[blparent] [blparent Kid's moments both bad and good: was Spoon feeding infants

[Tammy]

Hi,

lol lol lol  You’ve only begun to plunge the depths of grose!  The things that kids come up with to play in, eat, throw, paint walls etc with, no parent can ever imagine until they’ve been covered in, stepped in, or had to clean up.  When you’re blind it’s worse because you don’t always catch it all, and then you’ll put your hand down somewhere a day later and find some dried up bit of goodness knows what from the day before.  grin  But on another note, my 6 year old Colyn was playing with my 2 year old son Remus, and he out of the blue said, “Remus, I love your smile.”  Kids are really the best!  

Tammy

From: Chad Allen 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:15 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' 
Subject: Re: [blparent] Spoon feeding infants

Ha! LOL. I've seen gross three times yesterday. But that's another thread for another time.



-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tammy
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:52 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Spoon feeding infants

Hi,

I agree with this.  Eventually you’ll have to use a spoon anyway, so if you can deal with the mess, I think it’s the best option.  The mesh feeders and the boon spoon are just things that help you feed, and make less mess, but they’re only good for a little while, and you’ll have to transition to a regular spoon.  If you think the mess of you feeding your baby is bad, wait until they start feeding themselves!  You don’t know grose until you’ve stepped in cold gerber peas and carrots on the carpet in the living room when the high chair is way over in the kitchen!  


Tammy
From: Peggy 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:42 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [blparent] Spoon feeding infants

Actually when you feed them through the mesh feeders they mash and suck and 
the food does come out and they eat it.  I have used them with my son.  I 
tried the (boon spoon) mentioned in another e-mail and those work okay. 
There are also bottles that when you push the bottom up the food comes out 
on a spoon, those work okay too.  But the best thing I've found is to just 
use a spoon and deal with the mess.  The baby will get better about eating 
and the mess will get better too.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Dena Wainwright
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:10 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Spoon feeding infants

That is a device for teething, not for feeding. It is purposely designed to
be difficult for your child to have difficulty actually getting the food out
of it. This doesn't strike me as the most nutritional thing to be doing,
because I doubt the child is really getting much out of it other than the
taste.
Dena

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad Allen" <chad at chadallenmagic.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 11:47 PM
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 
> handle
> 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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> www.chadallenmagic.com
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