My preemie is 7 mo's old, 6 mo's adjusted, loves green beans and peas. I'm glad she prefers her green veggies but I'd like her to eat a variety of fruits and veggies. So in order for her to eat an assortment, I feed her either green beans or peas along with the other veggies/fruits. I've noticed that her bowel movements increased from one to two and sometimes three a day.
I keep reading articles about the importance of not creating a picky eater so in the last week, I've cut back on the green beans and peas and fed her the variety of veggies alone and she is eating the other veggies pretty well. Definitely not her favorites like the green veggies, but she is eating a few spoonfuls (much less than green beans and peas).
Since cutting back the green beans and peas, her BMs have gone back to one a day. Is it best to have one BM per day? I figure there are worse foods that she could prefer, so why not feed her the green veggies since they're healthy for her and full of iron? Or is it tough on her tummy to have 2 or more BMs a day?