[blparent] Tip for Erin and others: chewing

[January Lifebook]

"Are there products on the market that are edible for children, that
resemble braille characters, like braille alphabet cereal?"
The Gerber Fruit and Veggie Melts or the Yogurt Melts areround dots.  They
are fairly large, about the size of the tip of your thumb.  You could make
large braille characters from them.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:45 AM, PICKRELL, REBECCA M (TASC) <
REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:

> I can't remember where I read this, but I've read that you shouldn't put
> finger food in a baby's mouth. The idea is that if they can physically pick
> it up and get it into their mouth, they are less likely to choke.
> I'd go with put small bits of food on a plate and let the kid figure it out
> v. putting the food directly into their mouth.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Eric Calhoun
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 6:39 AM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Tip for Erin and others: chewing
>
> Erin, if your 8-month-old is already chewing, here's an idea: Give her a
> small treat and put it in her mouth.  Ask her to chew it, cereal, some
> bbanana, or a part of a sandwich, while you read your book.  Later on, maybe
> about 3 or 4, teach her braille.
>
> Someone help me out, either here on blparent or at eric at pmpmail.com: Are
> there products on the market that are edible for children, that resemble
> braille characters, like braille alphabet cereal?
> .. ..  Eric from Los Angeles with the baseball list: eric at pmpmail.com.
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