[blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

Thu Nov 20 04:36:17 UTC 2008

So what you're saying is the  phrase, "as different as night and day," has 
substance. smile! Your twins are living proof. All i can say is you have 
your hands full for the next (how old are they) years. V

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

>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
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>> 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
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Silvara" <silvara at cox.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>     ***
>>> Grace
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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
>>>>
>>>> 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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