How Sweet It Is

Addison and I continue to battle it out over "solid" food. Our first several attempts with rice cereal were messy and ended with a not very content child. Next we mixed in bananas on the advice of a seasoned father of two. While bananas were a slightly more successful endeavor, most feedings ended with banana/rice blend smeared all over her face and hands, as well as dripping from my eyelids after one well executed zerbert with a mouthful of food. Delightful.

This afternoon I tempted Addison with a new flavor ~ sweet potato.

Historically I have not been a fan of sweet potatoes. I avoided them at all the holidays, they didn't even interested me when dressed up with marshmallows and brown sugar. However, lately I have taken a renewed interest in sweet potatoes and giving them another shot, mainly because they are better for me than good old straight carbohydrate potatoes. I now have another reason to establish a little bit of respect for the the sweet potato...Addison seems to LOVE them. She scarfed down 1 1/2 bowls this afternoon, barley let any slip back out of her mouth and did not spit any on my face.

Yummy little sweet potato, you are alright by me.