Adventures in Eating - My Boys are Foodies

Thank goodness MJ is turning into a good eater, just like his brother. In fact, I think MJ may be an even better eater than CJ. MJ is certainly more adventurous when it comes to food and he likes all kinds of vegetables.

MJ eats everything, just everything. When we go out to a restaurant, I don't bother to bring him any food from home. I just figure he'll eat what we're eating. For Maki's birthday, we went to a BBQ restaurant and MJ happily ate pulled pork, ribs, and collard greens. Tonight, he ate broiled salmon with pine nut couscous. He likes to gnaw on celery and carrots. He absolutely adores fruit of all kinds. Nearly every evening, he'll have half a pear, a bunch of grapefruit slices, a kiwi, a nectarine, or most of an apple.

CJ is still not a great vegetable eater, although he loves broccoli and cauliflower, and he'll eat spinach if it's in lasagna or stuffed shells. He'll eat carrots if they're soft. Otherwise, he's an amazing eater. He eats chicken, beef, fish and shellfish. He loves, loves, loves sushi and all kinds of fish.

MJ loves fruit. He eats fruit with nearly every meal and he likes to feed himself.

MJ loves yogurt. In this photo, he turned into a yogurt face after eating some greek yogurt and doing a great job at feeding himself!

Can't remember what he's eating, but here again is a photo of MJ on his own. Note that he's not in his high chair, which he mostly refuses to sit in these days. He likes to sit at the kitchen island with the rest of the family.

Here's MJ trying to feed himself some Singapore noodles. He managed to twirl some noodles and put them in his mouth, but it proved too challenging, so he resorted to using his hands to grab big handfuls of noodles and stuffing them in his mouth. Singapore noodles ultimately prove too spicy for him.