me because that is exactly how she parents her kid, and it's rather unfortunate because when our kids hang out together, her kid has a meltdown at least 5x within an hour. We have know them for years and it's only gotten worse. My kids will concede to hers, because they don't want to see their friend crying, but it sucks because they give up so much of their toys and enjoyment to keep the peace. We aren't hanging out as much anymore but it's rather sad to think she doesn't intervene more in her child tantrums and just let's it slide

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Is this normal

Let’s say you’re at a softplay with your 2 year old, and some friends & their toddlers.
You buy your 2 year old a kids meal - chicken nuggets, beans, and chips. They’re very happy with it and have almost eaten it all.
They’re sat at the table, fork in hand, consistently eating, and have one chicken nugget left.
Your adult friend comes over from behind you, picks up the last chicken nugget, and eats it.
There was no indication that your child wasn’t going to eat it, and they didn’t ask. They just took it with no warning and ate it right in front of you and your toddler.
How you reacting?

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My 2 year old won’t eat nothing but snacks

Is this normal ? He won’t even try anything I eat .. he really only like pizza fries and spaghetti… nuggets and snacks bananas some other fruit but like anything else he won’t eat if try but I don’t want to force him I’m just I feel like bad I mean he isn’t losing weight I breastfeed mostly still

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Shift worker daddies - advice please?

My husband works shifts (6am-6pm days or 6pm-6am nights) so when he’s on shift we either get about an hour or 2 before he goes to work or an hour or 2 when we gets home with him.

I don’t think people who aren’t married/have babies with shift workers fully understand the impact of feeling like a solo parent sometimes.

Does anyone have any advice? I do have parents who can help but I struggle to leave my baby with others as I always feel like they don’t understand the need for tracking wake windows or feeds and our baby will not sleep unless we black out a room or go for a car drive . Everyone seems to think ‘if he’s tired he’ll drop off’ - no he’ll just get overtired and have to then pay for it during his night sleep. So I feel like it’s just easier for me to do it all myself.

When my husbands off work he is great but I do take the mental load of telling him what to do or even reminding him of wake windows etc because he’s not here and forgets routines. He’s also being tested for ADHD currently so there’s that on top of shift work.

Just looking for advice on how to stay sane/keep routines or share loads with shifts workers?

Thank you ❤️

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