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I'm close to breaking point and am becoming everything that i always HATED!

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kutilputil · 23/01/2007 10:12

PLS CAN SOMEONE HELP ME...IF THERE IS A PROFESSIONAL OUT THERE PLS HELP!i'm a first time mom to a year old lil man and he is driving me pots at meal times!my sons history is that he was and still is a fab baby and never seizes to amaze me, he has excelled in all areas of development in my opinion and i have always kept a relaxed attitude to mealtimes and weaning him was a pleasure as he enjoyed his food and took to everything...i still get complemented when he reaches out for a fruit!but he is under weight and i just cant manage to fatten him up...now recently he has started to play up with breakfast and shuts both his eyes and mouth tight!AND IT MAKES ME FURIOUS!i not only need advice on what to do to make him eat but also advice on how to improve my behaiviour...i feel close to tears to say that i'm turning into a monster...i'm becoming the person i hate most..a bully!i dont know what comes over me as i force the spoon into his mouth and make him cry...why i shout at him when i know he doesn't get a word i say?!when ever i saw mothers force feeding their kids i was disgusted...and now i'm doing the same..i feel so small and incompetent...i cant even manage one kid and want more!its my deficiency as a person that is making the situation worse...i always tell myself to BEHAVE..so that my son sees me as an example...but i feel like a failure....pls can someone help me!as for his feeding...what am i doing wrong...he is well in himself and seems keen to feed...but i realise that he gets breastmilk as and when he needs at night as he is in bed with us and in the morning he has a feed and about half and hour to an hour later i try to give him breakfast...is this where im going wrong?HELP

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sandcastles · 25/01/2007 00:52

My dd used to refuse to take the food off a spoon when she realised that she could feed herself.

Start to let him feed himself. Give him finger foods now & see what happens then.

Dd love to put her hand into porrige & weetabix and eat off her hands.

Just be prepared for mess!

Relax & don't force him....that will put him right off & lead to problems as a toddler.

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