Wednesday, 04 June 2008
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Mr. Independent
by Mama LionSo I've been trying to think of WHY Baby Lion is all of a sudden refusing to eat his solids. I thought maybe he was ready to go to stage 3 so I went out and bought stage 3 foods, but nope. I thought maybe he wanted more of a variety, so I went out and bought more variety, but nope. I thought maybe the jarred foods were too yucky for him so today I decided to make the recipe that hkcho had given me. It sounded very yummy and I was POSITIVE that Baby Lion would LOVE it.
Pureed Potatoes, Corns, and Carrots
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 medium carrots peeled and chopped
2 medium potatoes (8 oz) peeled and chopped
1 cup vegetable stock or water (*I used water, still tasted YUMMY)
1/3 cup canned or frozen corn kernels (*I used organic frozen)
1 to 2 Tbsp milk (regular milk not formula)
Melt butter in a pan and saute the onion for 1 minute. Add the carrots and saute for 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, cover over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add the corn and continue to cook for 5 minutes. Puree through a food mill and stir in the milk to make the right consistency for your baby.Doesn't it SOUND yummy?!?!
Doesn't it LOOK yummy??
I was so excited to feed it to him and was for sure that THIS was THE recipe that would turn Baby Lion over into a solid eating man...
Unfortunately all that sweat that mommy worked up in the kitchen was for nothing
. The only thing I can think of is that my little Baby Lion is becoming a total Mr. Independent and does not want to be fed by mommy. I say this because:- he always tries to grab the spoon away from me.
- he never lets me pop his snacks in his mouth for him like he used to, and if I try to he will immediately stop my hand, push it away, look at what it is I'm trying to feed him, and if he likes it he will grab it out of my hand and feed himself.
I don't know what to do because it's not like he can spoon feed himself pureed food and it's not like he can pick it up with his hands and put it in his mouth. If he can't first pass the pureed stages, how will he go onto eating other foods with thicker consistencies, and then go onto eating stuff that requires chewing. Maybe at 8 months old he's not ready for solids. But he drinks 6 oz of formula every 2-3 hours and STILL wakes up a couple of times during the night to be fed. I feel like formula is just not making him FULL.
I never thought that feeding a baby would be THIS hard and that it would be something that would consume my every thought!! Advice, suggestions, thoughts??
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As far as the Mr. Independent thing, get him his own spoon and bowl with just a smear of food on it. You might be the one still feeding him, but it will give him a sense of independence and that's what is important. Go ahead and just put the finger snack things on his tray or plate a couple at a time. Believe me, you might miss it now, but it will make your life much easier in the long run if you foster that independent spirit now. I haven't had to feed my boys anything for what seems like ages. They feed themselves, my oldest has even started serving food and drinks for himself and his brother. My job now is getting them used to table etiquette!
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<li>he always tries to grab the spoon away from me.
<li>he never lets me pop his snacks in his mouth for him like he used to, and if I try to he will immediately stop my hand, push it away, look at what it is I'm trying to feed him, and if he likes it he will grab it out of my hand and feed himself. "
Um... I'm reading again and maybe it's not the food, but the method. It might be messy, but what about just putting his food on the tray and letting him decide? You mentioned that he's 8 months old. Try something less pureed... some very basic grown up food that you know he can handle. He's perhaps independent, but now is not the time to let him be picky. It could be he just wants to eat on his own a bit, with supervision.
I was going to say the same thing as the previous poster. If he is so independent and wanting to do it himself, very soft fruits and veggies cut up and placed on his tray may be perfect for him...he can pick it up and feed himself.
dittoing everyone else. Let him do it himself. We raise our babies to be independent. Let him be independent once in a while in feeding himself.
Can he gum Cheerios or goldfish? I know those are processed... but it's a start of what kind of things to think about offering.
Scrambled eggs are an easy and not totally messy first food for self feeding, give it a try!
8 months old is not to early to let him try it out with the spoon by himself in my opinion. Add a bunch of oatmeal or rice cereal to your creation to thicken it up and make it stick to the spoon. Strip him down to a diaper, lay a mat on the floor and let him go to town. You'll have to give him a bath later and probably have to hose down his high char, but he'll (hopefully) love it!
I have to say that I agree with the others. My oldest refused to let me feed him at about the same age, so I let him do it. Sure, it can be messy - but motherhood is messy. Isn't a mess better than him not eating? It can be hard to understand that sometimes our interpretation of our children needing us is often as much (if not more) of US needing them to need us than THEM actually needing us. It is hard when they want to start showing their independence.
I would give your little gaffer some table food. Soft cooked veggies cut into 'stick' shape. Honestly, babies really don't NEED purees if they start solids after 6 months. My daughter gets some baby cereal with homemade applesauce for 'dinner' ... but that's really the only time I feed her, or if I give her some yogurt. Other than that... it's soft cooked veggies and other easy to eat foods. She's 9 moths...and eats: white asparagus, zuchinni, parsnip, egg yolk, egg yolk bread fingers (like french toast), yogurt, some cheeses, broccolli, celery .. and this week we will introduce some whole wheat fusili pasta.
Seems like your little guy is wanting to do it himself. Either try having him use the spoon (as suggested by other moms) or give him some finger foods. Milk (breast or formula) should be their primary source of calories for the first year. Solids for the first year should compliment the breastmilk, not replace it.
Yes, letting her feed herself is messy. But, that's the way it goes. I just clean her and the floor up and we're good to go.
Hello,
My names Kaitlyn, I work at a child care centre and we have many a child who does much the same thing. Firstly I find sweet potato is fairly irresistible, but not too much or they will turn orange (I’m serious) secondly have you ever tried pharax it is ground rice (I think), you put hot water in it and well it turns to goo, it works really well with some made up formula milk, or breast milk in it to!
I generally let the children feed themselves. Mainly because I would have 5-10 under 1's to feed at once, so it is easier on me, for the particularly messy children we get an old towel and cut a hole in it about half way down, pop it on the child and tadaa baby and high chair stay relatively clean! And garbage bags of a plastic table cloth on the floor works well to!
As mr. independants fine motor skills improve (which will be helped by him feeding himself!) he will get the food in his mouth more often, and it will help his self esteem as he is accomplishing something by himself! all of the children over 11 months at work can feed themselves pretty well and i would say they started atround 8 months!