[blparent] Spoon feeding infants

[PICKRELL, REBECCA M (TASC)]

Agree totally with Deana. Plus, those mesh bags can fall apart and then you have a choking hazard. The problem is that you don't expect stuff that is designed to go in the mouth to be a choking hazard, especially stuff geared toward infants. 
Also agree totally on the lack of nutrition. These messes don't last forever
I tried feeding my daughter only wearing a diaper. I found she was more focused on eating when she had clothes on. Later when she could feed herself, I found that having her wear clothes was an insentive for her to do her best to stay clean. Her attitude totally changed when she wasn't wearing anything, like "Hey, I'm naked, I can be as messy as I want". 
She had no incentive to even try to stay clean unless she was wearing something pretty or that she wanted to keep wearing. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dena Wainwright
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:10 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 
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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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> 310.486.8351
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> www.chadallenmagic.com
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