Rhiannon Lambert

So they analyzed their facial expressions in the womb, first of all, with ultrasound scans.

And then they repeated the testing when the babies were around three weeks old.

which is very early again.

And then they followed up at age three.

So at three weeks old, they're only having breast milk or formula milk.

And the findings were consistent, Ella.

So children who'd been exposed to carrot flavors in the womb reacted more positively to the smell of carrot later on and were more likely to grimace at kale.

Meanwhile, the children that had taken the kale capsules appeared much more accepting of the smell of kale.

And that's so interesting because kale is obviously such a bitter taste and it's

definitely not something that I think most toddlers love.

But I think it leads back to the research that I love on the veg first approach, which is how I weaned both of mine.

I didn't give them, I controversially didn't give my kids any fruit until they're about nine months old.

And I was just pure veg majority from six to nine months.

And it did work.

I think it works.

I know it's not possible for all, but I think it makes perfect sense innately as human beings that

we are predisposed to, of course, wanting sweet food over savory because it's got more energy.

absolutely staggering didn't matter what it was and this is important to share because all babies are different and I don't want people thinking oh they've got perfect kids that just ate everything because it's not like that every parent has struggles with this

By the way, Ella and I are very, very aware we're not shaming anybody here because we both could not eat...

I didn't eat a single vegetable.