No spoons mum
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Topic: No spoons mum
Posted By: mum+1
Subject: No spoons mum
Date Posted: 17 April 2011 at 10:19am
| Hi, my 8month old daughter has decided that she no longer wants to eat off a sponn. finding it very hard to think of things to feed her...toast, pasta, fruit etc but im concerned about the lack of iron she will be getting. any ideas on what iron rich foods i could give her to eat herself? |
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Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 17 April 2011 at 10:32am
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The Only Organic baby rice crackers are iron fortified but I dunno how many she'd need to eat for it to be beneficial.
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 17 April 2011 at 10:40am
At six months Jacob was having a good old chew on a steak  He didn't *eat* much per se, but it was so grey and dry when he finished, he must have got a lot of juice.
You could give him some mince and let him have a go with his fingers? It would make a mess, but babies tend to anyway! Jacob (also almost eight months) also inhales raw salmon off sushi - I know fish won't have as much iron as red meat, but it might be worth a shot (and Jacob has a lot of fun with it, I think he likes the texture) I really wouldn't worry about it, though. Some people do 'baby-led-weaning' which means they don't use puree and if they do use spoons, they pre-load them and give them to the baby to put in their mouths, and their babies do just fine. I'm sure she'll get what she needs. -------------   
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 17 April 2011 at 11:49am
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BLW doesn't bother with spoons and lets them feed themselves, you could try making homemade burgers with mince and letting her feed herself.
Or strips of beef, lamb and chicken she can suck on them and get the juices which is where all the goodness is anyway. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 17 April 2011 at 1:46pm
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I would just carry on as usual...make a game of it, you know like beep beep here come the truck etc & have a look around for cute spoons, I got a couple the shape of a plane & while I feed DS with it he had one he held onto & played with & dipped in food.
I never did BLW, did not know about it, but had no problem with them using their hands. |
Posted By: ItchyFeet
Date Posted: 17 April 2011 at 4:30pm
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Aria Farms lamb and beef strips are fantastic for kids finger foods.
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Posted By: nannyabbey
Date Posted: 17 April 2011 at 8:25pm
| i now feed bubs with a grown up fork - he would always eat my food from it so thought i would give it a go one day to get some lumpy food into him and bingo. I think he thinks its grown up food nd tucks in!! ha ha |
Posted By: lil_l
Date Posted: 18 April 2011 at 11:49am
| I had this trouble too and tried everything, I found that if you do puree and use a babyrusk as a spoon for a couple of feeds they'll eventually get the hang of it and go back to the spoon. |
Posted By: mum+1
Date Posted: 18 April 2011 at 3:43pm
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Thanks so much for your feedback, my aunt worked for a meat making factory in England and told me that she feed her kids Aria Farm meat strips as they were all meat (none of the yuck extras) said her kids loved them. will give them a go. Miss is not yet interested in using a fork just her hands, i guess its also good for her hand eye co-ordination. I hired a book on baby led weaning so we will see what that has to say also.
fingers crossed  tried the spoon again this morning but she didnt even look at it  gets so frustrating sometimes, but got to do what we got to do
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Posted By: KatzWtgn
Date Posted: 18 April 2011 at 7:07pm
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Meatballs! I also gave DS skinless frankfurters. He really liked the ones with cheese in them. ------------- [IMG]http://lb3f.lilypie.com/rGG7p13.png] |
Posted By: Turtle
Date Posted: 19 April 2011 at 9:50am
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Yeah meatballs are a hit for us too
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