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Help and advice needed for 15 month old that doesn't chew properly
This is a normal, age appropriate behavior. He'll get better with time and practice. As scary as it is, gagging from over filling his mouth is how he learns about appropriate bite size and chewing. ...
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My 8-month old baby stopped accepting solid food
Do not insist that your child eats a certain amount of solid food, or of anything else. The child will eat as much as they need. Keep offering your child solid food, but do not try to convince her to ...
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My 8-month old baby stopped accepting solid food
You mentioned the spoon, but does she eat without it? My youngest (now 10 months old) never liked to be spoon fed. She'd allow it but much preferred to feed herself. This obviously depends on the ...
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Any alternative(s) for Cerelac?
You do not need to have any special baby food at all to feed a baby! If you look up baby led weaning you just present baby with some of the food you are having and let them get on with it. You need to ...
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Any alternative(s) for Cerelac?
Chewing food is something that needs to be learned. So, for the first food you introduce to your child, you need to have something that can be swallowed without chewing of any kind.
The foods that are ...
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2 1/2 year old boy, hates meat, and most veggies
Most kids will eat fairly well and self manage if you set the right boundary conditions and stop making a fuss about it, which makes it into a an attention-grabbing power struggle. Things that can ...
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How to wean a 1-year-old of breastfeeding, especially night feeds?
I have good and bad news, this can be done, but it isn't quick or easy.
top tips
Make waking up in the night dull
Keep it dark, a nightlight is good for this
keep it quiet and calm, so only person
I ...
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How to wean a 2 year old off breastfeeding?
Breastfeeding is a mutual relationship. Both parties must want to, and if either one of you decides that it's the end, then that's it.
If you give in to tantrums, you're reinforcing her behaviour. She ...
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Help and advice needed for 15 month old that doesn't chew properly
I've been amazed at how much my 3 kids have learned by mirroring. Are you eating with your baby? It might help him to understand what he needs to do by seeing you eating face to face with him. ...
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My 8-month old baby stopped accepting solid food
One word: bananas.
There are many different reasons why your baby will refuse solids at those ages - sometimes it is simply uncomfortable for them, it may be "false teething" (not sure if ...
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How to wean a 2 year old off breastfeeding?
It sounds like the hardest part for most parents (weaning off of the nighttime nursing) is done, so great job there! I would honestly recommend just taking things one step and day at a time. Start ...
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Can introducing food prematurely cause long lasting allergies or intolerances?
You've got it backwards. Introducing foods early reduces the chances of allergies.
https://readysetfood.com/blogs/community/the-aap-s-new-guidelines-for-infant-food-allergy-prevention-what-families-...
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How to resolve blocked milk ducts after weaning
Try massaging the lump with a vibrator or electric toothbrush. As you do, work it towards the nipple and express or even pump some milk to help get the clog out. Hot showers or compresses can help, ...
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How to get a toddler off the bottle?
We had exactly the same problem, at almost the same age.
The one thing that really helped us was by getting a completely different cup for bed time unlike any of her other day time cups.
In our case ...
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How infants can take 11mg of Iron per day?
[babies] 7-12 months need 11 mg of iron daily.
Correct. US recommendations are the same.
11 mg of Iron means 366 grams of beef or 203 grams of Tofu... Are my calculations wrong?
No, they're not. ...
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How infants can take 11mg of Iron per day?
When trying to assess things like nutrition, it’s very important to take the whole picture into account.
A typical mistake of adults on a diet is to just calculate parts of what they consume, e.g. ...
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My 8-month old baby stopped accepting solid food
If this is very recent then don't ignore the possibility of discomfort. It's always worth examining gums and throat for soreness which will show up as an obvious reddening of the tissues. Look inside ...
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Help and advice needed for 15 month old that doesn't chew properly
I was nervous about choking too. While many of my friends and colleagues went the BLW route, I started with purees. I think at 16 months I was not yet comfortable giving my baby a piece of apple that ...
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What to do about a clingy 16-month-old son who is not weaned off breastfeeding?
To wean now or not is more of a parenting decision than something that can be answered objectively and definitively; but globally and biologically it is normal for a 16 month old to still be breastfed ...
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How can I get my 13-month-old to sleep in his own bed
try a weighted blanket ? they can feel comforted by them as they feel held
there is some information here mosaic
"These blankets work by providing input to the deep pressure touch
receptors ...
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