Never Thought It Would Be So Frustrating Posted: 10-15-07 21:39pm
To feed Kaylee!
It's starting to get really awful &
I'm thinking she's going to be a really
picky eater! She usually does real good,
as most of ya know, she's on whole milk
now. Well I *try* giving her cheerios
& milk for breakfast so she won't need
a bottle, Yeah . Hasn't worked! She'll eat
maybe 10-15 cheerios then she'll act like
she's starving to death for a bottle! So I
give her her bottle of milk, it's usually
7-8 ounces give or take. Then she'll
usually snack on either cheerios, gerber
puffs, fresh fruit when we have it,
applesauce, things like that .. Lunch time
is the same way, I'll try giving her
actual FOOD & she'll be interested in
it for a few bites then she's done, she
wants a bottle. It's the same for dinner
also.
I feel like I'm failing at getting her off
the bottle & onto real food. & I
don't feel like she's getting all the
vitamins she needs. Do you guys give your
toddlers vitamins? Is she too young for
Flintstones or something like those?
Then just when I didn't think I could get
more aggravated when it comes time to feed
Kaylee .. Her newest "thing" is to chew
the food up & spit it all right back
out. It's not even with any new foods,
it's the same foods she's been eating fine
for the last few months.
& all of this goes back to having
problems getting her to drink out of a cup
..
I feel like I'm starting to fail at being
a mom already!
Anyone else have a hard time when it comes
to meal time & bottles & cups?
Am I really pushing too hard to get her on
real food & off that bottle?
I know how you feel hun, Jenny's terrible
at eating. She hates most textures, &
even if she gets used to something, like
banana, after a while she just spits it
out. She only has 2 teeth & I don't
know if that makes a difference, but she
doesn't really chew things. I have to
spoon-feed her the stage 1 baby food, some
pureed fruit & yoghurt. I do try her
on proper food but she doesn't want it, so
what else can I do. She used to try
drinking out of her sippy cup, but now she
pushes it away, so she never drinks at
meal times. She still has three 7 oz
bottles a day, so I think she's getting
enough fluid.
If Kaylee used to eat stuff without
spitting it back out, I'm guessing she's
just going through a phase.. it'll pass. I
think the fact that she still has bottles
isn't a problem at her age, all babies are
different. Hungrier babies tend to come
off the bottles sooner because they're so
good at eating solids, but they all get
there in the end.
Don't worry, you're not failing as a mum!!
Maybe you should try something like
porridge at breakfast, something that has
plenty of milk in it. At meal times if she
doesn't want any more of her food, stop
feeding her for a few minutes & eat
your own food.. that way she might see
yours & want some. That's what I'd do
anyway.
I hope this is just an awkward phase that
Miss Kaylee is going through.. & I
hope it doesn't last long!
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 10-16-07 13:43pm
Thanks a lot Zanny, I'm glad I'm not the
only mom with a fussy eater! I think (or I
hope) Kaylee spitting the food out is just
a phase .. & I hope it's over with
soon!
I'm going to start trying some new things
for breakfast with her, see if she does
any better. I think I've figured out a lot
of her problem is she hates her high
chair. I'm thinking about just getting a
booster seat, maybe if she can sit at the
table & feel like she's a big girl
she'll do a little better with mealtime!
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Bridget
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Posted: 10-17-07 12:31pm
sorry, i don't have any advice since finn
is a piglet. so far the only things he
didn't like were bean burritos and
scrambled eggs.
i was just wondering about the cheerios
and milk. are you giving her a bowl of
cereal? how does she eat it? finn doesn't
use a spoon yet (well, he likes to hold
one while he's eating), but i want to give
him more breakfast options.
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 10-21-07 20:12pm
Sorry I didn't reply back to this sooner
B. I completely forgot I made this post!
As for the cheerios & milk, I make
just a bowl of cereal & either feed it
to her or she likes it if I put the wet
cheerios on her tray for her to eat. She's
not a fan of just plain dry cheerios
anymore but if I have them in milk she
loves it. She hasn't wanted me to be
feeding her lately so that's how I've been
doing it.
Also just recently we found out the she
LOVES Captain Crunch cereal! She snacks on
them & it gives me a chance to grab
something to eat or get something
accomplished.
Ugh & we got a booster seat & she
tries climbing out of it just like she
does with her high chair. I don't want to
make it a habit of me holding her food
& her just grabbing it when she wants
it & running around the house but I
don't know what else to do! I mean she has
to eat!
