[blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

[Barbara Hammel]

And where was I when I learned that two years ago?  I could have passed that 
tip along and made it easier for you.
Barbara

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:58 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

> Oh sure, where were you when Gab was a baby.  I could of used that tip. 
> smile. V
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> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:09 PM
> Subject: [blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding
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>> Hi.  I know many of you are past the spoon feeding stage, but there are 
>> some new moms and moms-to-be on the list, so I thought I'd share a recent 
>> discovery.  Maybe everybody else has figured it out already, and I'm just 
>> slow.  But I've found that pureed baby food is much easier to feed when I 
>> thicken it up with a tablespoon or two of baby oatmeal or rice cereal. 
>> When I thicken it just enough so that it stays on an infant spoon, it's 
>> about the texture of pudding, and the baby can still get it in her mouth 
>> and swallow it.  It's easier to get the right amount on the spoon and not 
>> lose half of it on its way to its destination.  I have a lot less mess to 
>> clean up, plus she's getting some of her cereal at the same time.  She's 
>> eating pureed, organic fruits and veggies now, and I'm moving into the 
>> less finely pureed stuff as well.  Good luck, hope this might help some 
>> of you because I know spoon feeding can be frustrating.  I used to dread 
>> it till I discovered this trick, but now it's easy and even fun to see my 
>> baby enjoying her different foods.
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take 
>> advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care of 
>> what you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
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