[blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

[Silvara]

After some frustrating and lengthy feedings I started to make cereal thicker 
and found it easier to keep on the spoon.
Sorry, I didn't think to share. Most baby fruit is pretty thin especially 
pears, so adding the cereal is a good idea. I didn't think of that though.
Spoon feeding was pretty nerve racking but after a while you get the hang of 
it. And if it's messy well there's water and paper towels to clean the mess. 
I still feel self-conscious about feeding him when others are around.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:09 PM
Subject: [blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding


> 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
>
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