[blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

Wed Nov 19 14:58:34 UTC 2008

I was the same way.  I'm so glad he's finally decided to eat "real" meat and 
stuff like rice and macaroni and cheese but I just wish we could convince 
the darn child that he can feed himself.  Did I say darn?  I meant the dear 
child.  Let me tell you guys, you've never seen a stubborn child until 
you've met our Jesse.  I'm sure it's what helped him survive the first few 
years but ...
Paul got by with his sunny disposition.  He's pretty much a go-with-the-flow 
type of child.  Jesse, however, is very angry.
Has anyone ever known a set of twins who have only enough happiness for one? 
Every time one is happy the other is crabby.  I could probably count on my 
toes and fingers how many days we've had them both happy in the last 
three-and-a-half years.  It's very strange.
As every child is, these two are a piece of work.
Barbara

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

> I was always self concious as well and i used to ask others if they wanted 
> to feed her. It may sound silly, but that's the way i was. V
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>> 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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>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:09 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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