As stated previously, Joshy is not the first to jump at a serving of vegetables when they are of the green variety. Getting him to eat a portion of what he is served often involves some sort of barter or bribe. What I discovered tonight is that I have an untapped power at my disposal when it comes to Joshy and all things green. Joshy was eating his hot dog, peaches and yogurt at the table while I was in the living room feeding Ben. Joshy, curiosity setting in, comes wandering over to see what I was up to. Asking, I told him that I was feeding Ben his dinner...green beans. Of course, Joshy's response was..."I like green beans". I just nodded my head because we had gone through this with squash and had discovered each time that he in fact did not like squash. Still, the pull of sibling rivalry is strong and Joshy is already clear on the fact that he must have a hand in everything his brother does or gets. So, as expected, he asked for a bite. Here is the unexpected part...he loved it. He wanted more but I explained that was Ben's dinner and so he asked if he could have his own. I opened up a new one thinking that he would just mull around in it but the boy dug in. That baby food was flying off the spoon and before you know it, he had eaten his entire serving of green beans. It was insane. I have battled with him over eating one green bean off his plate and here he was downing an entire container of them. They weren't even warm or covered in butter. That must have been my problem. All along I have been trying to give him buttery, well seasoned green beans and he just wanted room temperature, mushy green bean paste.
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