[blparent] Spoon feeding infants

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi Chad.  I'm from Colorado, and my little girl just had her third birthday 
a couple of weeks ago.  I can't believe how fast it goes.

I think the mesh pouch thing you are referring to is made for infants to cut 
their teeth on.  You can chop up fruit and put it in there, and then freeze 
the pouch till the fruit is hard, and the cold will feel good on the gums. 
I found that fruit made a sticky mess everywhere, so I just used the pouch 
with ice cubes.  I still do, just for ice cubes, because my daughter likes 
them and I don't want her to choke on them.

The best thing I found for spoon feeding when Sarah was a baby was to 
thicken the pureed food with a dab of infant cereal.  Make the puree just 
thick enough so it stays on the spoon, sort of like instant pudding.  A lot 
more of it will get into your son's mouth that way, but the other piece of 
advice I have is, use big bibs and be prepared for a mess.  If you accept 
the fact from the start that Harrison will get as much food on his face and 
clothes an in his hair as he gets in his mouth, you'll be a lot less 
frustrated in the end.  They all eventually do learn to use spoons by 
themselves.

I've also heard of something called a Boon spoon, which is a spoon with a 
bulb on one end.  You put food into the bulb and then squeeze it out onto 
the spoon and into your baby's mouth.  I didn't hear about that till Sarah 
had already passed the puree stage, so I can't say how well it works.

Welcome to the group, and enjoy your baby!

Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never 
were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy

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From: "Chad Allen" <chad at chadallenmagic.com>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 10:47 PM
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] Spoon feeding infants

> So far, I've received three very nice introductory emails. Thank you so 
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> As for questions, I have many, eighteen years worth, I assume. My first is
> about spoon feeding infants.
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> Who's got the most effective techniques out there? I personally found a
> device similar to a large pacifier with a mesh pouch on one end and a 
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> on the other. I fill the mesh with food of all kinds and let Harrison suck
> the food out from the mesh. It's pretty cool but I do want more
> opportunities to feed him with a spoon. What's the best methods out there?
> Has anyone used this mesh device in the past?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Chad
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