Dec. 30, 2007

Finally A Meal They'll Eat

I've been struggling to get Janney and Asher to eat. They're both lazy eaters, not picky, but they just won't pick up the spoon for themselves - and often need to be spoon fed.

I get frustrated because minutes after a meal is finished, they want to have some kind of snack item - which of course I don't want to give them, but they're relentless and terribly noisy about it.

So, I've found that premade pasta dishes are a hit - this is Alphagetti, but they also like the Shrek pasta product, and Ravioli's. I blame Stuart, he was raised on this kind of canned food - and when he came to me in the first years of our marriage, this is what he made for us to eat! (Poor Stuart, he gets blamed for everything - but he's the hubby, it's all his right lol)




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Dec. 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by BChsMamaof3
Okay now I don't feel so bad about having to spoon feed L nearly every meal except for breakfast!! She ranks right up there with the #1 Laziest eater. LOL. Drives Dh nutty :) The only things she eats on her own are cereal, chicken strips, and potatoes.... most of the time :)
Hope you have a joy filled afternoon,
Rosina
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Dec. 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by BChsMamaof3
I think these things just tend to happen to even the best of us *grin*

K is a model eater, actually he's eating me out of house and home right now! I didn't nurse him very long since he was a voracious eater and I just couldn't keep up so he went on the bottle which we added pablum to at night time feedings to really fill him up or he was never full! At 3 months we started with the baby foods and loaded him up with those to *grin* and then he picked at food on his own as well. Not sure if the early feeding seemed to help with the good eating but he is the only one I started that early and has no problems feeding himself :)

L on the other hand nursed for the first 13-14 months and really didn't eat any solids before that. I tried to get some into her starting around 8 or so months but she just wasn't into it at all, but she did do some finger eating on her own and then it went all down hill from there *grin* I know that she is hungry but she just won't eat if it isn't fed to her. She will actually ask to go to bed or a nap just to get out of eating by herself! What is up with that? At one point all she ate was bananas. LOL. We've progressed to a few more foods than that thank goodness :)

Baby M nursed for the first 10 months then went on the bottle and he was over a year old before he ate solids easily because everything that went into his mouth choked or gagged him and we thought he was going to need the heimlich manouver most of the time :( He's fine now but he is also a terribly picky eater and most of the time he wants to pass at meal time to. I'm not sure what went wrong with these two. Maybe that 3 month start to solids is key? if they wait to long they just don't accustomed to the variety of tastes ever? Either way I'm stuck spoon feeding.... hopefully not forever *grin*
Rosina
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Jan. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by AcceptanceWithJoy
When Beverly gets home from Haiti, I will likely have to feed her too. She isn't lazy... she plays with her food. She turns the spoon around and picks up miniscule bites with the handle, moves it around... when she got bored, she put the spoon the right way and plopped a big spoonful of her food onto someone else's plate... just couldn't concentrate on the whole thing.

David... will eat soup with his fingers if I am not there with the spoon fast enough. And, when I get done feeding him, he will go sit on Marissa's lap to see what he might like off of her plate.

Oh, and I happen to eat Spaghettios with Franks about 4 times a year. I like them best with cheap white bread that has the consistancy of a sponge and has been covered in butter. I think of it as a treat ~
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Jan. 3, 2008 - really easy finger food

Posted by Mum
I know you are trying to get them to use cutlery but this is one recipe G & I like which doesn't really require them and they are delicious. I do them with pinenuts instead of pistachios but I imagine you could use any chopped nut you want.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pistachio-Crusted-Chicken/Detail.aspx
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