[blparent] feeding baby in the high chair

[Erin Rumer]

Hello Ronit,

I keep my son's high-chair right next to our kitchen table where the food is
and then I take a spoon full of food and cup one hand under the spoon as I
start to guide it towards my son's mouth.  I then use some of the fingers on
the hand that I have under the spoon so food doesn't fall and find my son's
mouth to then guide the food in.  I use things like, air plane or train
noises or play silly sing-song games to encourage him to open his mouth and
that helps a ton.  When he takes a bight I smile at my son and praise him
for being such a good eater.  I don't verbally praise him for every single
bight but I do smile and like to make sure that he knows that he is doing a
very good thing by letting the food go into his mouth and eating.

Hope this helps.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:53 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] feeding baby in the high chair

Hi everyone,
My son is 9.5 months and he's getting  to the age where feeding him on my
lap is getting more difficult. However, if I put him in the high chair, it's
hard for me to get the spoon in his mouth because he's so squirmy. He's
squirmy on my lap too, I suspect because he wants to start to feed himself,
but he still only has two teeth so there's not much I can give him in the
way of finger food. I feel that putting him in the high chair is better for
him but so much harder for me as a blind person. Do you all have any tips? I
have tried standing behind the chair but have to reach so far in front of it
that it's hard for me. Being in front of it or on the side is still
difficult. Any tips would be appreciated, thanks!
Ronit


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