February 2012 Moms
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Anyone else's LO still not feeding themselves?
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DD does really well with table foods, but she's still expecting me to feed it to her. I put it on her tray and she has no interest in picking it up other than to squish the food in her hand. She's taken a cooked carrot stick to her mouth and pretended to bite it, but that's it. My mom keeps commenting on how she "still hasn't learned how to feed herself" but I know babies learn at different paces. So I ask-does anyone else's LO do this? Or, is my DD behind??
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Re: Anyone else's LO still not feeding themselves?
Melodic Insomniac
TTC #2 since 10/2013
BFP #1 (4.14.14) ~ CP (4.18.14)
BFP #2 (6.27.14) ~ EDD 3.7.15
Just FYI--our pediatrician said that peas are pretty much as scary as it gets when it comes to choking hazards. She said that peas, grapes and corn should all be served in mushed form only until our kiddos get older.
Interesting... The girls have had corn for the last two night! We're headed to the pediatrician for their flu shot this afternoon, guess I'll be asking about that.
I can't give Ian anything that he would have to "bite" to eat it. Meaning, whatever I give him gets shoved in his mouth all at once. So, from that aspect of things, it's a cram and eat, not biting portions.
One of my nephews didn't feed himself for a long time...I think he was over a year old. He couldn't stand the 'feel' of food in his hands, or so it seemed. So, my thought is this...if she isn't technically feeding herself, I don't think it's a big deal. You said that she did pick up the carrot stick, and I think that's one of the bigger issues...have the pinching, grasping, holding thing down. JMO
I didn't read all the responses...but here is my situation.
Allison is so funny! She sees the food and sits there like a baby bird with her mouth open waiting for food. Once she realizes I'm not putting it in her mouth she grabs it and does it herself. It took a while for her to get it in her mouth but she is pretty good now. We still struggle with some things but overall she will pick up food from her tray more often than not.
Mine can do stuff but prefers for me to do it for him. He can hold his bottle (he grabs it from me when he's done to hold and shake) but he has never held his bottle himself to eat. The moment I touch it, he drops his hands away and won't put them back (and if I try to place his hands on it, he pulls them away).
He will feed himself puffs and yogurt melts and some pieces of things (chicken), but he would rather lean forward and open his mouth for me to do it (and eats more when I do it). I just put a big chunk of banana on his tray this morning to see if he would eat it. He picked it up, waved it around, took one bite, then continued to wave it and bang it on the tray until it was a mushy mess.