# The kids' menu just got a lot bigger -- in the U.S., at least.

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**Created:** [October 10, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kids-menu-just-got-a-lot-bigger-in-the-u-s-at-least/325624 "2005-10-10T20:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kids-menu-just-got-a-lot-bigger-in-the-u-s-at-least/325624/1 "2005-10-10T20:26:33Z")

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[Spicing up baby’s meal may be just the deal](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/244016_diet10.html)  
It can be healthier, researchers say

> [@J.M. Hirsch](#):
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> Ditch the rice cereal and mashed peas, and make way for enchiladas, curry and even – gasp! – hot peppers.
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> It’s time to discard everything you think you know about feeding babies. It turns out most advice parents get about weaning infants onto solid foods – even from pediatricians – is more myth than science.

While I can’t quite picture starting Interrobairn!?'s solid food adventures with jalapeno poppers, I’m glad to see that we might be able to skip the elaborate breast-milk-and-rice-cereal concoctions that her cousin was weaned on.

I think we’ll be trying out hummus in four or five months…

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**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kids-menu-just-got-a-lot-bigger-in-the-u-s-at-least/325624/2 "2005-10-10T20:35:02Z")

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When my older son was about 18 months old, his father was picking up takeout for us at our local Mexican joint. My son (in his arms) reached out and carefully selected a hot pickled carrot from the jar on the counter, and popped it into his mouth. His father and the counterman just stared at him as he happily munched it up and went for another. And those things are pretty hot! He liked them for about a year before he went on to his picky phase (which still exists at 11.)