A couple of days ago Mum gave me some apple. I've been really happy eating my rice - I didn't realise that I'd have to eat other foods as well. I was starving and was looking forward to my rice congee, but Mum shoved a spoonful of green mush into my eagerly open mouth instead. Ooh, it was not nice. I tried to like it; I swirled it around in my mouth, swallowed some, spat some out and let Mum put in some more. But I really didn't like it. I did my best to get that point across to Mum: I couldn't have frowned any harder. When she kept trying to squeeze bits into my ever smaller mouth, I started up a grizzle. She eventually got the message and I didn't have to eat anymore.

That afternoon she offered me millet porridge. I wasn't very happy about that either, but I did eat quite a bit and had to admit that it was quite nice. A couple of times she tried to sneak some apple into the millet, but I picked it straight away and spat out the mouthful.

Yesterday she tried poached pear. Now that was REALLY horrid. I mushed it around my mouth and thought I was going to cry. I didn't, but I really got upset by it. How could Mum make me eat something so horrible? I vomited a lot after that.

Today it was back to the rice congee. I was wary at first, wondering what she might have slipped in there, but decided that it was safe to eat and had a big bowl full. Can I stick to rice from now on please?