• Home
  • Cooking
  • Frugal Living
  • Home Management
  • Homeschooling
  • Real Life

The Happy Housewife™ :: Real Life

Where Martha Meets Real Life

  • Journal
  • Fit for Good
  • Kids
  • Fun
  • Military
    • My Deployment Journal
    • Making it in the Military
  • Disney
  • Archives

Black Bean Baby

by Toni Herrbach

0shares
  • Pin
  • Share

Those of you who frequent my BlogFrog community know that we have had a terrible time getting Cora to eat ANYTHING! We have tried homemade baby food, store bought baby food, mushed fruits and veggies, unmushed fruits and veggies, waffles, pancakes, muffins, rice, couscous, just about anything that we eat, we have tried to get her to eat.

Her typical routine goes something like this:

Look eagerly at the food. Attempt to grasp food and shove it in her mouth. Chew on food for several seconds and smile. As soon as the entire family is ready to explode in shouts of joy she spits food back out onto her tray.

This has gone on for a few months. We continue to try new things, old things, basically anything and she just won’t swallow food.

Until this week. When she ate an entire plate of this:

Seriously Cora?

0shares
  • Pin
  • Share

Comments | 31 comments

« Donate Swag Bucks to the Haiti Disaster Relief Effort
Cora and Kit ~ 10 Months »

Comments

  1. Sherry says

    at

    Lol! She is too funny! 😀

    Reply
  2. Young Wife says

    at

    Ha, ha! Well, I’m glad you found something she will eat!

    Reply
  3. Trina says

    at

    She’s BEEEEEEautiful!

    Reply
  4. Niki says

    at

    I had this issue with Colin. Any baby food I bought at the commissary he gagged on or threw up. During one of my trips to Wal-Mart for the Milupa formula (way cheaper than what the commissary brought in and had more in the box) I checked out the baby food. The combinations were completely against everything we’re told in how to introdue baby food. I picked up a few jars and muesli’s for him to try. He devored the german baby food as if he were starving. I joked he did this because he was born in Germany, therefore, he must eat German food.

    When I decided to make baby food for Jake, I didn’t hesitate on mixing foods or adding spices to anything. I used quite a bit of ginger, cinnamon and vanilla in the foods I made.

    Reply
  5. VBACwarrior says

    at

    I don’t know if you’re nursing, but I know many, many nursing mothers who doesn’t even *begin* to offer solid foods until somewhere between 9 and 12 months of age. My nursling is 7 months old now and doesn’t eat solid food yet 🙂

    Reply
  6. dj says

    at

    I’m with jamie that posted. What is on that plate? It looks great. I like all the colors. I am so bad at the color balance with foods. Can you tell us what’s in it? Pleeeasse!

    Reply
  7. Katena says

    at

    This was my Kaden he is 5 months old. He just started eating baby food like last week his favorites is apples and chicken right now. He still prefers his bottle over food. But he’s gaining weight came into this at 5 went down to 4lbs and now at a healthly 15lbs so hes doing great. Cora just wanted some real down home food congrats on her venture into eating.

    Reply
  8. Tara says

    at

    Holy Cow Toni–I could just copy and paste this post into my own life. Blake is the exact same way. SOOOO excited when he sees food, but after one bite, excitement is dead. I’ve done black beans before and he loved them the first time, and now won’t touch them.

    Reply
  9. Chris says

    at

    My daughter loves black beans!

    Glad Cora found something that she likes!

    Reply
  10. Kurdistan says

    at

    wow im a a big black bean fan i love it any time and any where

    Reply
  11. jamie says

    at

    whatever is on that plate looks delicous! what exactly is it? is there a recipe? please share! yum.

    Reply
  12. Kimberly @ Raising Olives says

    at

    Way to go Cora!

    We had a baby that would only eat spicy food. I mean seriously, give the girl a jalapeno and she was happy.

    Reply
  13. Vanessa says

    at

    The same thing happened with my oldest – finally got him to eat refried beans on a whim – just wanted some flavor, I guess.

    Reply
  14. Kim says

    at

    OH, So Cute! What a sweet blessing!

    Reply
  15. Rita @ Creatively Domestic says

    at

    My son LOVED beans when he was little! Black, kidney, pinto, anything! Now that he’s 2 and a half, not so much, but he will still eat them every now and then! That is exciting to find a “favorite food!”

    Reply
  16. Casual Friday Every Day says

    at

    Oh those eyes!

    Nell

    Reply
  17. Tonya says

    at

    My younger son has ALWAYS loved the well-seasoned, spicy foods. Forget that bland, baby stuff. I made homemade baby food for him with the food processor and he eats everything now. My older one was pretty picky until he became a teenager. Keep the salsa and saffron coming for Cora!

    Reply
  18. Budgets are the New Black says

    at

    When my oldest started solids I didn’t know what I was doing and I just listened to those around me, starting with one pureed food at a time, being careful and looking for allergies or any other reactions.

    We went on a road trip and stopped at McDonald’s. (Don’t judge; when we travel all bets are off.) Conner started eying my cheeseburger, so I tore off a tiny bit and gave it to him. He ended up gobbling the whole thing down. As in, the whole cheeseburger.

    Once I figured out he was ready for “real” food boy did he put them down! He also started sleeping much better! He’d probably been wondering how long I was planning on starving him, good grief.

    Reply
  19. sarah says

    at

    That is funny! My 15 month old has been really into eating what I call “mush”, anything all mixed together. Noodles, Chicken, pasta sauce, and spinach, or hamburger rice and tomato soup. She seems to like all her flavors at once!

    Reply
  20. nicole says

    at

    My 23 month-old also loves black beans and rice. Thank goodness it is pretty much good for her.

    Reply
  21. Kathy says

    at

    I have heard, especially in the South, that many babies eat brown or black beans first. Mine didn’t eat them first, but loved them and smeared them all over their faces gleefully.

    Reply
  22. Jennifer says

    at

    When we switched my oldest daughter to table foods, she would eat nothing but hotdogs and mandarin oranges – for 4 months. It was crazy. I just kept putting other foods on her tray and finally one day she also ate all the blueberries and green beans too! Then she ate everything. It was bizarre, just like Cora. Kids certainly have their own personalites.

    Reply
  23. Lolli says

    at

    Yum! I would eat that, too! I have had my share of picky eaters….it’s frustrating, isn’t it?

    Reply
  24. B-Dub says

    at

    Stock up on the beans and rice! My littlest took awhile to catch on to swallowing. Start with the things she loves, and keep adding in. My littlest loves mustard of all things- so I give her mustard to dip the less savory foods in. Gross, but effective.

    Reply
  25. Amie says

    at

    Just want to share that my friend had the same experience with her 3rd son. Turns out he has sensitivity to dairy and some other things (and the only family history of allergy is avocado). He breaks out in a rash or even hives. He’s 3 now and even today he seems to know what he can’t have – he will smell it or lick it and push it away. So I would suggest keeping an eye out for that…

    Reply
    • TheHappyHousewife says

      at

      Great advice! I will definitely be watching for food allergies in Cora. I have never had a child who seems to like the food, but not swallow it.
      We did have a Cheerios victory this morning… I think she ate at least 20 :).
      Toni

      Reply
  26. Amy @ Tiny Blessings says

    at

    Hee hee! Whatever works, indeed!

    My now 3 year-0ld wouldn’t eat for a long time. We were like you- had given him all different kinds of textures and foods to try. He was undergoing speech therapy (as well as physical and occupational therapies) at the time, and his ST told us to give him foods with stronger flavors. It worked like a charm. To this day my boy always picks the strongest flavors offered and he loves hot/spicy foods. I believe there was some medical explanation about needing more stimulation…. all I know is that we were thrilled when he finally ate!

    Reply
  27. Jenn says

    at

    My son was the same way. He didn’t start swallowing food until around 18 months. He would gag at the sight of it! Now he’s almost four and eats like crazy – there is a light at the end of the tunnel. (as you have now seen) yay!!

    Reply
  28. Tara @ Deal Seeking Mom says

    at

    LOL, whatever works! We went to Red Robin for Drew’s birthday (he turned 2!), and I ordered their Fiesta Chicken Salad. He climbed on my lap and started picking all of the black beans out of it, so I’ll have to look for more recipes use them too.

    Reply
  29. Cherrill Hartsfield says

    at

    Way to go Cora, who would have thought she just likes mexican food. Lol

    Reply
    • TheHappyHousewife says

      at

      I know! Of course we love black beans and rice, so maybe she didn’t want the boring garlic-less veggies!
      Toni

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




STAY UPDATED!

Get every article delivered to your inbox!

CONNECT WITH ME

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

My Latest Videos

Join our Fit For Good Challenge

Our Story

  • How I Came to Know the Long Haired Hippy
  • How to Have a Frugal Wedding
  • My First Attempt as The Happy Housewife
  • The Summer in Which I Became Frugal and Long-Haired Hippie ate Meat
  • Why I Should Have High-Tailed it Out of the Apartment Complex
  • Why You Should Never Let Long Haired Boys Take Your Daughters to the Airport

Military Deployment

deployment-series

STAY UPDATED!

Get every article delivered to your inbox!

FEATURED

How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

By Toni Herrbach Leave a Comment

How to exercise when you have kids

How to Exercise with Kids

By Toni Herrbach 3 Comments

CONNECT WITH ME

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2025 · Tasteful theme by Restored 316

Privacy Policy

HOME | CONTACT | ADVERTISING & PR | DISCLOSURE | PRIVACY POLICY

© 2025 – TheHappyHousewife.com. All rights reserved. | Design by Joy @ Five J's Design | Site maintenance by Klong Designs