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Spoon feeding and a milk question
Me again-full of questions today!!
Do your lo's hold their own spoons. Max is showing no interest at all, which is fine by me but just wondered if I should try encouraging him or just leave it, I've no idea when they 'should' be starting to feed themselves.
Second question- how many milk feeds do they have? Max is on 4 a day (plus 1 or 2 a night), I'm wondering if he's having too much milk, he can be a little fussy with his food sometimes so maybe it's dulling his appetite. The thing is, he doesn't cry for his milk but I offer it and he doesn't refuse so I'm wondering if I should try not giving him his mid morning milk (he needs to be off this soon for when I'm back at work anyway),
Thanks girls xx
Do your lo's hold their own spoons. Max is showing no interest at all, which is fine by me but just wondered if I should try encouraging him or just leave it, I've no idea when they 'should' be starting to feed themselves.
Second question- how many milk feeds do they have? Max is on 4 a day (plus 1 or 2 a night), I'm wondering if he's having too much milk, he can be a little fussy with his food sometimes so maybe it's dulling his appetite. The thing is, he doesn't cry for his milk but I offer it and he doesn't refuse so I'm wondering if I should try not giving him his mid morning milk (he needs to be off this soon for when I'm back at work anyway),
Thanks girls xx
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Spencer doesn't seem to want to hold his spoon yet either, i think there would be food everywhere if he got his hands on it.
Spencer has 4 milk feeds a day 4oz in his cereal 4oz about an hour before his lunch, 4oz about an hour before his dinner and then 7-8 before bed
xxxxx
In terms of the milk, I think that our health visitors would tell you you are feeding too much. But that is health visitors. Freya has three milk feeds a day. She has one when she wakes up, a bf (if I'm around) or a bottle (if she is at the childminders) at 3pm, and then her bedtime bf before her bath. I know you are working on dropping the night ones, I'd just keep going with that and then see how you go with the daytime ones. Freya has only one in the afternoon, but she'll have a 7oz bottle (who knows from me). But I have a friend who gives two 3.5 oz cups during the day, so obviously, whilst it is twice as often, it is still the same amount overall. .
Anyway, thanks again xx
Amelia cant load a spoon and feed herself but she will grab for it when I'm feeding her. If I let go the food either ends up in her eye or ear or she'll throw it at the cat!!! I let her hold it and I'll guide it to her mouth. She will feed herself finger foods but again she likes to share with the cat!! - Mealtimes are very messy at our house and we have to change clothes if we're going out and about but its all good fun!!
As far as milk feeds go, he takes three feeds a day when he is with me - first thing in the morning, mid-afternoon and bedtime. But I left him for the whole day with his dad on Saturday and he didn't have the mid-afternoon feed, just water and some bread (his favourite snack). It is only if I am there to act as temptation that he seems to demand milk. Maybe Max will be the same once he is at nursery? Especially if he has now dropped the morning feed without a fuss...
Pumbacat-our dogs very well fed too, when max has had enough he very deliberately throws everything left on his try to the floor.
I'm super chuffed today, I know this is no biggie and something most babies do far younger but after 10 months of him only naping on my lap, he's now sleeping in his pram. I'm so relieved as again, I was worried about how he'd sleep at nursery but the pram can go with him. It fully reclines and he slept for an hour and a half this morning! Xx
Austin is exactly the same, eh's only interested in the spoon if i've got it, if i give it to him he'll let me guide it once, then he won't let go, and as soon as i let go, he doesn't want it anymore and flings it across the room lol! he's doing well with his finger foods tho, only thing he doesn't eat like that is meat, but tbh i haven't offered it to him v often, so perhaps i shld.....lol, been thinking about getting a dog, purely so i don't have to hoover after every meal time, he nrmally eats about half what i gve him, and the other half is his play food that he just chucks on the floor without even attempting to eat it, peas all over the place lol. x