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Self Feeding Issues - Still Spoon Fed at 1 Years Old
Asked by L.C. from San Francisco
on February 4, 2010
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My daughter is one and does not show any interest in self feeding. She is a great eater and will pretty much give most things a chance. However, anything put in front ...
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- It is time for her to start learning but it will take time. I started by giving her finger foods to play with while I fed my daughter. I also gave her a spoon so we bo...
- My daughter (now 2) was so horrible at trying to self feed that I usually just ended up feeding her myself. Then one day (maybe around 18 months), she picked up the s...
- Honestly, my second son is 15 months old and still spoon fed. I don't see a problem with it, as long as your daughter is getting food and happy. My doctor told me 18...
Feeding Your Baby with Your Finger?
Asked by J.D. from Philadelphia
on May 14, 2010
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Dear Mamas,
My husband fed our son rice cereal from his finger because he is not digging the spoon. In fact, he won't eat from the spoon. (My LO is exclusively br...
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- If I remember right you were posting about your lo not really eating solids right? And now it sounds like your husband is kind of force feeding him by your statement ...
- I'm all about introducing solids after 8 months and allowing them to explore and when ready, feed themselves. Here are some links on baby led weaning and one on wai...
- I don't see what the problem is, as long as he washes his hands first. Rice cereal basically has no nutritional value. It is just a starter to food to get babies use...
Feeding 10 Month Old
Asked by S. from Denver
on June 30, 2010
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I have a sweet 10 month old that is still being breastfed. He only nurses 3 or 4 times a day and is eating solids. He started refusing the bottle at 6 months and has ...
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- That's interesting, when my littlest one was about 10 months, I was ready to be done with nursing and my Pediatrician told me to slowly introduce it and I used Horizon...
- Hi-- A friend of ours left and her son wouldn't take the bottle or sippy either. Her mother spoon fed him the breast milk. Mix the breast milk with everything he ea...
- Our son was difficult to get enough liquids into, and also underweight to a whole host of health issues. Our feeding therapist recommended Carnation Instant Breakfast...
20 Month Old Daughter Will Not Take Milk from a Cup
Asked by A.W. from New York
on March 29, 2008
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My little girl will not drink milk from a cup. We have tried all types of sippy cups with all kinds of characters on them, but she refuses. SHe will drink juice or w...
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- Have you tried the NUBY brand sippy cups? They have a silicone nipple part, so it is a little like the bottle feeling wise, but is still a cup. That was how we got m...
- Have you tried the straw sippy cups? Those worked well for us but it was not immidiate and took a little time.
- Have you tried the Nuby brand it has a rubber top, very durable for chewers. it worked for me when i was trying to get my daugther off the bottle, it like a cup but wi...
What Do I Feed My 14 Month Old
Asked by M.K. from Los Angeles
on June 1, 2009
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My baby boy is now 14 months old and my husband and I still rely to much on formula...even though we now use Similac Grow & Go good for ages 9 months to 24 months. I ...
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- wholesometoddlerfood.com is a great site!! Lots of meal ideas and recipes. Good luck!
- when my daughter was 14 months i fed her whatever i ate just on a smaller level. shes 2 now and i still use this. heres a basic meal plan for what i fed her- waking u...
- Hi M., After baby food, my daughter liked to feed herself. So we gave her canned black beans and no salt added canned vegetables. After a month or so of that, we st...
15 Month Old Baby Doesn't like to Eat, Requesting for Help !
Asked by D.K. from Philadelphia
on March 15, 2008
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I am very concerned about my 15 month baby. She doesn't like to eat or even drink millk. I have to play dvd and do different things to make her eat. She doesn't want t...
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- I went through this with my then-11-month old. You just have to keep trying. Of course, we were working on table foods at the time ... and every baby is different. ...
- My first son used to do the same thing - I didn't start solid foods until later b/c he had so many food allergies - I think they get "lazy" - they like to swallow, etc...
- Some kids go through that. But should have a doctor check things out to make sure bowels move right and nothing wrong with mouth, throat and stomach area. Fruits are g...
12 Month Old Won't Drink Milk
Asked by W.B. from New York
on June 29, 2008
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I am weaning my 12 month old daughter and she will not drink milk from the sippy cup. She will drink water from the cup, but not milk. Any suggestions/strategies would...
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- Just keep trying. It took about a month or so before my little guy would take the milk. I got him drinking it by mixing horizon's strawberry milk and regular milk in...
- My son did the same, and his ped said it was more important to have the milk than to get rid of the bottle. I let him have the bottle and as he got older we cut down t...
- I weaned my daughter (now 2 years old) by mixing milk with formula or breast milk and slowly increasing the milk. You could probably do the same thing by giving milk ...
16 Month Old Still on Bottle
Asked by T.R. from Indianapolis
on November 13, 2008
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I know, many of you may say I am a bad mom, but I put oatmeal and baby food in my son's milk. He is 16 months old and still HAS to have 7oz Milk, 1 jar 2nd Baby food a...
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- When my dgtr was 15 mos old, she wouldn't sleep without her bottle. So, when she woke up in the night, she had to have another one. She was chubby so I only put water ...
- My son was two when he gave up milk in the bottle and that was only because we basically took it away. Unfortunately that is sometimes all you can do. My son would not...
- Hi T., Both of my children had acid reflux and their GI doctor put them on special formula along with thickening up their formula with rice cereal. So, we too HAD to...
Need Advise on Weaning My 13 Month Old off of the Bottle
Asked by B.L. from Las Vegas
on February 9, 2010
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My 13 month old is still on the bottle. She will drink out of a sippy cup when she feels like it during the day, but she will not go to sleep with one. I am also havin...
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- My girl decided that she preferred her sippy cup over the bottle at 11 months! We started introducing the sippy cup at ~8 months old and by 12 months she was a pro. ...
- Hi B., She does not need the sippy cup to go to sleep, that;s not a good habit to allow her to get into. If you only give her a cup she will drink out of it, but if y...
- my younger daughter especially gave me a hard time too! My older one switched to the NUBY sippy cups pretty easily... they have a silicone spout like a bottle, but sh...
6 Month Old Refuses Bottles and Baby Food
Asked by J.L. from Anchorage
on February 13, 2008
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My daughter used take a bottle just fine then at 3 months she just stopped. I have tried since then to get her to take them again and she wont have anything to do with...
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- My little girl, now almost a year old, didn't take bottles after the second month or so. That's when we hit our stride with breastfeeding and I guess she figured, why...
- I would take her to the pediatrician and have her thouroughly checked out. My stepson did this when he was a baby and the pediatrician kept saying he was fine, by 8 mo...
- Your six month old does not need to eat yet so don't worry if she doesn't want cereal. Is she breast fed or only bottle? Some babies refuse the bottle so try sippy c...
