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2 Year Old Will Not Chew Her Food!
Asked by L.J. from Jackson
on April 18, 2011
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My oldest daughter, Riley, turned 2 in february. My parents had us keep her on baby food way too long and now she just expects to swallow everything. We have been tryi...
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- Sugar free chewing gum. We had this problem and he wanted to chew gum like mommy and big sisters so we would bite of little bitty pieces and tell him if he chewed it ...
- She will learn to chew by having the negative experience of choking on food. Give her the food that needs to be chewed so that she will learn to chew. Choking is n...
- I would introduce her to finger foods meant for younger kids. My 2 yr old chews, but likes to shove a lot in her mouth, so we cut things up small and give her small po...
Table Foods for Baby - I Am Terrified!
Asked by S.K. from Minneapolis
on February 7, 2011
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I need to start with table foods for my baby. He is still eating just pureed gerber food. His doctor asked me to start with table foods (like small pices of fruit etc)...
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- I would start with the puffs. They dissolve when they are wet. I tried giving them to my son around 9 months but he would gag on them so he didn't really start eating ...
- I am the same... I started out giving my DD the gerber puffs when she was 7 months old, because they just dissolve and turn to mush when they get wet. So when I starte...
- At 9 months your baby can gum anything you can eat. Ok, well not anything, but most stuff. Cut the pieces itty bitty. Maybe 1/2 the size of the tip of your pinky. Star...
Getting Breastfed Baby to Take a Bottle
Asked by K.H. from Great Falls
on November 25, 2007
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I am trying to get my 4 month old daughter to take a bottle so my husband and I can go on a date. We have tried several types of bottles and different styles of nippl...
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- If you look at the packs of nipples, there are ones that are for newborns and so on. The newborn ones are not very big and work great for those who seem to choke on t...
- I would suggest a few things: #1: If you are breastfeeding, have your husband or someone else practice the bottle with her. She sees you in a different way and ma...
- the nipples you are talking about are the yellow plastic aren't they ? My first son hated anything made with that yellow plastic. My newborn is now using the playtex...
Eating at Night
Asked by M.T. from Knoxville
on February 7, 2007
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Hey all. My name is M.. I have an 8 month old boy who refuses to sleep through the night. He still wakes up 2-3 times a night for a bottle. I've tried giving him cerea...
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- Do you give him a pacifier? Sometimes kids like the soothing sucking motion that they get from sucking a bottle. Also, its never too late to try Babywise. It is a b...
- My daughter did that until she was 1. The only thing I can suggest is give him water in his bottle instead of milk. My doctors told me to do this as there was no rea...
- I don't have any advice. I am just glad to hear there are other babies out there not sleeping through the night at 8 months old. My 8 month old son still wakes up to...
My Daughter Will Not Take a bottle....help
Asked by B.S. from Los Angeles
on January 13, 2009
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My daughter is six months old and we have been trying (on and off) to get her to take a bottle since she was five weeks old. She is an amazing eater and is in the 90%...
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- For us only the Adiri bottle worked. If the flow seems too fast for him then get the first stage bottle. I used to rub the soft silicone tip against my breast to get ...
- For my son, I used the "MAM" brand baby bottles, which you can get from www.amazon.com He had no problem accepting these bottles. And it is also "BPA" free. And th...
- Hi B.- My daughter (now 16 mos) never took the bottle even though we tried starting when she was 2 months (tried all the different brands, different methods, etc.) ...
Breast Feeding/ Returning to Work :0(
Asked by S.S. from Spartanburg
on February 10, 2010
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I have been only breastfeeding my daughter since birth almost 8 weeks ago. She is doing GREAT with it. I may have to return to work in a few weeks, so I started trying...
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- Breasflow bottles! These have a short nipple and simulate breastfeeding for easy transition between breast and bottle.
- Try the Breastflow bottle. I wish I'd had known about them earlier on. I had the same problem with my son. He did not do well with any bottle and really didn't star...
- Have you tried wearing a nipple shield? My son had trouble switching from the breast to bottle, so the lac consultant suggested one. It's a silicone cover you place on...
Questions About a ONE Month Old?
Asked by J.D. from Dallas
on January 25, 2008
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I was wondering about my one month old son who does not make eye contact. He will every once in a while but he will not focus on me. He does although, follow really ...
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- I wouldn't worry yet. I don't think my son was making much eye contact at that age, but my daughter was. I think each baby is different. My son's eyes still crossed...
- Eye contact at one month is a bit too early. For one, they can't really see or focus well. Everything is a big blob for them. I've also read that babies do not real...
- My son stayed awake for an hour after he was born looking around and could make eye contact at birth. But his iq is genious level and now I can see why. My daughte...
Wobbly Walking...
Asked by J.C. from Houston
on June 28, 2009
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Hi moms!!
My son has been walking for a couple of months now, but he is still a very wobbly... he also trips any little thing... for some reason he is not very stabl...
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- I think wobbly at 15 months is normal. (Actually, my daughter was a nearly talker and didn't walk until 15 months.) However, keep in mind that equilibrium is affecte...
- I think that is normal, but you might want to take him to a playground, maybe an indoor mall, and let him try to climb on play equipment. That will develope their gro...
- Be sure to let him run around barefoot. Also see if you can find some more slender diapers.. The diaper can be really wide between the legs and make it difficult to wa...
Food for 7Th Month Old
Asked by G.L. from Minneapolis
on June 30, 2008
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I took my almost 7 month old to the dr today and was suggested that she see a feeding specialist, not because she's underweight, but because she doesn't really eat sol...
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- I have a 7 month old to!!! They are fun arn't they! I give mine teathing biscets (from walmart.) I also get a small basket type thing. You can put stuff in it and let ...
- She may just need time to get used to these new textures. Sometimes babies gag and caugh on new food and the parents think they are choking but really it's just that ...
- We didn't start solids til 6 months and it took my son at LEAST a month to get used to eating them. He really just preferred nursing. When I talked to the doctor abo...
What to Feed 8 Month Old
Asked by J.H. from Houston
on October 29, 2008
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Hi fellow Moms! This might be a silly question, but I am not sure exactly what to feed my 8 month old. I feel like he is growing so quickly that I'm not keeping up! He...
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- They don't need teeth to "chew" so he can be gumming food just fine now. Anything soft. Avocados, cheese, cheerios- covered in yogurt is good because it makes the chee...
- My son is 6 months and his schedule it: 6:00 breast, 7:30 cereal with fruit, 9:00 bottle, noon bottle and veggy, 3:00 bottle, 5:30 two veggies and cereal, 7:30 breast ...
- A wonderful book is Super Baby Foods. Its a quick and easy guide that you can glance over in five mins and know what is to be expected for your baby at every month til...
