[blparent] [Bulk] Re: boon squert spoon
Elizabeth Cooks
elizabethcooks at comcast.net
Wed Aug 19 19:57:13 UTC 2009
That's what i do.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: boon squert spoon
> Hi,
>
> What I do is only give the baby solids once a day and make sure to feed
> something like cerial that make them thirsty. Combine feeding solids and
> nursing. For example, feed a few spoonfuls of serial or vegies, and then
> switch to nursing. Remember that you're not feeding solids for their
> nutrients right now, it's more an experimental thing for the baby. Don't
> replace a nursing session with a meal of solids, or you may start
> producing less milk.
>
> hth
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kate02 at bellsouth.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:40 PM
> Subject: [Bulk] 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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