[blparent] feeding baby in the high chair

Mon Jan 23 20:12:45 UTC 2012

Erin, what brands were the pouches you mentioned? We got some pouches
but they definitely don't have caps on them.

thanks,

Angie

On 1/23/12, Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Get used to the mess.  *Smile.*  It won't go away any time soon.
>
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni" <rovadia82 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 12:55 PM
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] feeding baby in the high chair
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> 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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