DD is loving feeding herself table food these days, which is awesome. Last night she had some fresh mozzerella and peas. This morning an over-hard egg and some blueberries. However, meals when she feeds herself take absolutely *forever*! Is this normal? It takes her a full hour often to eat all of her food, and I get the feeling that she would continue eating at a snail's pace for even longer if I let her. Is this a phase? Or am I stuck with a slow eater for life? (DH is also a very slow eater, so I'm worried she is taking after him!)
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I'm not sure because we are not to that point yet, but bumping for you!
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My 10 month old will eat everything as fast as we can both put it in front of her and she can shovel it in.
Last night I made cedar plank salmon, and I decided to give her some to see how it would go over--HUGE HIT. She ate a giant amount, and green beans, and polenta.
Tonight was roasted chicken thighs, rice and broccoli, and again, about 1/2 a chicken thigh, 3 broccoli florets and a smattering of rice--all in about 15 minutes. It's amazing. -
@woodentulip: Ok, so sounds like my daughter truly is a slow eater, and this isn't an issue for all babies. Don't get me wrong, she loves her food and will eat a ton of it, but it just takes absolutely *forever*. Now I really am going to blame her dad. b/c he is an incredibly slow eater too.
The problem is that if every meal takes 1 hr, that takes a huge amount of time from our day!
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