Questions tagged [feeding]
Similar to the tags [eating] and [food] but focused on infants that don't eat on their own yet.
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Why are recommended newborn feed volumes much bigger than typical stomach size for the same age?
Many sources will tell you the following supposed facts about a newborn baby's biology, or very similar ones:
A newborn's stomach is tiny and it remains quite small for a while. For instance, one ...
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Why do toddlers eat grass and not broccoli?
This is more of a curiosity question than trying to answer a problem, but it is something I am sure that many parents have wondered in the past.
I notice that my kid (almost 2) will, without fail, ...
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What kind of meats are safe to feed to a 13-month old?
My 13-month old boy is transitioning from jars of Gerber Baby Food to table food. He does very well on toast and cheerios and other similar things, but he doesn't much like eggs, and we want to make ...
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How do I adjust the 5-point harness on my high chair so my baby is comfortable?
I have a fairly standard 5-point harness setup for my high chair (Graco Slim Snacker), and I've noticed that as my baby gets bigger, his hips start to slide forward in the chair, and the strap that ...
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3 Month Old Baby Falls Asleep After Crying At Night - Should We Wake Them Again To Feed?
This just happened to me and I've been trying to find an answer online to no avail.
My son started crying a little bit ago, so we started to heat up a bottle. Both my wife and I had to use the master ...
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Best mealtime for babies to eat protein
The CDC write
By the time he or she is 7 or 8 months old, your child can eat a variety of foods from different food groups. These foods include infant cereals, meat or other proteins, fruits, ...
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My 9-week old son keeps falling asleep during feeding - how can I prevent this? [duplicate]
Whenever we try to feed our son a bottle, he drinks about 1 or 2 ounces, then slowly drifts to sleep, and slows down to such a gradual pace that he's not actually taking in anything at all.
This seems ...
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How can I get our baby awake enough to feed and nurse?
We've been told a few times that our situation is ideal, that we shouldn't be worried about it, but our newborn (going on two weeks Wednesday) seems content to sleep for hours at a time, only really ...
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2 year old sensitive gag reflex
My 2 year old daughter recently got diagnosed with a developmental delay and being on the autism spectrum. Since a few months old when I began trying to feed her solids, she would always gag and throw ...
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Unwanted behavior at table, our usual approach is failing so far
Our 11 month old has gotten fairly good at knowing what she may and may not touch around the flat (e.g. a dangerous table, curtains etc.). When she approaches or actually gets her hand on such stuff, ...
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How much soup is a baby expected to eat?
My baby is 7 months old and tends to resist eating soup and she rarely finishes the whole plate that I prepared for her. I am not sure whether I should insist more than I already do in order to give ...
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Why does my son's food/milk intake drop to 1/3 of usual at his grandparents' place?
Every week we stay over at my parents' place for three nights and for some reason my one-year-old son's food and milk intake drops to 1/3 of his usual. We use the same bottles, same milk powder, same ...
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Best practices for supplementing with formula for a tired mom
Before I get into the question I'll mention that I fully understand the benefits of breastfeeding, and my wife and I do intend to attempt to breastfeed, hopefully as much as we can.
However, with the ...
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Feeding a newborn throughout the night without letting him cry
My wife and I have a newborn on the way in a few months, and I was wondering about one aspect of night-feedings.
Popular wisdom is that we shouldn't let the baby get to the point that they're crying ...
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How to get baby feeding to the next level?
My baby is 11 months old now. My wife and I feed him with a spoon. He sits in his chair all well and opens his mouth when the spoon arrives.
He starts to grab at the spoon and I think he may be ready ...
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