Battle of the wills

KK loves fruits and veggies, most of the time - and as long as they are pureed. But each time I open a container of the smooth mush, I tell her that she is really getting too old for this and that she needs to start eating "real" fruits and veggies. She wants NO part of them. She'll squish, squeeze, squash, and inspect chunks of fruit and veggies - but she will not eat them. I've tried spoon feeding the chunks, letting her feed herself, I've tried the new freeze dried pieces...nope. She loves other 'solid' foods - meat, bread, cheese, crackers, cookies, tofu, toast, etc. and gobbles them up fine.

So, I figured this was going to come down a battle of the wills. At lunch today I put her in her high chair with a chunk of pineapple. Sometimes, she eats better if we walk away and ignore her (always nearby and watching, of course) and I hoped that given enough time, she would eventually eat ONE chunk of pineapple. I folded laundry, put her clothes away, went out to get the mail, opened it, emptied the dishwasher, etc. I was going to make her sit there until she ate that chunk of pineapple!!! This is what actually happened:


I think I lost. I know that she'll start eating them when she is ready, I just have to keep trying. Sigh. :)