now that i’m eating solids, mommy has been having so much fun using my food mill to make food for me to eat.  and not only have i been enjoying eating it, but also rubbing it into my eyes and painting mommy with it.  mommy looks good accessorized with spinach.

currently, my twice daily meals consist of a grain, a green veggie, and a “sweet” veggie.

• grains:  rice cereal is ok.  my friends jacey and matthew recommended oatmeal, so daddy bought some for me.  i’m looking forward to trying it soon.
• green veggies:  spinach and broccoli are yummy.  what should i try next?  zucchini?  green beans?
• “sweet” veggies:  i love organic carrots, but regular carrots are yucky.  they taste like dirt.  (mixed with rice cereal and some formula, the dirt carrots are edible.)  i wanted to try beets next (mommy just bought some fresh ones!) but they’ll turn my lips red and make me look like a girl.  maybe i’ll go for yams, like uncle henry suggested.

i also get an afternoon snack — a piece of fruit in a mesh feeder.  so far, i’ve tried cantaloupe, apple, and strawberry.  i am definitely a fan of the cantaloupe and apple, but undecided about the strawberries.  mommy thought i might be allergic to strawberries because she noticed some red splotches around my mouth and chin.  so you’d think that she’d keep those things away from me, right?  but no!  she actually tried to force feed strawberries to me today.  i swatted them away, but she kept shoving them in my face!  when i grow up hating strawberries, please remind her that it was her fault for traumatizing me at a young age.

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lots of people have been asking me if it’s fact or fiction about poop changing after you start eating solids.  this is a fact.  my poops are much bigger and less frequent than before.  and for the first few days, my food looked the same… before and after.  i.e. carrots and spinach going in = orange mush with green specks coming out.  gross, i know.  but you failed to heed the TMI warning, so you asked for it!

what about solids making your poop stinky?  fiction!  yes, mine is stinky, but it has been that way for months.  don’t blame the yummy yummy carrots!

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another thing that has changed now that i’m eating solids is that i have been brushing my 6 teeth every day.  who wants spinach stuck in their teeth, right?  not me — especially since i have paparazzi for parents!

speaking of teeth, when will i get to use mine?  mushed veggies are getting old.  bring on the pizza!