Fruit & Veggie Preferences?

Shoegal36 · January 2014

Just out of curiosity, wondering what fruits and vegetables your LO's have liked/disliked out of the ones you tried. I'm curious to see how different babies really are, and also looking for ideas of what to try next.

For us...

Likes:

Bananas

Sweet Potatoes

Carrots

Squash

Dislikes:

Apples

Pears

Peaches (unless they are in a mesh feed)

Peas

Green Beans

Avocados

flyliceandcoffee · January 2014

it kinda changes day by day depending on how hungry she is, but there's a few that are consistent:

Likes:
Peas and almost anything mixed with peas
Avocado most of the time
Parsnips
Carrots
Butternut squash
Mangoes half of the time
Sweet potato most of the time

Dislikes:
Bananas
Potatoes
Zucchini (unless mixed with peas)
Green beans (unless mixed with another veggie)
Pears
Apples are so so

c-elizabethf · January 2014

Madison has had apples, pears, bananas, blueberry apple, squash, sweet potato, green beans, peas, sweet potatoes and corn? She likes them all, she was iffy on the green beans.

motang · January 2014

S has had bananas, pears, apples, prunes, peas, carrots, and sweet potatoes. He likes them all.

TradeMama · January 2014

Connor loves it all except he's meh on carrots and sometimes green beans.

emmy236 · January 2014

Likes
Pears
Apples
Sweet potatoes
Carrots
Peas
Mangos
Avocado
Berries
Bananas

Hates
Green beans
Peppers (red and green)
Lentils
Broccoli
Zucchini

MOMama987 · January 2014

The only things he hasn't really liked were green beans and pureed beef... oh, and grits. We gave him a tiny spoonful of grits at Cracker Barrel (plain) - and you would have thought we were poisoning the poor kid. I've never seen him make a face like the one he made when we fed them to him.

ETA - sorry, I forgot that the q was about fruits and veggies. I do realize that beef and grits are neither.

PumpkinAndThePeanut · January 2014

Spinach is a big favorite here, as are blueberries. They also liked butternut squash. They pretty much like everything, I think, except not crazy about mango. Also, they liked kiwi in the beginning but are kind of meh about it now. I can't think of any veggies that they really haven't liked.

Lolalipsy · January 2014

Likes
Avocado
Pear
Blueberries
Apricot
Potatoes
Carrots
Courgette
Tomatoes
Spinach.
Most things really.

So so
Pineapple
Apple
Pepper

Dislike
Cucumber

brandi3207 · January 2014

Likes
bananas
apple
sweet potatoes
carrots
green beans

Dislikes
sweet peas
oatmeal

TradeMama · January 2014

AllisonO78 said:
The only things he hasn't really liked were green beans and pureed beef... oh, and grits. We gave him a tiny spoonful of grits at Cracker Barrel (plain) - and you would have thought we were poisoning the poor kid. I've never seen him make a face like the one he made when we fed them to him.

ETA - sorry, I forgot that the q was about fruits and veggies. I do realize that beef and grits are neither.

C loves grits! So funny what our LOs like/dislike.

evertz · January 2014

Likes:

sweet potato

peas (w/ curry)

carrots

apples

pears

peaches

dislikes:

banana

avocado

green beans (will tolerate it when mixed with other foods)

broccoli

Angela183 · January 2014

Likes: Sweet potato, apples, pears, peaches, pear/pineapple, banana

Dislikes: Green beans, peas

Cgoode517 · January 2014

Chase has liked every thing we've given him except he's not crazy about puréed green beans. He does like whole green beans though. He's not a picky eater at all.

CNJ4EVA · January 2014

Likes:

Apples

Bananas

Mango

Peaches

Carrots

Butternut Squash

Dislikes:

Avocado

Peas

Sweet potatoes

Puffs of any kind

And she's just "eh" about pears and green beans. She doesn't seem to like them too much, but will eat them.

bes12 · January 2014

Likes:
Strawberries
Kiwi
Mango
Pineapple
Peaches
Bananas
Apples
Blueberries
Pears
Green beans
Sweet potato

Dislikes:
Peas
Carrots

Shoegal36 · January 2014

Interesting!

It seems green beans is a popular "dislike" though haha

LO either loves it or hates it. There's no in between with her. I wish I could get her to like a fruit besides bananas. Now I have some new ideas of things to try.

@allison078 I just went with fruits/veggies because I wasn't sure how many would be doing meat yet... LO actually likes pureed beef and pork, but hates turkey and chicken

PumpkinAndThePeanut · January 2014

Oh I forgot! They really didn't care for papaya.

1and1is3 · January 2014

Cgoode517 said:
Chase has liked every thing we've given him except he's not crazy about puréed green beans. He does like whole green beans though. He's not a picky eater at all.

This is Autumn exactly! Also, @2010Bride2be I used to give her Beechnut with no issues but switched to Gerber and the only thing she will eat of theirs is sweet potato. It could be related to age but thought I'd mention it.

miraclemarie · January 2014

Likes:
Sweet potatoes, squash, green beans, bananas, apples, peaches
So, so: peas, carrots, prunes
Dislikes: rice cereal and oatmeal but ate a little tsp of farina 2 or 3 times
We haven't really tried to much.

aibrean · January 2014

What I recall we've tried so far...

Likes: Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Banana, Pear, Peas, Beef, Chicken, Rice, Oatmeal, Beans, Lentils, Quinoa, Peaches, Squash, Turkey, Pumpkin, Broccoli, Potatoes, Blueberries, Raspberries, Orange (LOVES it when I squeeze juice down her throat from a fresh one), Yogurt, Cranberry

Dislikes: Mango, Prunes

If you are having issues with certain foods, try adding some spices/oatmeal to them. We've added cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and pepper to some things before. Also, try mixing with formula. Mine hates prunes solo, but if I pour a little bit in her bottle with the formula she'll drink it.