No "Mommy of the Year" Award for Me!

Why you ask? Well, it seems like everyone's child but mine likes avocados. How do I know this? Andrew was making guacamole last night, so I had him save me a little fresh avocado so that Carson could have a taste. He was in the middle of his dinner and had just finished up his oatmeal or another veggie, I can't remember. He was eating like a champ, of course, when I decided to switch gears and give him a little spoon full of this very mashed up avocado. OH. MY. GOSH. I SO wish we had the video camera out. I have NEVER in my life seen such a gag reflex. It was so dramatic though that I was starting to get concerned, like he was choking or something. Then, he actually threw it up. He has never thrown up until now. I hate to say this because he looked so pathetic, but it was kind of hilarious at the same time (once we knew he was fine, of course). We couldn't help but laugh at his facial expressions (which lingered for quite a while) even though I felt AWFUL. I mean, really awful. He kind of gagged the first time he had green beans, but this was a whole other level... the child threw up. He just kept looking at me with that precious face like "Why would you give me this, Mom?" So, I don't know if we're going to be trying avocados again anytime soon. I know that they say it can take a number of tries before a kid might like something,but this was extreme. If we do, it's going to be with one of those mesh bag thingys. I'm not putting him through that again!