Food for thought

Lovin' the peas!

So I'm kinda at a loss as to what to feed the Chi Chi Monster next.  We started him with rice cereal (of course), and from there moved on to veggies.  He loves his baby peas (frozen bag from K-town), and tolerates green beans.  Brocolli seems to be hit or miss, but it needs to be mixed with rice or oatmeal to get him to eat it.  Carrots are also a fav, as are sweet potatoes, but ironically he did not dig on regular spuds (granted, they were a bit dry).  Just tried butternut squash and so far so good. 

Fruits--not so much!

Fruits haven't been received quite as well.  His first fruit was pears, and he was not a fan.  Our thinking is that they are too sweet for him (funny, right?!), and so the only way we have been able to get him to eat the pureed variety is to mix them with his rice or oats.  Blueberries and mangoes have been very easy to get him to eat, but don't even try apricots, cuz that will just be a waste of EVERYONE'S time!  Apples and kiwi are on the maybe list.  Haven't pureed grapes or cherries, but have let him try to bite them and suck the juice, and he seems to get a kick out of that.  Silly boy!  So back to where I started, what do I try next?  I don't want him to simply eat pureed food forever.  Jeff fessed up to giving him bites of bread, so I've started breaking off crust niblets for him, but Kyler cannot live on bread alone.  When can I give him some more substantial bites?  I'm toying with the idea of baking up some chicken and then pureeing that, but am a bit nervous.  Can I freeze that like I do the veggies and fruits?  Basically my hope is that Kyler will have tried enough different things, and therefore will have a wide range of likes--unlike his momma!  Would love to know if anyone has any tips!

I never wonder WHY there is always so much Kyler laundry!