Yep - she is my child!

For those of you who did not know me as a child, I was a mashed potato freak. My mom had to stock the cupboard with boxes of instant mashed potatoes. I'd dive into a bowl for lunch or dinner...and really wasn't ashamed at all to eat them for breakfast. LOVED THEM! So when Jacob started eating soft foods, I was the most excited to try some good old mashed potatoes. Imagine my sadness...he gagged on them. Gagged! Even though he ate the filling to Babe's pierogies off of my mom's finger when he was a baby, these he gagged on. Such a bummer. Now Kaitrin is getting pretty picky about the items that she wants on her plate. And she gags on everything, not because of texture though, but because she is such a little piggy that she shovels too much food in. After her dinner, I sat her in my lap at the table and she began to play with the left over mashed potatoes on my plate. She tried a bit. She liked them. She REALLY liked them. Oh heavens, how happy am I...my daughter eats mashed potatoes!