RE: Re: Drinking Milk Problem / Food Business

February 4, 2005

I'm certainly no expert but I've also heard kids should get whole milk.

I actually have a food question. I just started giving Aidan a little bit of

jar baby food. I know I can put it in the frig after it's open but how long can

the jars be in the frig? Since we've just begun he's only taking a few bites at

a time then I give him a bottle.

Okay, I feel like the worst mother, I don't even know how to feed my child! How

long does it take for them to catch on and really start eating away? The rice

made him gag a little but he seems to like green beans better. Please help, new

to the food business.

jenn

Gerace cgerace@...> wrote:

Speaking of milk..a friend of mine is giving her twins 1% milk! Isn't that

wrong? For some reason, I keep thinking that somewhere I heard that they

need the fat in the whole milk. Is that right?????

Mommy to (12-17-98) and

Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

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From: michelle

Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:53 PM

To: nosurgery4clubfoot

Subject: Re: Drinking Milk Problem

I was wondering if anyone has a problem with their child not

drinking whole milk?

I took to her year checkup/shots and although her height

was good she should weigh a little more. I told her ped that she

eats everything and he asked about her drinking milk. I still bf her

but i also give her whole mild but she wont drink more than 1 cup(if

that at all). He suggested she needed AT LEAST 3 cups a day and

maybe 1-2 servings of pediasure.

Has anyone had this problem? Do you have suggestions on how to get

them to drink more milk? Her ped said she needed the extra calories

in milk. Other wise she is doing great.

One thing i did want to add was that he had not seen her feet since

we had been to see dr.p and he could not believe how great her feet

looked! When the nurse came back in she told me he was really

impressed with her feet! GO DR.PONSETI!!

and

BL CF 12/16/03

February 4, 2005

how old is he again? If he's pushing it out with his tongue and you have

to scrape it off his face, he's not ready. When they're ready for food,

they don't need to learn how to eat it or catch on. And even then, don't

expect him to eat much. He should be getting all his nutrients from milk

anyway till he's a year old. Real food is just for practice as it holds

little nutritional value for the under 1 set. He's not 6mo's old yet is

he? Plus with his preemieness (is that a word?) I'd wait till he was

adjusted 6 mo's (minimum) to start it because of issues with allergies or

whatever. But then again you're his mama, you know best.

I have no idea how long it lasts. Mine would never really touch the

stuff. Turned their heads like it was poison or would only take one bite

and no more. I wasted more than they ever ate, don't know why I even tried

it with them at all. So we waited till they were ready for finger foods

somewhere around 8mo's. I'm glad, I hate messing with that stuff

anyway. So much easier for them to drink milk and they did fine without it.

And yes, thank you for the explanation of the shunt. Makes perfect sense

now!

Kori

At 02:09 PM 2/4/2005, you wrote:

>I'm certainly no expert but I've also heard kids should get whole milk.

>

>I actually have a food question. I just started giving Aidan a little bit

>of jar baby food. I know I can put it in the frig after it's open but how

>long can the jars be in the frig? Since we've just begun he's only taking

>a few bites at a time then I give him a bottle.

>

>Okay, I feel like the worst mother, I don't even know how to feed my

>child! How long does it take for them to catch on and really start eating

>away? The rice made him gag a little but he seems to like green beans

>better. Please help, new to the food business.

>

>jenn

> Gerace cgerace@...> wrote:

>Speaking of milk..a friend of mine is giving her twins 1% milk! Isn't that

>wrong? For some reason, I keep thinking that somewhere I heard that they

>need the fat in the whole milk. Is that right?????

>e

>

>Mommy to (12-17-98) and

>

>Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

>

> _____

>

>From: michelle

>Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:53 PM

>To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>Subject: Re: Drinking Milk Problem

>

>I was wondering if anyone has a problem with their child not

>drinking whole milk?

>I took to her year checkup/shots and although her height

>was good she should weigh a little more. I told her ped that she

>eats everything and he asked about her drinking milk. I still bf her

>but i also give her whole mild but she wont drink more than 1 cup(if

>that at all). He suggested she needed AT LEAST 3 cups a day and

>maybe 1-2 servings of pediasure.

>Has anyone had this problem? Do you have suggestions on how to get

>them to drink more milk? Her ped said she needed the extra calories

>in milk. Other wise she is doing great.

>

>One thing i did want to add was that he had not seen her feet since

>we had been to see dr.p and he could not believe how great her feet

>looked! When the nurse came back in she told me he was really

>impressed with her feet! GO DR.PONSETI!!

> and

>BL CF 12/16/03

>

February 4, 2005

I don't think you have to worry about food adversion until they are 8-9

months old...My friend's baby wouldn't eat..but then we discoveredt that they

the

baby never had a chance to sit at the table and watch others eat...after she

started to sit her at the table during meals it was much easier..babies love to

mimic us!

Also, I think that milk is most important the first year, but babies can't

get all of the iron they need from it, so food is very important during the

latter half of the first year, especially for bf babies..

Freeman

February 4, 2005

,

I don't know how old Aiden is - baby brain lives on - but in general you do

start out slowly giving just a few bites when babies are 6 mos or so and

increase that as they like it. HOWEVER, some kids want the food much earlier

and if their Dr's are okay with that then more power to you! By the end of the

7th mos, most Dr's want the baby to be tasting food because they will miss the

'window' of learning if they aren't.

As for baby food in the frig... There are no hard and fast rules but I do know

the following - One well respected author (wrote Super Baby Food) says that two

days is the top limit for storing opened jars. If you put the spoon that you

are using to feed your baby in the jar, the food will decompose more quickly and

go bad much quicker so put it in a separate bowl until they are eating most of

the jar. I understand that even if the baby food smells okay to us, it still

could be bad and/or have altered taste. I find this to be true with my

daughter. If I try to give her food that's been opened more than two days she

won't eat it. Not that she's thrilled with food anyway but she really rejects

'old' food.

Finally, go with your gut Mom. You do know your baby better than anyone and you

are doing a wonderful job. Hang in there. They don't come with manuals you

know!

HTH,

Chris

Re: Drinking Milk Problem

I was wondering if anyone has a problem with their child not

drinking whole milk?

I took to her year checkup/shots and although her height

was good she should weigh a little more. I told her ped that she

eats everything and he asked about her drinking milk. I still bf her

but i also give her whole mild but she wont drink more than 1 cup(if

that at all). He suggested she needed AT LEAST 3 cups a day and

maybe 1-2 servings of pediasure.

Has anyone had this problem? Do you have suggestions on how to get

them to drink more milk? Her ped said she needed the extra calories

in milk. Other wise she is doing great.

One thing i did want to add was that he had not seen her feet since

we had been to see dr.p and he could not believe how great her feet

looked! When the nurse came back in she told me he was really

impressed with her feet! GO DR.PONSETI!!

and

BL CF 12/16/03

February 4, 2005

That book, What to Expect The First Year is full of useful advice as are others.

I agree though on how easily baby food can become contaminated and grow

bacteria. To an adult sized body we'd never know it but in their tiny newly

developing systems a little can go a long way. Dip out a little on to a plate

and serve from that, never putting a spoon that's been in the baby's mouth (or

yours!) in to the jar of baby food as that will put bacteria in the jar of food

that will grow and cause potential illness. Sounds like a lot of micro-managing

and being too picky, but it's worth not taking the risk, especially with low

acid foods such as squash and greenbeans (most vegtables) as they are famous for

causing food poisoning due to their lack the acid that ordinarily fights

bacterial growth. Fruits have more acid but still be carful with them.

I used to make my own baby food and you might consider that, it's simple really.

Steam some fresh frozen veggies or fruits till they are just soft, then puree

them to mush, dip them in to an ice cube tray, freeze, then put the fozen cubes

in to a bag and freeze. Then you can get out just one little cube of food,

thaw, and serve. You can make a plate with a cube of beans, a cube of carrots,

a cube of fruit....nice meal there! No left overs or baby food jars in the

frig that way, and less expensive, too. Sometimes I would puree fruits and add

rice baby cereal to it, thicken it up and also tastes good. Everett absolutely

loved fruit yogerts. I would mix baby food flakes in to that also, tasted

pretty darn good to me and he would gobble it up. don't forget about foods

like quick oats or malt-o-meal too when they're a little bigger, good filler and

healthy too.

s.

Re: Drinking Milk Problem

I was wondering if anyone has a problem with their child not

drinking whole milk?

I took to her year checkup/shots and although her height

was good she should weigh a little more. I told her ped that she

eats everything and he asked about her drinking milk. I still bf her

but i also give her whole mild but she wont drink more than 1 cup(if

that at all). He suggested she needed AT LEAST 3 cups a day and

maybe 1-2 servings of pediasure.

Has anyone had this problem? Do you have suggestions on how to get

them to drink more milk? Her ped said she needed the extra calories

in milk. Other wise she is doing great.

One thing i did want to add was that he had not seen her feet since

we had been to see dr.p and he could not believe how great her feet

looked! When the nurse came back in she told me he was really

impressed with her feet! GO DR.PONSETI!!

and

BL CF 12/16/03

February 4, 2005

He's 6months but his adjusted age is just a little over 3 months. Thank you for

the information, that makes me feel much better, I think we'll wait a little

longer. His pediatrician wanted me to start 2 months ago and I refused as he is

a preemie and he's really not ready for that. She said if I didn't start soon

he'd probably develope a food adversion. I didn't really pay attention but now

that he's not liking it I kinda started to worry. You've made me feel soooo

much better.

Milk it is! That food stinks anyway.

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