Questions 11/23

[Bernadine]

How did you do solids?

DD is five months old, and LOVES food. Loves it. My pedi said she should have 3-4 Tablespoons of cereal once per day, 1-2 T of fruits 1-2x per day, and 1-2 T of vegetables 1-2x per day. DD is EBF. Doesn't that seem like a lot of food? But again, she loves it. She will finish one of the tiny jars of food and still be opening her mouth for more.

[chickadee77]

That doesn't sound like too much to me - we offered solids at breakfast, lunch, and dinner - just to kind of start setting up a meal schedule outside of her bottles. She didn't care much for solids until about a year, though. I think as long as she's still getting most of her nutrition from BM, go ahead and offer. If you see her BM intake go down suddenly and dramatically, then I might mention it to pedi just to check in, but as she nears a year, that will happen naturally anyhow (at least it did with L and formula).

[dcn]

Neither of my kids liked purées but as long as you give breastmilk first I think it is fine.

[boiler717]

I nursed immediately before offering solids and let him decide how much (unless I had to back off for constipation). Sometimes he'd want a little, sometimes a lot. I always offered table foods with purees at by 6 months he was eating grilled cheese sandwiches lol. He's always ate way more solids than other babies his age. Last weekend at breakfast he ate his entire kids meal plus half my adult entree.

[noodleoo]

DD loved eating too! She was EBF and never had any weight issues (I think always around 50% on the curve). I started solids only once a day at 6 months, but by 7 months we were doing them 3x a day and she ate a lot. Our dr never gave us any "limits" on feeding her, so I just gave her as much as she wanted. I think some babies take to it better than others. My friend's DD who was the same age didn't care for solids at all. I think as long as she is still nursing well, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[estrellita]

I never really measured TBH but he usually ate about an ounce of solids after/with a bottle. We started with oatmeal, moved on to purees and mushed up foods, then slowly started doing things like puffs to get him used to more solid stuff. A lot of times we just gave him bits of our food depending on what it was.

[estrellita]

My question:

How did you get rid of the paci? E only uses his at night right now.

[Deleted]

Nov 23, 2016 13:43:27 GMT -5 estrellita said:

My question:

How did you get rid of the paci? E only uses his at night right now.

My son was a paci junky until we took it away at age 2. We just said "you're a big two year old now, you don't need a pacifier." His was a Wubbanub so we just cut off the paci and let him keep the animal. It was fine. Bedtime was a little tougher and he was a little miffed when he saw his baby brother with a pacifier but he forgot quickly. It's harder on us than them I promise!

[Deleted]

What's a good toy/item I can get to develop a three year old's fine motor skills? We have all sorts of colored pencils and crayons but he doesn't like them.

[thebreakfastclub]

Nov 23, 2016 13:43:27 GMT -5 estrellita said:

My question:

How did you get rid of the paci? E only uses his at night right now.

My son used his at night only until a few months past turning 2.   I arbitrarily decided to get rid of it then so I could be done with it before starting potty training at 2.5.

We took him to Toys R Us and let him pick out a couple of new toys that he really wanted.  The big splurge was a wooden Cranky from Thomas the Train.  We said those were his new big boy toys, threw a little party at home with a couple of balloons and a cupcake, and said that now we needed to give up the pacifier in exchange for the big boy toys.

DS asked for it probably the first 3 nights, but each night was less and less.  Then he never asked again.   It went very well overall!

[niq]

Nov 23, 2016 13:43:27 GMT -5 estrellita said:

My question:

How did you get rid of the paci? E only uses his at night right now.

We gave Val a week's notice that we would "trade" all of his pacifiers for a toy that he got to pick out. Then we went cold turkey. The first two days were miserable, but I'd say within a week it was fine. We did have some big fuzzy toys, and we'd ask if he wanted to give one of them a hug. We also got a play tent which is another nice thing for him.

Oddly, ditching the paci also made him less dependent on other comfort things (blankets, stuffed animals).

[niq]

Nov 23, 2016 14:04:58 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

What's a good toy/item I can get to develop a three year old's fine motor skills? We have all sorts of colored pencils and crayons but he doesn't like them.

Beads or pasta on a string
Scissors ("making snowflakes" is a big hit at school)
Kinetic Sand

[statlerwaldorf]

That seems weirdly specific on the amount of baby food. I just follow their cues. Each of my kids were different. One of my twins is a big eater and self feeding and the other still doesn't finish a jar of purees. They are both growing fine.

[statlerwaldorf]

Did anyone have a toddler with bad eye sight? I'm starting to get concerned with ds1. His depth perception seems off. Were there any other signs? He goes to the pedi on the 5th.

[chickadee77]

Nov 23, 2016 14:04:58 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

What's a good toy/item I can get to develop a three year old's fine motor skills? We have all sorts of colored pencils and crayons but he doesn't like them.

We've recently started using these: smile.amazon.com/Lauri-Tall-Stacker-Pegs-Pegboard-Set/dp/B00000J4HK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480077156&sr=8-1&keywords=lauri%27s+pegs

There are other building sets, too, but even after a week or so, we've already noticed a significant change.