[blparent] boon squert spoon

Elizabeth Cooks elizabethcooks at comcast.net
Wed Aug 19 19:20:37 UTC 2009 

Just feed only once or maybe twice a day.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kate02 at bellsouth.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] boon squert spoon


>
> Hi.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> Ash stopped nursing early and we think its because she became dependent on 
> food too fast.
>
> Does any one have tips for feeding a nursing baby of six months food in 
> away that will keep the nursing relationship in tact?
>
> Thanks
> Kate
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com>
>>
>> Really?  I thought the opposite.  I squeezed it very lightly in order to
>> just dispense a tiny bit rather than a large amount.
>> It's a cute spoon.  It looks like a carot.  We really liked it.  Way 
>> easier
>> than trying to scoop up food, because you didn't have to try to wipe off 
>> the
>> spoon to keep from dropping food.
>> As far as I know, though, it isn't BPA free, so that's something to 
>> consider
>> if you're going to use it often.  I used it to feed her cereal, but I 
>> never
>> fed Kaelyn baby food.  I gave her some mashed avocado in it, but she ate
>> mostly table foods because she was still nursing, and I didn't really 
>> start
>> solids till 9 months.
>> I recommend it though for easy feeding.
>> Leanne
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dena Wainwright" <dena at envogueaccess.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:30 AM
>> Subject: [blparent] boon squert spoon
>>
>>
>> > Hi.
>> > I got one of these spoons as well. It is a very cool design but you do
>> > have to squeeze it pretty darned hard to get the food out. This may not 
>> > be
>> > an issue for most people, but if you're like me and have nerve damage 
>> > in
>> > your dominant hand, it was actually impossible to use.
>> > Angelina, I could send you mine if you'd like to try it. Just call or
>> > email me off-list.
>> > Dena
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Anjelina" <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>
>> > To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:44 PM
>> > Subject: [blparent] Subject: Re: Re : Babies growth. school
>> >
>> >
>> >>I know what you mean. Kloei loves to throw her voice around, and her
>> >>screech sounds as if she's preparing for the opera.
>> >> She's almost got the hang of crawling and puts anything in her mouth. 
>> >> We
>> >> haven't started solids. She's tasted a few things I've given her by 
>> >> hand
>> >> cut into small pieces. That spoon sounds interesting.
>> >> Glad to hear he is a happy healthy baby.
>> >> A&K
>> >> "Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up 
>> >> is
>> >> up to you."
>> >> ~Thomas L. Holdcroft
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>> >> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:41 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [blparent] Re : Babies growth.     school
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> Time sure does fly by doesn't it?  What's that little girl of yours 
>> >>> up
>> >>> to? Remus has discovered his squeel, and boy is it loud!  I was 
>> >>> having a
>> >>> little trrouble feeding him because he kept grabbing at the spoon and
>> >>> knocking the food on the floor or on himself or on me.  So I looked
>> >>> around to see what moms had to say about feeding solids.  I needed a
>> >>> grinder anyway, but while I was looking around in a place called 
>> >>> cheeky
>> >>> monkey I accidentally clicked on a link to something called the Boon
>> >>> squeeze and squirt feeding spoon. I wouldn't have given it much 
>> >>> thought
>> >>> but I clicked on it by mistake and now I'm glad I did.  It's a spoon
>> >>> that you put baby food in and when you want to put food on the spoon 
>> >>> you
>> >>> just squeeze the bulb and food comes out on to the spoon.  So along 
>> >>> with
>> >>> my food grinder I got it as well, and it's saved me from having to 
>> >>> clean
>> >>> up tons of messes and saved poor Remus from me having to take the 
>> >>> time
>> >>> to get more food out of a bowl.  I'm never fast enough getting the 
>> >>> food
>> >>> into his mouth no matter what I try, but this sure helps. He'd still
>> >>> rather nurse then sit in my lap and eat serial, but he's patient with 
>> >>> me
>> >>> when I try.  He sort of has this noise as if to say okay mommy, I'll
>> >>> humour you. lol  He never stops amazing me with his little noises and
>> >>> the way his personallity is forming.  He's so different yet so 
>> >>> similar
>> >>> to Colyn, and it's funny the things you forget from child to child, 
>> >>> and
>> >>> the things you never will.
>> >>>
>> >>> Tammy
>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> From: "Anjelina" <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>
>> >>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:27 PM
>> >>> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: school
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Wow Tammy, time surely is flying
>> >>>> Kloei is also six months. Each day she seems to come up with 
>> >>>> something
>> >>>> new.
>> >>>> Seems just like yesterday I was writing about being induced and you
>> >>>> were writing about your birth with Remus!
>> >>>> A&K
>> >>>> "Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up 
>> >>>> is
>> >>>> up to you."
>> >>>> ~Thomas L. Holdcroft
>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>> >>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:05 PM
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: school
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Six months goes by pretty fast here to.  Remus is almost crawling 
>> >>>>> and
>> >>>>> trying to sit up as well.  I put up the gate on the stairs a couple
>> >>>>> weeks ago, and it's a good thing I did because I found him looking
>> >>>>> through the slats and laughing at me the other day when I came up 
>> >>>>> from
>> >>>>> the laundry. He's going to be a holy terror when he figures out how 
>> >>>>> to
>> >>>>> use his knees to propel himself around.  Now he just pulls himself 
>> >>>>> on
>> >>>>> his hands and it's slow-going and he gets tired easily.  We find 
>> >>>>> him
>> >>>>> sleeping in the middle of the floor sometimes.  Colyn thinks it's
>> >>>>> great! He loves his big brother and Remus just adores him.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Tammy
>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>>>> From: <kate02 at bellsouth.net>
>> >>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:29 PM
>> >>>>> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: school
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Hi Tammy.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I was hoping for a boy but well, you know*grin*
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Tiffany is doing well and is already attempting to move on her 
>> >>>>>> own.
>> >>>>>> Ash loves being a big sister so no sibling rivalry at this time.
>> >>>>>> Though people keep telling us that the age gap should keep things
>> >>>>>> calm around here.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Time goes fast Tiffany is already six months and I still am trying 
>> >>>>>> to
>> >>>>>> rap my head around Ash terming seven in September.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I’ll talk more when I can.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Kate
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> >>>>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Hi Kate,
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> My Colyn starts junior kindergarten this year and I'm the one not
>> >>>>>>> prepared
>> >>>>>>> for it.  lol  We got lucky though because he goes to a private
>> >>>>>>> preschool and
>> >>>>>>> they have a program for jk and sk, so we will not have to get 
>> >>>>>>> used
>> >>>>>>> to
>> >>>>>>> different teachers.  After that he'll go to the school for the 
>> >>>>>>> blind
>> >>>>>>> and
>> >>>>>>> they can readily braille or email things to me.  Now my other 
>> >>>>>>> son,
>> >>>>>>> that's a
>> >>>>>>> whole different story, and I'm not really willing to even
>> >>>>>>> comtemplate that
>> >>>>>>> right now.  grin  How is that precious little girl of yours 
>> >>>>>>> doing?
>> >>>>>>> I'm so
>> >>>>>>> jealous of you for having two girls.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Tammy
>> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>>>>>> From: <kate02 at bellsouth.net>
>> >>>>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 9:46 AM
>> >>>>>>> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] school
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > Hi.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > We go Friday to see who the teacher is this year.  I’m hoping 
>> >>>>>>> > this
>> >>>>>>> > year
>> >>>>>>> > goes better then last.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > This will also be the last year of public school if it turns 
>> >>>>>>> > out
>> >>>>>>> > to be
>> >>>>>>> > more of the same.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > On the up side, Ash is ready to return though a bit nervous. 
>> >>>>>>> > She
>> >>>>>>> > walked
>> >>>>>>> > in to the living room the other day and informed Clay and I 
>> >>>>>>> > that
>> >>>>>>> > “I’m just
>> >>>>>>> > not prepared for first grade.”  We informed her that since she
>> >>>>>>> > used
>> >>>>>>> > prepared correctly there shouldn’t be any issues academically.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > Also this is the first year we have to do portfolios any tips?
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > OK, I’ll Write more later.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > Kate
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> >>>>>>> > From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> >>>>>>> >>
>> >>>>>>> >> School is getting ready to start here.  We went on Wednesday 
>> >>>>>>> >> to
>> >>>>>>> >> meet
>> >>>>>>> >> gab's
>> >>>>>>> >> new teacher.  She is the same teacher Gab had in Kindergarten. 
>> >>>>>>> >> I
>> >>>>>>> >> love
>> >>>>>>> >> her,
>> >>>>>>> >> so life should be good this year and she is already broken in.
>> >>>>>>> >> Gab
>> >>>>>>> >> starts
>> >>>>>>> >> on August 19. V
>> >>>>>>> >>
>> >>>>>>> >>
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