so if the kid is grabbing spoon out of my hand

Jessis62781

and feeding himself his oatmeal do you think it is time to start some more finger foods vs. purees?

 

I'm skerred.

marhar7106

I would say so. That's what Natalie started doing and now she always feeds herself. If we try to feed her with a spoon, she spits. She likes to feed herself. So now we're just trying to get creative with the foods we give her because we don't do any purees anymore. She did all the stages of puree foods and now she does finger foods.

Jessis62781

We haven't done stage 3's yet - strictly stage 2's.  I have no idea where to even start.

houndbaby

I gave up on purees when ds refused to let me feed him, kept closing his mouth and slapping the spoon out of my hand. He's much happier at meal time feeding himself.

Jessis62781

houndbaby:

I gave up on purees when ds refused to let me feed him, kept closing his mouth and slapping the spoon out of my hand. He's much happier at meal time feeding himself.

If you don't mind sharing since our LO's are close in age - what do you feed DS?

houndbaby

puffs, cheerios, yogurt melts, pancakes, egg yolk french toast, scrambled egg yolk, bananas, pears, or other soft fruits, steamed veggies, chicken, pasta, shredded cheese, sweet potato fries, grilled cheese. We'll give him what we're eating for dinner too sometimes liked baked mac & cheese or pot roast veggies

Jessis62781

houndbaby:

puffs, cheerios, yogurt melts, pancakes, egg yolk french toast, scrambled egg yolk, bananas, pears, or other soft fruits, steamed veggies, chicken, pasta, shredded cheese, sweet potato fries, grilled cheese. We'll give him what we're eating for dinner too sometimes liked baked mac & cheese or pot roast veggies

And how many bottles does he have still if any?

houndbaby

I bf on demand, but we usually do 3 solids meals

Jessis62781

thanks so much hound, I really appreciate it

redhead1214

houndbaby:

I gave up on purees when ds refused to let me feed him, kept closing his mouth and slapping the spoon out of my hand. He's much happier at meal time feeding himself.

This was DD. I struggled with her for almost a month trying purees until i realized that she wanted (and does well with) finger foods.

 

fxz109

finger foods can be messy, but it's usually a lot easier to clean up than the aftermath of a battle to spoon-feed a baby that does not want to be spoon fed!