[blparent] feeding baby in the high chair

Mon Jan 23 19:55:32 UTC 2012

Thanks so much Erin for thist ip. I had no idea about the food packets. My husband just bought a few and we will try them when we are in a hurry. Thanks so much! I am trying to feed him in teh high chair more and it's hard but I am using your techniue and it's working alright. Mostly the mess is going on the tray or his bib so I guess that's ok. hahaha
Thanks.
Ronit

On Jan 22, 2012, at 4:17 AM, Erin Rumer wrote:

> 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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