Itchy ears and biting behavior, finally the first tooth has cut through those sore gums. After a week of diarrhea and high fever, Fatima got her brand new tiny tooth. Before I write anything else, my apologies for a delayed post. A teething child is so much in need of attention! She was like almost drained. Now that everything is fine its worth talking about how to deal with a teething baby?
My first recommendation would be the teething beads. All I read about these beads is when they make contact with skin they release some oils which tend to sooth the teething pain. Trust me it works! Next thing you want is some ear drops. I have till date not found a one that works..anyway next on the list is some teethers... wooden, rubber and cloth are best.
That is it about teething for now...
Weaning Weaning...I mean is that easy. In our case its easy if it is with hand but with a spoon? oh! let me explain this: Fatima started weaning long back. like at about 5 months old. Since then we offered her a lot of variety of food..Chapatis, other breads, vegetables, fruits, puffed rice, cookies, toast etc etc. She can feed her self with any of these..but when it comes to purees and cereal...dreading. When a puree or cereal is fed to her with spoon (obviously!) she is just interested in eating and once full she refuses to take more and that's it. She never tried to take away that spoon instead she would put her hands in the bowl! Not knowing how to encourage her to wean with spoon, I went surfing online for the matter. One suggestion I liked most was to give her a spoon of her own and keep feeding her. Eventually she might take interest. So these days we have her a spoon and she holds it tight putting it some times in her mouth. She has not, till date, tried to put it in the bowl. I'm really looking forward for ideas on how to encourage an infant to wean with a spoon.
Little more more on weaning: Homemade or Ready made Baby food? This was a big deal. In India there are people on both sides. For a long time we kept offering Fatima just home made food but now she gets ready made food at dinner time. I think a combination of homemade and ready made meals are best...at least this is what I heard from most of the moms. For more on Baby food visit weaning page.
These days she is busy with her two treasure baskets and some time with object permanence box.
My first recommendation would be the teething beads. All I read about these beads is when they make contact with skin they release some oils which tend to sooth the teething pain. Trust me it works! Next thing you want is some ear drops. I have till date not found a one that works..anyway next on the list is some teethers... wooden, rubber and cloth are best.
That is it about teething for now...
Weaning Weaning...I mean is that easy. In our case its easy if it is with hand but with a spoon? oh! let me explain this: Fatima started weaning long back. like at about 5 months old. Since then we offered her a lot of variety of food..Chapatis, other breads, vegetables, fruits, puffed rice, cookies, toast etc etc. She can feed her self with any of these..but when it comes to purees and cereal...dreading. When a puree or cereal is fed to her with spoon (obviously!) she is just interested in eating and once full she refuses to take more and that's it. She never tried to take away that spoon instead she would put her hands in the bowl! Not knowing how to encourage her to wean with spoon, I went surfing online for the matter. One suggestion I liked most was to give her a spoon of her own and keep feeding her. Eventually she might take interest. So these days we have her a spoon and she holds it tight putting it some times in her mouth. She has not, till date, tried to put it in the bowl. I'm really looking forward for ideas on how to encourage an infant to wean with a spoon.
Little more more on weaning: Homemade or Ready made Baby food? This was a big deal. In India there are people on both sides. For a long time we kept offering Fatima just home made food but now she gets ready made food at dinner time. I think a combination of homemade and ready made meals are best...at least this is what I heard from most of the moms. For more on Baby food visit weaning page.
These days she is busy with her two treasure baskets and some time with object permanence box.
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