https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 14:26:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1664312 Thu, 29 May 2014 04:06:57 +0000 Cherrybee 1664312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our pictures would be a full bowl of jarred baby food (lasagne or pasta bolognese) followed by..... a full bowl of baby food. :sad: E is refusing to eat unless she can feed herself - I need to up my finger food game quick smart! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1664273 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:50:19 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1664273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: WOW! She ate SOOOOO well! </p> <p>my two-year old would have probably eaten 4 or 5 of those pieces of grapes, maybe 2-3 pieces of chicken, and a bite or two of the pasta. that would be a normal night for her!</p> <p>Tonight I made her a quesadilla with olives, bell peppers, zuchini, and ground beef (and cheese of course). She ate maybe 1/8 of the quesadilla and then had two small pieces of watermelon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1664263 Thu, 29 May 2014 00:29:24 +0000 Kimberlybee 1664263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's awesome! I love boxed pastas and quinoa options available at the grocery store. It helps make cooking much faster and less intimidating. I can't wait to see my toddler eat like this. We have good days and bad days, this whole week has been bad eater week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1664115 Wed, 28 May 2014 22:11:52 +0000 Sammyfab 1664115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: I saw this and was going to ask if she has texture aversions. From an OT (and parental) standpoint, there is little you can do at this age. Sure, an OT can introduce different textures to the mouth and tongue to desensitize them, but otherwise, you can't force a kid to eat! I think that as long as you're offering a variety of foods and being a good role model, then you're doing the best you can and she won't develop 'bad habits.' Your doctor doesn't know what he's talking about! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1664015 Wed, 28 May 2014 20:49:57 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1664015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: R's meal looks yummy to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1664009 Wed, 28 May 2014 20:46:51 +0000 Mrs. Taco 1664009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heartonastring: Hahaha this sounds like R.</p> <p>She will eat anything and everything. Tonight it was one breakfast sized chicken sausage, a cup of carrots, blueberries, and some deli turkey meat.</p> <p>On the contrary, we struggle to get her to drink! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663991 Wed, 28 May 2014 20:38:16 +0000 heartonastring 1663991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>K is an insane eater. She pretty much always eats everything I put in front of her and would eat more if I let her!</p> <p>Tonight was half a turkey burger, half a dozen sweet potato oven fries, broccoli, 5 oz of milk, and half a fruit pouch. Oh, and that cookie she sneakily found and ate after dinner :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663912 Wed, 28 May 2014 20:06:14 +0000 Smurfette 1663912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: holy crap!<br /> @photojane: Glad that you aren't worried. Hopefully she turns around on her own! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663887 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:56:06 +0000 photojane 1663887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: She thinks it's a texture aversion. Sadie won't even touch certain things. It doesn't matter how much I offer these things - it's not happening. She doesn't want Sadie to create bad eating habits already, and said the OT has tricks..? She's not malnourished (in the 43rd percentile), so I'm not that worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663886 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:55:28 +0000 shopaholic 1663886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! I would be THRILLED if K ate that much, off a plate, and not end up mostly on the floor or me! We're still mainly living off purees here, with a few bites of table food when she'll have it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663859 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:46:31 +0000 MamaMoose 1663859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: good lord!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663853 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:44:41 +0000 lawbee11 1663853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Yes! She just started eating lunch at daycare this week so she's on 3 meals/day now. And they provide the purées so even better :)</p> <p>@MamaMoose: Maybe we should start calling her the Bottomless Pit?!</p> <p><a href="http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/big-texan-steak-challenge-gauntlet-has-been-thrown" rel="nofollow">http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/big-texan-steak-challenge-gauntlet-has-been-thrown</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663850 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:43:29 +0000 Smurfette 1663850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: well we are having to not give her milk with dinner to get her to eat now. Otherwise she drinks her dinner. Tonight was really good, but that isn't every night.<br /> What does the pedi want? Just her to eat more in general? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663832 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:39:01 +0000 photojane 1663832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Um, so jealous. Sadie would eat the grapes &amp; that's it! The ped told us today we might need to see an OT if she doesn't improve with her eating before her 18m appt. :sad: Annnd, we love Pasta Roni - make no apologies, girl! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663817 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:33:12 +0000 Smurfette 1663817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: BTW, your house is way fancier then us. I would serve it out of the plastic containers :silly:<br /> @MamaMoose: wow!!! where does she out it. R had three nuggets but didn't even finish them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663801 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:26:28 +0000 MamaMoose 1663801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M decided to eat like a maniac tonight. Two veggie pouches while I was getting her meal ready, two cups of mandarin oranges, SEVEN chicken nuggets, about 1/2 cup of Lima beans, and then blueberries and watermelon for dessert. Then she tried to steal my husband's yogurt. I do not understand how she is in the 20th %ile for weight </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663795 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:24:08 +0000 Smurfette 1663795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Girl! R ate those plastic containers too! She ate great! Is she eating three meals now?<br /> @Foodnerd81: R would eat cheese and fruit all day. And it is so annoying when they eat something and then two days doesn't like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663742 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:01:53 +0000 .twist. 1663742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, so the little stinker was super impatient about dinner tonight, so no pics. </p> <p>He did have Rice, steamed: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots, and, chicken fingers! </p> <p>Grapes for dessert. </p> <p>Gobbled it all up. (well, the rice mostly ended up all over him rather than in him) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663735 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:59:03 +0000 Pepper 1663735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grilled Chicken (frozen chicken that we heat in the microwave - gasp!), strawberries and blueberries. He ate it all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663718 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:47:45 +0000 tinyperson 1663718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>S ate her alphabet pasta with ricotta and tomato sauce, half an avocado, a chicken finger, a taste of spinach strawberry smoothie (she's not a fan of smoothies, so that's a win for me!), and some bunny crackers :) she was hungry tonight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663707 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:41:52 +0000 Foodnerd81 1663707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No pictures but C ate cheese and strawberries and blueberries. Mommy ate the scrambled egg with spinach and cheese (that she loved on Monday but refused tonight) and the yogurt (that she used to love). All she wants is cheese and fruit. All day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663677 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:21:56 +0000 sorrycharlie 1663677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hahah. we eat loooots of..processed..food here. whatevvvvs. </p> <p>O had all her crockpot lasagna, a couple pieces of broccoli (I hid in the lasagna!) and a crescent roll. lol!</p> <p>we have a divided plate, too, but if I give her multiple options she only eats the one thing that she deems the best. and won't entertain the rest. so I start giving her the "grossest" (veggies) first, when she's really hungry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663673 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:18:50 +0000 lawbee11 1663673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: M still doesn't eat table food so she had sweet potatoes &amp; corn for dinner and half a container of banana &amp; mixed berries for dessert :) She ate it all up! Oh, and I can one-up you in the non-approval department: it was store-bought Gerber (not organic) AND in plastic containers :shocked: How will she survive?! :silly: </p> [attach=1395/14/n6b4rf.600x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663635 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:02:24 +0000 Smurfette 1663635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Nope! Tyson! Our grocery store doesn't have many organic options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663634 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:02:23 +0000 QueensBee 1663634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mmmmm you're making me hungry for Annies!<br /> So happy her appetite is back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663631 Wed, 28 May 2014 18:01:19 +0000 hilsy85 1663631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the same plates, love them! Tonight was. Good eating night--he ate everything, including a huge pile of peas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663622 Wed, 28 May 2014 17:58:36 +0000 swedishfish 1663622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: absolutely! Are they Earth's Best? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663590 Wed, 28 May 2014 17:49:44 +0000 Bao 1663590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had boxed Kraft Mac n cheese tonight and that's a pretty normal meal for us when DH is gone. She did so well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663577 Wed, 28 May 2014 17:42:44 +0000 Smurfette 1663577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: @lawbee11: @.twist.: @MsLipGloss: Oh Annie's is in heavy rotation in the Smurf house! Buy it at Costco!<br /> @swedishfish: I cooked them in the microwave, does that count?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/before-and-after-of-lo-meals#post-1663553 Wed, 28 May 2014 17:30:27 +0000 MsLipGloss 1663553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Pffffft- approval schmoval. What works is what she eats! Yay! </p>