Day 14

A weird food that I like

Pregnancy threw all types of different cravings at me (after the 22 weeks of morning sickness). Even things I didn’t usually like eating like gerkins.

But one of the weirdest things that I craved was raw broccoli. And I still eat it.

I was just cooking dinner one night and the raw broccoli smelt so good that I had to taste it raw. Now whenever there is raw broccoli around, you’ll catch me saving a good lot to snack on while I cook or whatever.

It’s actually probably not that weird but whenever I tell people they just look at me like “what bananas have you been eating lady?”

And I do believe that what you eat during pregnancy plays a role in shaping your baby’s preferences on what they eat. I’ve read it some where before. Not entirely but a little bit.

When I was pregnant I ate a lot of bananas, chicken, cheese and greens. My toddler can be picky with what she eats. Totally normal. But if she doesn’t eat anything and I give her cheese, chicken or a little branch of COOKED broccoli, she’s all dandy. She was a big fan of bananas for a long time but nope not anymore.

I also ate lots of strawberries and melons but she’s never been a fan like ever. I think she find strawberries to be too sour.

 

Anyway, wow, that’s a good ramble.

Oh. And here are a couple of articles about what you eat during pregnancy having a effect on your baby’s food preference later on. Interesting stuff.

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139033757/babys-palate-and-food-memories-shaped-before-birth

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/apr/08/child-food-preferences-womb-pregnancy-foetus-taste-flavours