[blparent] feeding baby food,

Peggy Shald pshald at neb.rr.com
Thu Nov 18 04:48:07 UTC 2010 

Yeah, I did do some searching around.  Amazon was sold out of the infa 
feeders.  Walmart had the spoons but not the feeders.  Can't remember where 
else I looked but eventually I came to the babyearth.com and they had them 
both and some other neat stuff so I just stopped there.  But you're right 
cheaper is always good but had no luck yesterday finding cheaper!!



-----Original Message----- 
From: Brandy W
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:14 AM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby food,

O that is a good sight, but not the site to buy most of it. The boon spoon 
and feeder can be found on Amazon much cheaper, and on diapers.com, and a 
few others. For example I bought the kiddopotamus bib for 5.99, but on that 
sight it is around $10. Shop around including ebay for the best deals! Bran

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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Peggy Shald
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:13 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby food,

In case anyone else on this list is curious ... there is a website called 
babyearth.com and I found the boon squirt spoons on there, also the infa 
feeders, and some other really neat stuff!!  Some of it is pretty expensive 
but other things on there weren't too bad.



-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Hamric
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:10 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby food,

Hi V.  Actually, Sharon Howerton was the one who recommended the infant 
feeder to me and her sons are in their 20's.  The problem is that infant 
feeders are harder to find.  You can't just get them at Walmart or Target.
However, you still can get them online.
Leslie

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:58 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby food,

Cool, where were those when Gab was a baby? V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Leslie Hamric
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby food,

Hi V and all.  What I finally figured out is to do the following with the
spoon: First, I stand facing Michael and put the high chair at the highest 
point.  This way, I don't have to strain my back.  Of course, one can sit 
down if they feel more comfortable. Second. I scoop with my right hand and 
feel with my left to make sure I got enough food on the spoon. Third, I use 
both hands at the same time to guide the spoon to his mouth.  So my left 
index finger is resting against the edge of the bowl of the spoon where the 
food is.  Fourth, I try to get my left index finger and the spoon to his 
mouth at roughly the same time so he's not getting confused with a finger 
going in the mouth first and then the spoon. Michael's at the point now 
where I can tell him open and he'll open his mouth.  Another option that 
works well, although not recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 
is an infant feeder.  Since my husband is sighted, Michael gets enough 
chances with having sighted people feed him and learn how to get food off 
the spoon.  For me, the infant feeder is quick and all the food goes in him 
and not on him.  There's a little disk you push to the bottom before you put 
the food in the feeder.  You put the food into the feeder and put on the 
nipple.  The disk moves up as the baby sucks and when the disk is at the top 
and the baby sounds like he's sucking air, he's done. You can order an 
infant feeder at www.amazon.com If anyone's interested in finding out more 
info about the infant feeder, please write me off list and I'll be happy to 
give you the details.  Hth Leslie.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Veronica Smith
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:33 AM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby food,

I also put more on gab's chin than in her mouth, but what I did was scoop 
with a tiny spoon, then with a finger or even the other hand, find her 
mouth.  Sometimes it went in and sometimes it didn't.
I hear, but haven't actually seen them, have tubes of baby food that you can 
just squeeze directly into the mouth.  I know Toys R. Us has them.  I guess 
they look kind of like a tube of toothpaste. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of Peggy Shald
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:42 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] feeding baby food,

I asked this question on another list but thought I’d ask again on here.
Always good to get different opinions.  How did you feed your babies baby 
food?  My son is almost six months old and we started feeding him baby food 
about a month ago.  I think I get more of it on his face and clothes then I 
do in his mouth, lol.  Any suggestions??  I should have expert answers on 
how to do this as my two older kids were fed and survived but I think with 
them I got more everywhere too.  Any thoughts would be helpful!!

Peggy
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