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Post by kellyds on Jan 17, 2006 0:41:17 GMT -5
Thank you for all of the replies. It really helps to compare notes. We've made some progress with just a little effort. I found an old-fashioned baby walker (with wheels) at Salvation Army. I took the wheels OFF, which made it short enough for Joshua. (I've tried him in the exersaucers and he's too short for them.) It's a perfect high chair substitute! I can put a couple of cubes of cheese on the tray and he will TRY to get them to his mouth. No success yet, but he's a persistent little guy! I think this makeshift chair will be good thing to improve his trunk strength and help him toward independent sitting. He has to constantly readjust his balance from side to side, yet the sides keep him from falling over. It seems to be good exercise.
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Post by steffipoo on Jan 17, 2006 10:24:01 GMT -5
Olivia ate evrything yet her pincer grasp was less to be desired but my little piggy found SOME way to get the dang food to her mouth.We would give her tiny pieces of pizza , bits of bread with a tiny smudge of peanut butter... gross spaghetti oooohhhh.... We gave her everything and she did great. Now me I am nothing Like Susan Emilys mom. OMG......Wish I was a bit neater.. But alas my little girl still resembles pigpen. She is a dirt magnet its the big joke here I can give her a bath and 5 minutes later she is dirty once again. heres an old pic of liv at 4 1/2 months eating her fav sweet potatoes
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Post by Gina on Jan 17, 2006 12:56:13 GMT -5
Ashton is 10 - but this subject brings back so many memories! Her grandmother watched her during the day which was wonderful, but she spoiled her rotten! She would feed Ashton with a spoon until she was about 4 years old! She has always been a picky eater. In fact, her preschool teacher wouldn't believe that she even ate because she wouldn't eat a thing at school. Not cookies, anything. They even came to our home and video taped her eating because they wanted proof. Now at age 10, Ashton is still picky, but she eats like a horse and still only weighs about 42 pounds. I think she started eating by herself about age 2 or 3. It was later on, but again, she was being spoiled.
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Post by Kristen on Jan 18, 2006 16:06:52 GMT -5
Carter could rake and grab a lot earlier than pincer, so he id pretty well on his own at about 10ish months. I know that at his first birthday I remember putting little pieces of cut up noodles and fruit and broccoli and bread on his plate and he polished it off on his own because people who had not seen him since he was born were shocked. I also remember sitting him up in a grocery cart when he was 7ish months old and being devistated that he would not hold and bite off his own cereal bar. Yes, I had a hard time some days with it all! I also remember being in a grocery store again some time later and I was looking at something rather than breaking off his bites of cereal bar fast enough for him so he leaned over and took a bite out of it. I yelled he took a bite! He took a bite! LOOK! My little boy took a bite all by himself! Carter was confused at the big deal and I think someone called a paddy wagon for me, but I remember it was joyous! Same thing when he picked up his own straw cup and drank. He was over 1 and would not hold and drink by himself and I was busy in the kitchen and told him hold on and I look back and he's sitting there holding it drinking away. How long was he hiding THAT one? Now at 3 1/2 he is good with a spoon and fork, but the fork is harder - he doesnt' always "lean into it" and ends up scooping or placing on the tines before balancing it into his mouth :lol! The biggest hurdle we have is his wrist movement - he doesn't naturally want to rotate it, but he does well just the same!
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