[blparent] i have a question about feeding babies baby food?

[Tammy]

Hi,

Two things, you might want to limit the feedings she gets from anyone else but you.  You need her to get used to how you feed, and if she knows she will get it from others she may not learn to feed as well from you.  Secondly, try not to put your hand in her face, bring it up under her chin if you can.  I know feeding’s very hard in the beginning, and regardless of how you do it, you’re gonna make messes.  Also, one method might work well with one baby, and might not work at all with another.  Find out what works and what doesn’t, and stick to it.  I found that using my squeezy spoon helped us because I didn’t have to use a bowl in the beginning.  You might also find that sitting the baby on your lap on a towell or something and feeding her from behind might help as well.  If you’re right handed, you’ll hold your spoon in that hand, and use your left hand to find her chin.  This way, when she turns her head as all babies do, you’ll know how to readjust the spoon and yourself so the majority of the food gets in her mouth.  I also recommend getting those little bibs with the pockets or the plastic bibs with the catch tray in the bottom.  This will help stop the mess from getting all over.  The bibs only last a little while though, because as soon as my son could, he would frequently flip the bib up and then most of the mess ended up on him and it was bath time again.  smile

hth

Tammy

From: Crystal Hurst 
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:48 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List' 
Subject: Re: [blparent] i have a question about feeding babies baby food?

Hello, yeah i noticed that when i put the food on my fingers she eats it
that way but i am trying to get her use to the spoon. When i have sighted
people come and feed her she does great. I think the problem is when i put
my hand in her face to find her mouth it freaks her out and so she doesn't
want to eat it. I am just trying everything to get her to eat baby food. I
also have a baby feeder that allows me to squeeze it on the a spoon and then
put it to her mouth. thanks for the suggestion!

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jessica Silva
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 12:25 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] i have a question about feeding babies baby food?

Hi,
So I actually had this problem myself when feeding my baby when I started
him on baby food.  The one thing my baby actually learned to do himself is
bring his mouth to the spoon once he understood the food was supposed to be
gotten off the spoon, so now when I feed him, I just scoop it up and hold it
close to his mouth and he pretty much does the rest.  Also, a good thing to
do too is put the jar or bowl of food under his or her chin if you can
manage it so that way if the baby dribbles it won't get everywhere else,
just back in the dish.
Hope that helps

Jessica silva

--- On Sat, 5/14/11, Mark Melonson <variant at pcdesk.net> wrote:


From: Mark Melonson <variant at pcdesk.net>
Subject: Re: [blparent] i have a question about feeding babies baby food?
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 12:56 AM



Hi,

Not sure if there is an easy way, but what I did was put the food on the
spoon and hold it where my thumb was underneath the edge, then use my other
hand to find her bottom lip. That way you can make necessary adustments as
the little one turns their head.

Hope that helps,
-Mark

crystal hurst writes:

> hello all!
> I had a question what is the best method to spoon feed a baby? I have
> tried to put the food on the spoon then finding her mouth with my other
> finger but it is getting everywhere else but her mouth! Not to sure if any
> of u have any suggestions if so it would be greatly appreciated.
> crystal
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