Will He Eat It? Episode II: Vegetable Curry Rice

Lukie is starting lumpy foods and finger foods! I bought some sweet potato puffs for him at the store (not loving the added sugar and salt, but I can't make everything), so last night he spent some time playing with them. Notice I didn't say eating them; that's a step he hasn't really figured out. I can put them in his mouth, and he'll make a face and eventually eat them down, but he hasn't quite figured out that he can actually transfer food from his high chair tray to his mouth and eat it. All things in good time.

Buddy tried some of my vegetable curry rice last night. Pete and I really love Indian food, so I'm experimenting with curries lately. This one wasn't my favorite, but it was really healthy; tomatoes, cauliflower, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and green beans with a tomato/curry/yogurt sauce. In general, the curry flavor probably wasn't strong enough for either of us. That's why you keep trying, I guess!

So...not really. I don't think it was the taste that caused the "face." It's still texture. He makes an, 'ew, that's lumpy' face every time I try to put real solids in his mouth. We'll get there! At least he didn't gag this time...that was what he did forever!

And somebody was chatty during bath time last night....

Here are a couple awesome pictures, too...

Miss Sara took this picture of him at daycare yesterday. He's crawling all over everything, but still not crawling. If you give him something to hold onto, he'll pull himself up onto it or over it (specifically, he likes to use my legs to launch himself up into my face and then chew on my shoulder). He's trying!

  

And this photo I took this morning. Lukie lives in a house divided- Peter is a Cubs fan and I am a Cardinals fan. Knowing this, and being a Cardinals fan herself, my friend Jodi sent the little guy a Cardinals onesie (made for a 12-month-old, oy). I think he looks good in Fredbird Red. I'm sure Pete would beg to differ.

Also, look at those hams!