Food Aggression

[lylabel13]

I know I've hardly posted on this board. Now that Lyla has been getting baby snacks like cheerios, mum mums, etc. she wants nothing but table food and she wants it NOW. She goes nuts and flails around when we try to put her in her hi-chair until she has a finger food in front of her. I have to practically eat in secret because she freaks out if I'm eating and she isn't. And she smacks the spoon across the room when I try feeding her purees, unless she has something she can eat on her own. So I sneak her baby food in between her eating a snack food. Anyone else's baby get food aggressive?

Clearly she thinks she's ready for table food, but I'm at a loss as to where to start. She's good with breads, cereal and quinoa, but she's been a choker in the past and I'm unsure about which fruits and veggies to give her and how they should be prepared. We tried the mesh feeder things but she just turns them upside down and chews on the plastic part. What do you ladies give your LO and how much? Is one veggie enough or do you put something else on their tray like a grain of some sort to make it more of a little meal?

[Dorothy Zbornak]

I sit next to Butterbaby at meals and just give him bits off my plate. I usually have a chunk.of bread on the table in front of him so he has something to grab as soon as I sit him down. Otherwise, he'll go apeshit. He usually gets what we're having. I'll put a few pieces of pasta on his tray and let him work on that. When he's done,I'll give him something else ... pieces of meat, veggies, rice, cheese, etc. We also sometimes spoonfeed him, but it only works if he has bread in his hand. He'll chew on that, then he'll let us give him a spoonful.

Start with soft stuff (cooked carrots, potatoes) and go from there. If she's just gagging ( by this I mean making barfing noises but it obviously breathing), then sit on your hands and let her work it out. I have been known to fish chunks out, though. Just remember that babies' gag reflex is really far up on their tongues. So they gag really easily!

[EnchantedSoul]

We feed him what we're eating. He feeds himself so I just put soft pieces on his highchair. Dorothy gave great advice.

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[carawestt]

I second everything Dorothy said. Lincoln is solely on table food now with the exception of things like yogurt or soupy/stew type food. For breakfast he gets fruit, yogurt and Cheerios or fruit and toast with cream cheese. Lunch usually is something like pieces of cheese and a veggie or meat and then he eats what we're having for dinner. Just think of foods that are easy for them to dissolve in their mouth or squishy enough for them to smash with their gums/teeth.

[wildcatprincess]

I try to give a protein, grain, and produce at each meal - for example breakfast is usually toast, an egg, a pear/orange/banana/whatever, and maybe some cheese. Same with dinner and he eats whatever we do. He is the most laid back baby until food is involved, he has a distinctive screech that only comes out when he sees some he wants! This morning I had him clinging to the side of the chair begging for bites of yogurt while DD ran off to get her own spoon, my food is no longer mine lol.