yobaby meals or how i got colin to eat an actual vegetable

**Giveaway is now closed! Congrats to Tiffany, comment #4!!**

My first two kids were terrific eaters. They ate pretty much anything we put in front of them. We even took them to another country, where they happily ate ethnic food for several weeks with little complaining. They'll still try almost anything!

Then we had Colin.

This kid would happily eat nothing but fruit, yogurt, hot dogs and chicken nuggets for the rest of his life. He hates meat. He hates most vegetables, although he used to eat peas. (But not anymore.) He'll occasionally eat a carrot. He won't eat rice or potatoes. He does eat pasta, but only if its spaghetti that is not cut up so he can slurp it and make a huge mess. (Oh, he does like pizza. But who doesn't like pizza?)

SIGH.

So when I was contacted by Stonyfield Farms about trying their new YoMeals, I enthusiastically said, "YES!! PLEASE help me get some vegetables into my son!!" With all three of our kids, YoBaby Yogurt  has been a staple in our house. It was usually the one thing I could guarantee they would eat, even on their pickiest days!!

YoBaby Meals offer a unique 3-in-1 combination of protein-packed yogurt + fruit + veggie purée in one cup. It comes in three flavors -- Pear & Green Bean, Peach & Squash, Apple & Sweet Potato – and, thankfully, is in a 6-ounce cup. (My son always wants more after a 4-ounce YoBaby!) And of course, YoBaby Meals are still all natural and certified organic, made with milk from cows fed organic feed and not treated with antibiotics or artificial growth hormones.

My thoughts?
Thank you, Stonyfield. My son ate vegetables. Real vegetables. Happily! With no screaming or throwing vegetables on the floor! (Not that my child ever does that. Ahem.) He liked the Peach and Squash flavor best, followed by the Apple and Sweet Potato. Pear and Green Bean was not such a hit, but he never liked green vegetables in baby food, either.

Stonyfield Farms is offering a lucky Girlymama reader a YoBaby gift pack that includes a Yobaby travel bowl with lid, a Yobaby organic cotton bib , an Eric Carle growth chart AND 3 free Yobaby Meals coupons!! Here's how to enter: 

1. Contest ends Friday, December 18.
2. Entry #1: Leave a comment just saying you want to win.
3. Entry #2: Leave a SEPARATE comment telling me your trick getting your kids to eat healthy.
4. Entry #3:  Leave another comment telling me in what way you promoted this contest (i.e., posting about it on your blog or Facebook, Tweeting about it, emailing  friends, and/or subscribe to my feed by email or in a reader).
5. Winners will be selected by Random.org, announced back here on this post, and notified via email with further instructions.

Good luck!!

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Comments

[Andrea]

I would love to win this! What a great invention...even for my older children who won't eat veggies!

[Andrea]

A way to get my kids to eat healthy? I've tried the Deceptively Delicious recipes...but few won my kids over...so far I've just cut things out and transitioned them to all whole wheat products. Such a challenge!

[Kellyn]

Don't enter me (no babies) but YEAH for getting Colin to eat veggies. It can be such a battle.

[Tiffany]

The doctor just told us today that it is time to get started with solid food, so I'd really love to win!

[Wehaf]

I'd love to win for my nephew.

[Amy]

I would love to win. Chloe is just starting solids, and my kids all LOVE yogurt.

[Amy]

I shred carrots and zucchini and sneak them into my spaghetti sauce!!! They never even notice. Extra nutrition and flavor, and no complaining!

[Juice]

Great idea!

[Jeanine]

I would love to win this.

[Julie L]

This would be great to win

[Julie L]

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[xenia]

I would love to win this, my little one could definitely use more vegetables, too!

[xenia]

Tricks to getting my kids to eat healthy? Does bribery count? Because that's about all I've got.

[xenia]

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