I Veto That, Madam!

The apple certainly doesn't fall far from the tree - and if you're a Chan/Wong, chances are you're gonna pick up that apple and eat it! 

James is complete with his first full week of dining on solids, and it's exciting for me to say that he appreciates trying new foods like Dan and myself!  So far, his menu consists of:


4/16 Rice Cereal
4/18 Carrots
4/20 Haricort Verts (fancy talk for green beans)

Deciding not to be a big hypocrite who feeds my kid salads and wheat germ while I snarf down Big Macs and french fries, I decided that whatever James eats, I have to eat.  In other words, if I can't even stomach it, why should he have to eat it?  This is good for both of us because there is little that I wouldn't eat (or at least try out) outside of eggplant or beets (eggplant because I'm allergic to it, and beets because they're just plain disgusting) and because having James eat healthier means Dan and I would eat healthier.  An added bonus is that if I made all of James' baby food and froze it in little blocks, we wouldn't have to spend $0.50 per tiny jar of pureed "whatever I can make".

Today I steamed collard greens and blended them up so James could eat it for part of his lunch.  Upon feeding him a spoonful, he did something that he hasn't done before with all the other new foods - he made a face and spat it out.  Figuring that this may be a "I don't want to try a new food" reaction, I tried it again.  He promptly made a face, spat it out, then sneezed it all over me.  Now, my brother is law Stephen touted collard greens as a delicious and healthy green.  I tried several more time with James and he ate about 4 spoonfuls before turning his head away, screwing his mouth shut, and giving me a dirty look.  So I figured I should try these greens.

Oh.  My.  God. 

I almost spat the stuff out myself.  What I thought was supposed to taste something like spinach ended up tasting more like bitter weeds.  To be completely fair, I sampled another spoonful.  I tried to add rice cereal to it and tried it again.  Stephen is a cruel, cruel man to have fed this stuff to my nephews.  With that, I steamed up some peas for James to eat and tossed the collard greens to the dogs.  Needless to say, the dogs loved the collard greens and rice cereal, and we will be serving the rest of that noxious stuff to them!