[blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

Thu Nov 20 22:05:01 UTC 2008

I've not thought of it that way, although I do think of them in terms of 
sunny and stormy.  And they are almost six and a half.  Could that be?  It 
doesn't seem possible that almost three and a half years ago we when and got 
these little boys.
Barbara

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:36 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] helpful tip for spoon feeding

> 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
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>>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
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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.
>>>>     ***
>>>> Grace
>>>>
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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 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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