Sunday Science Learning to Eat Fruit

For those who have followed my blog for a while you know that we have struggled with a picky eater. Selena has never liked fruits or vegetables. Lately I reported that she did finally try green beans and really likes them. She recently started eating a little bit of apple, but it isn’t something she truly likes. This week I decided to do a little experiment with her to see how she would react to a brand new fresh fruit.

I placed a half an apple, since I had already ate half of it, and a pear on a plate. Selena thought at first that both were apples. I didn’t say anything different and just started to cut the pear while Selena examined the apple for the apple seeds. Once the pear was cut in half Selena quickly found the seeds and informed me that they look the same as the apple seeds, so yes this had to be an apple as I kept asking her if she was sure the pear was indeed an apple.

She took a taste of the apple, and as I said she will eat apple, just not a lot of apple. It certainly is not a favorite fruit. But look what happened when she tried the pear.

She actually ate over half the pear! At this point I told her that this was not an apple but a pear. We discussed where apples and pears grow. I then asked her to describe to me the differences in the apple and the pear. She said the pear was smoother, and softer. I asked her about the flavor and she said the pear was sweeter. I now know that I need to buy pears instead of apples if I want Selena to eat fruit.

She truly could not get enough of the sweet pear! Good job Selena for being such a brave little champ and trying something new.

I am linking this post up at Adventures in Mommydum.