Now that Joseff was eight months old, Anna thought it was a good time to start transitioning him to baby food, even though he still would need to nurse on her up until before he turned two.

Right now, Anna was in the nursery with Joseff, who was sitting on her lap with a bib tied around his neck. On a small table next to her were a few samples of homemade baby food. The castle's chef had taken careful time to take common solid food and cook, strain, and puree it so well that it could be soft enough for Joseff to eat. Anna had brought small amounts of strained carrots (at the desire of Kristoff), apples, bananas, peas, and broccoli for him to try. Though humorously, since she wasn't too fond of most vegetables, including broccoli and peas, she didn't think Joseff would like them, either.

Anna gave Joseff a little bounce from her leg as he sat in her lap. "Okay, sweetie, today is your first day of trying solid foods. You'll still be drinking milk for some time, but it's time you started new foods at your age."

Making sure she kept an eagle eye on Joseff, Anna reached for the spoon and scooped it in the bowl that held the strained bananas. Then she brought it around to his face. "Okay, honey, now open your mouth and try some bananas."

But when Anna brought the spoon right to Joseff's lips, he would not open them. In fact, when she tried to point the spoon right at his mouth, he would move his head a little bit to avoid it.

Anna wondered if that, even though he was so little, Joseff could tell the food was something new and not his milk, so he didn't want to try it. "Come on, Joseff, you have to eat this. It's good for you."

However, Anna did not want to be forceful and persistent with her baby, so she decided to put the bananas aside and try another one of the samples of baby food. Each other individual food was in its own bowl and had its own spoon. Anna thought Joseff would more likely go for the bananas since they were sweet, which is why she wanted to try them first. But since he didn't, she decided to feed him the peas (though she also thought he would really dislike them and refuse to eat them entirely).

"Let's try something else, sweetie," Anna said while she reached for the bowl of strained peas. After she scooped some up with the spoon, she added, "I thought you'd prefer to eat the bananas, but now I'm gonna have to give you a vegetable, and this are very good for you. We all want you to grow up big, healthy, and strong, just like Daddy."

Anna scooped up a smaller amount of the peas than bananas just to see if she could get Joseff to swallow just enough for a tiny mouthful. When she brought it to his mouth, she was surprised to see him open it enough and let her put the spoon in, but then that quickly changed when he made a face that looked like one of disgust to her.

"Well, at least you ate some. Let's try it again." Anna scooped up a larger serving of peas and brought them to Joseff. Although he cooperated in opening his mouth, it was only a matter of seconds before he spit it out and it fell onto his bib.

Anna laughed. "Okay, maybe that's enough of the peas!" After his reaction to the peas, Anna felt certain Joseff would also spit out the broccoli and carrots. But she still had to try first. So she motioned towards the bowl with the broccoli and picked up the spoon.

And again, Joseff opened his mouth, and the broccoli soon fell from his mouth. Anna took a cloth that was sitting on the table and used it to wipe all of the baby food from Joseff's face. When she tried to feed him more broccoli, not only did he spit it out (again!), but he let out what sounded like a little, angry cry.

Anna was taken aback by the sudden sound, but she figured she shouldn't feed him anymore broccoli. She looked at the carrots, wondering if feeding him another vegetable was a good idea. But not wanting to let any of the food go to waste, she decided to give it a shot. If he had another outburst, she would wrap it up with the baby food for today.

Even though he was still far too little to fully understand her, Anna decided to talk to Joseff. "Honey, I know this food is a big change from the milk you drink. But it's just something you have to learn to eat. And when you get much bigger, you'll be eating real foods, like carrots and broccoli." She stroked her son's cheek. "Joseff, these foods are very healthy for you. I know they don't taste good, and you would rather eat foods that do. But you can't just live on one kind of food forever, and even for foods that do taste good, you can't just eat them and neglect what foods you should eat."

Joseff was looking into Anna's eyes, appearing to listen as best as he could. "Well, you'll understand one day, sweetie, when you're old enough." Then she looked at the bowl of carrots. "You know, Daddy and Sven both love carrots, and maybe you can learn to love them, too." Then under her breath, she muttered, "I just hope Kristoff doesn't ask questions if he doesn't like them."

So after Anna scooped up some of the carrots, she brought it to Joseff's mouth…and like a reflex, he immediately spit them out! When Anna brought another spoonful up to his mouth, it barely touched his lips before Joseff let out a cry!

Just then, Elsa entered the room. "Anna, what's going on here? I was outside my room and I heard Joseff cry a couple of minutes ago, and again just now!"

"Hi, Elsa. I'm trying to feed him some baby food, but he's refused to eat just about all of it. He got upset just now after I fed him some carrots and before when I gave him some peas."

"Hmmm, vegetables. Young children don't usually like the taste of those."

"I know, but he has to eat them sometimes. He's going to have to eat baby food regularly soon, and he can't just eat the ones that taste good."

"That's true, but maybe that's how you should start it. Give him fruit kinds first, and work your way into others. And even if he doesn't eat it all first, don't let that stop you. Babies don't always want to eat whenever you feed them, but they can come around. When they are very hungry, they'll eat all of their food."

Anna smiled. "Is that what happened with me when I was a baby?"

"Oh, yes!" Elsa responded. "You could be such a picky baby and only wanted to eat what tasted good."

Just as she and Anna looked down at Joseff, a voice said, "Well, then, I guess we know where Joe gets it from," and Kristoff entered the room with a cheeky grin.

"Hi, honey."

"Hi, Kristoff."

"Hi, Elsa. Hi, honey." Kristoff leaned forward to kiss Anna. Then he noticed their little son. "Hi, Joseff," he said, then kissed the top of his head.

"Oh, yes. Joseff is going to grow up to be just like you, Anna." She motioned to Kristoff. "Sorry, Kristoff."

Kristoff just shrugged. "So, our little man won't eat any baby food, huh? Not even the carrots?"

"Not even the carrots," Anna repeated.

"Are there any you didn't feed him yet?" Elsa asked.

"Yes. The apples and the bananas, though I tried to give him bananas before, and he wouldn't eat them at all."

"Well, why don't you just try those two and see what happens?" Kristoff suggested. "If he didn't like the vegetables, the fruits couldn't taste any worse."

"You're probably right." Anna reached for the bowls of strained apples and bananas. Before she put a spoonful of bananas in Joseff's mouth, she said, "Okay, honey, maybe you'll like these more." Then she looked at her sister and husband and smiled before she added, "And why don't you show Daddy and Auntie Elsa what a big boy you are by eating all of your food?"

As Anna motioned the spoon to Joseff's mouth, she said, "Strained bananas in…" Then she paused, waiting to see if Joseff would eat them or spit them out. Sure enough, Joseff swallowed them. "And it's a keeper!"

So Anna gave him some more spoonfuls, and completely unlike what he did with the vegetables, Joseff ate all of the strained bananas. Even though Anna gave him small spoonfuls that he could swallow easily, he never once spit them out. The same thing happened when he ate all of the strained apples.

Anna, Kristoff, and Elsa were, again, all proud of Joseff for doing something new. Even though Joseff was still at the age where he primarily had to feed on breast milk, whenever he had to eat baby food, they decided to stick with ones he would like more and try others in moderation.