btw, when can we start giving our baby those food that we eat? as in we do not need to puree, mash etc? jsut give them what we are eating.. if we are eating outside, the give them a bit of what we are having.
oh...how old is ur gal??oh.. my girl is driving me crazy these few days.. i give her food she cry.. no matter what food i give she jsut cry. then i throw away the food she start to play and laugh.. idiotic.. i dont know if i should jsut stop giving her for a few days and try again or just keep giving her and throw if she dosent eat them... she totally dont eat! not even a spoonful!
my girl 7.5mths now. yah she also same.. at first i feed her she will eat though not alot. then i started her on rice porridge she eats as well. sometimes eat alot. her fav is oatmeal cereal hehe. i tried rice porridge with carrots and she loves it too.. but these few days i gave her pumpkin and i think she hates it(or just a coincidence). then i stopped pumpkin but then she still refuses to open her mouth to eat..
i never scold her or force her to eat. im someone who dosent voice out my anger no matter with hubby, friends or my girl lol. so i just feel very sad and keep quiet. when she throw her food, bowl, spit out her food, blow bubbles instead of swallowing, take out her food with her hands and then wipe it on her chair, touching her face, hair, ears with her dirty hands... i also dont scold. i dont tell her cannot also cos i super angry dont know what to say. i just ignore her and keep quiet then continue feeding haha.
today she ate her fav oatmeal cereal with apples puree.. though not alot but im glad she finally ate..
actually those books you read are right. their main nutrition is still milk so dont eat also nevermind. but same as you, i feel... i spent so much time making her food yet she dont eat! and somemore.. i dont like the feeling of wasting food by throwing away when she dosent eat them... yet i cant make myself finish her food. puree is disgusting to me lol
Hi vonn81,oh...how old is your gal??
Initially when i started giving my dear daughter semi solid, she was ok...then after i start her on porridge around 7 mths...at 1st still ok too..then after that she is also very fussy....eat a few spoonful then dont want already...it was so disheartening...spent so much time to cook and she doesnt appreciate. I also try to give her more varieties....lunch and dinner different ingredients...and the feeding time was always like a battle...she will fuss , cry...etc. i also got fed up and i will scold her and force her to eat...
Actually i know that i should not force her to eat...cos lots of books i read said so too. But she is really making me very angry by not eating mah...But after another mummy advise.... that what i did is not recommended. I try to change another way of feeding her...
I do not get angry or scold her anymore...if she doesnt want it i will stop...if she hit the bowl and things fall onto the floor i did not scold her either...just tell her that she should not do that and explained to her in a soft manner.
Things did improve..she ate more gradually. and i will take note what she likes and i will try to give her that more often, i also dont know is it because of that or she is now more " tam jiak" she eats most of the food i feed her now. and she eats more.
NO more battle during meal time now. she cant even wait till the food is cooler before i feed her...lolxxxx
Hope things will get better for you too...
Hi crystal79,Hi vonn81,
You mean its not good to scold and force the child to eat ??? Recently my daughter dont know why seems like dont feel like eating the porridge ... she just eat a few spoonful then keep moving here and there.... and she took a long time to swallow her porridge...and the porridge turned cold also...i got to reheat the porridge 2 to 3 times using the microwave oven...i got so flared up that i scolded her very loudly and forced her to eat...i feel very angry and upset that she dont want to eat cos she drink her milk very little nowsaday... only 4 or 5 oz...Her weight is only about 8kg and she is 9 mths plus now going to turn 10 mths next week and i feel that also wasted my effort of cooking for her.... Did i do it in a wrong way of scolding her and force her to eat??? what should i do?? Pls advise ... Thanks
why microwave not good? i used to keep worrying bout microwave not good as well but that seems to be the best way to heat baby's food thats why i keep using...
yah .. ive read up alot before using them for my girl's food. some site says its ok, some site critise using it so much. i also dont know right or wrong. in fact before i had my girl i dislike using microwave also.. but now i often use lol. but you are right, can avoid then avoid. cos i make her food in batches and freeze them, microwaving is the best way to heat up and kill those bacteria imo. once she started to eat more, i can cook per meal thus can avoid this microwaving thinggy lol
yeah i freeze cos she eats too little lol. cant finish if dont freeze...i do freeze puree and mashed up fruits and veg also. in fact almsot everything . the only time she gets to eat realyl freshly made ones are on the days i cook lol. the extras all freeze up