[blParent] Feeding Solid Foods

Thu Aug 12 23:52:13 UTC 2021

Thanks all for the suggestions. I just got a pack of silicon bibs to try out, excited!

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From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Keith Rempel via BlParent
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Subject: Re: [blParent] Feeding Solid Foods

I have a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old. So very very very very happy to be done with baby oatmeal.

Both of my kids were very different in this regard. My first was probably trickier. I would move her high chair into the kitchen, so as to be on the linoleum floor which was easier to clean, and near paper towel, cloths, and a sink. Second kid did most of the work for me. I just needed to put the spoon within a few inches of his mouth and he’d move his mouth to the food. A little less messy there.

With both I found silicon bibs to be much better than the cloth ones. They have a little pocket at the bottom to catch food, they’re harder for kids to pull off, and they wash in the sink really easily.
Keith

> On Aug 11, 2021, at 2:42 PM, Chang, Patti via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I have trained our granddaughter to move her mouth to the spoon and not to grab it if I am feeding her. I put the spoon almost to her mouth and then she opens and leans just a hair to get the food. 
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> Hi,
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> I'm a grandparent by now, but, similar to you, if the baby is sitting in a chair, I keep one finger on the chin, and when I hold the spoon, my forefinger is along the top, close to the bowl of the spoon to provide accuracy.  Regardless, it is a messy process, no matter who does it.  You might try to hold your finger closer to his mouth, whatever works for the both of you.  It is a learning process for both of you, and if you do more of the feeding, baby will adapt, you will adapt to each other.
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> Hi All:
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> I wondered if any totally blind parents had tips and tricks for feeding baby purees? I know it's naturally a messy process for anyone, but trying to use one hand to know where baby's chin is and the other to scoop and get the spoon to baby's mouth is resulting in what feels like extra messiness.
> Sometimes he grabs and leads the spoon himself which actually is usually very helpful, but I also try and keep my hand on the spoon to see if he's going to fling or try to crash the food-filled spoon onto things to try and minimize extra food mess. The whole affair results in a much messier experience then when my sighted counterpart feeds him, so wondering if there's anything that may help.
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