I can’t seem to get my infant to eat vegetables. Any helpful
ideas? Dr. Greene’s Answer: If you drink coffee, you probably
remember the first time you took a taste. It was horrible! How
could anyone like that disgusting stuff! Many baby foods that we
consider very bland have the same impact on children. Children
have extremely sensitive taste buds. Their vision may have
slightly soft focus, but their sense of taste and smell is much
sharper than ours. When it comes to introducing new foods,
breast fed babies have an advantage since the taste of mom’s
milk varies depending on what she has eaten. Formula fed babies
get the exact same taste every time they drink a bottle, and the
introduction of new foods can be particularly difficult for
them. It’s normal – even good – for a baby not to like a new
vegetable the first several tries. On average it takes 6 to 10
tries during infancy to develop a preference for a new flavor
(sometimes, some of these can happen through breast milk or even
in the womb). Sadly, 94 per