How to Booze Up Your Baby

1. Put organic pear juice in his sippy cup.
2. Let the cup sit, in or out of the refrigerator, for a day or two.
   
3. Give your baby some juice and wonder why in the world he is making such a face of disgust.

This has happened not once, but at least three times. It took me a while to figure out why the pear juice suddenly didn't taste good to him after a couple of days (he doesn't drink much, so it takes him a couple of days to empty his sippy cup). Then, this weekend, I pulled the cap off of the cup and smelled the unmistakable scent of fermentation. I suddenly realized what had been happening--that organic pear juice with no preservatives was fermenting! Poor Noah. It's not like he got more than about half of a sip at a time, because he'd refuse to drink it, and I'd pour it out and get him fresh juice or water. So I didn't actually booze up my baby. But I did inadvertently try!