[blparent] feeding baby in the high chair

[Erin Rumer]

There a little more expensive than the jars of baby food but I can't say
enough for the squeeze pouches of baby food you can get now.  They can be
found on sale around $1 each and sometimes less and it's super easy because
you can just unscrew the cap and have the baby such the food out of the
squeeze pouch or gently squeeze the food into the baby's mouth.  They even
make these with yogurt now.  I especially love using these when we're out
and about for convenience and they're a lot less messy, (usually unless my
son is playing a fun spitting game).  Now that my son is nearly 15 months
I'll use these in-between real meals or as a quick meal when we're in a rush
and just go up to him in the living room while he's watching an educational
show and hold one of those organic food pouches for him while he eats his
breakfast with ease and no struggle because he's distracted with a show.
He's usually a really good eater but it's sitting in the high chair that can
get frustrating and time consuming for a toddler after a while.  The great
thing is they make those pouches so well now with wonderful varieties and
blends of fruits and vegies.

Like mentioned in a previous post, I also like adding baby cereal to my
son's food to make it thicker which helps a lot with feeding.  I especially
like getting the rice cereal with probiotics for an added boost.

Food for thought, smiling!

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 2:50 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby in the high chair


You might consider, as your baby gets more advanced at eating, mixing a dab
of baby rice cereal into the pureed fruit or veggies you are trying to feed.

The cereal will thicken the puree slightly and make it easier to keep on the
spoon.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 2:39 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby in the high chair

> 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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