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Infant feeding

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Why do they always cry when you are eating?

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Bumperlicious · 20/10/2010 17:14

Is there some kind of pre-programmed response for babies to cry/want feeding just as you sit down for dinner?

I can't wait to eat a meal without a baby on my lap or screaming in the background.

It's spaghetti and meatballs so not easy to eat with one hand! She was asleep when i started cooking.

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eachpeach80 · 20/10/2010 17:52

It's just the rules isn't it.
Like they wake up just when you've got to sleep.

BananaSundae · 20/10/2010 17:52

For about 3 months I only cooked meals that I could eat with one hand. I knew even if DD was asleep when I was cooking she would want a feed the minute I started dishing up!

AngelDog · 20/10/2010 17:54

And when you've just made a cuppa. :)

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Bumperlicious · 20/10/2010 18:00

Ah the cuppa thing I have solved with one of these, bit awkward for dunking biscuits though!

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BertieBotts · 20/10/2010 18:17

I have no idea. My 2 year old still does this :( if he's had an unsettled period recently anyway. (When he's pretty used to sleeping alone he's fine :))

ThatDamnDog · 20/10/2010 18:24

DS's childminder told me that when she complained to her (now ex) husband that it was months since she'd had a meal while it was still hot, instead of offering to help more he bought her a microwave

It is rubbish though, between getting DS lunch and feeding and changing her today I reheated my soup 3 times before giving up and having it cold.

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Bumperlicious · 20/10/2010 19:06

It's not just mine then!

When dd was a baby we learned to love the chinese buffet restaurant as we could taje in turns to eat & it would at least be hot.

might have to pay another visit soon.

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margherita76 · 20/10/2010 19:45

yes! It doesn't matter what time I (try and) eat she always wakes up.

HelenaCC · 20/10/2010 21:36

Its like they know that youve just got a meal or hot drink in front of you. Just posting my agreement to this sub paragraph of murphy's law...

FromGirders · 20/10/2010 21:41

I have a photo of me with one-week old baby attached to boob, with apron over the top of her, and me shovelling spaghetti bolognese with one hand (very easily, hence the apron) :)

AngelDog · 20/10/2010 21:44

Bumperlicious, love the cup suggestion - I'll remember that for DC2 (assuming we get that far). :)

DH got well-trained in cooking for me eating one-handed off the side of the sofa - no peas and definitely no gravy.

at the microwave.

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 20/10/2010 21:45

Oh goodness I remember this from when DS was little, as soon as we sat down to eat he would start wailing.
DH eats really fast so he would wolf his and then take over while I ate. DH also fed me a LOT during the first few weeks of DS' life. I remember eating a lot of risotto - works well one-handed because it all sticks together!

gingercat12 · 20/10/2010 21:53

Mine is 2.5, and he still sits on my lap during breakfast (falls asleep by dinner time lately). He climbs up my chair and is too strong / sweet for me to push him off.

Summerhols · 20/10/2010 21:54

My DH is well practised in cutting up my food so I can eat it with one hand.

petisa · 20/10/2010 21:59

Handy hint - Much easier to eat one-handed over the top of a baby with a spoon than a fork. You can even eat peas and gravy AngelDog. Not spaghetti though!

lovechoc · 21/10/2010 16:02

yep it's always when you are about to pop your bottom on the seat the crying starts...and I've never drank so much cold tea and coffee in all my life since I had children!

AngelDog · 21/10/2010 21:37

petisa, yes, we did end up with a spoon! DS wriggling and kicking the plate off the side of the sofa was a hazard too.

A muslin over the baby is good for catching the bits.

HollyFP · 21/10/2010 22:33

My DD does this every dinner time, even if she's just fed. Do they know we're eating?! Does weaning solve it?!

petisa · 21/10/2010 22:57

Yes I discovered the muslin idea this morning for my Weetabix

Brollyflower · 21/10/2010 23:12

Oh goodness yes. All mine seem to have radar for Mummy about to eat or drink. 5.5 years of it is getting a bit wearing now .

BaronessBomburst · 21/10/2010 23:29

I remember my DH asking if DS's nappy had leaked as there was a stain on his sleepsuit. I had to confess that I'd dropped a potato on him.

AngelDog · 22/10/2010 19:32

HollyFP, when you start weaning you get the same problem - except they're crying because they want your dinner (even if they've got their own in front of them).

newbielisa · 24/10/2010 00:54

we've solved this at dinner time. When meal is cooked and we're just about to plate up (lingo stolen from the hundreds of cookery shows I've watched . . . Never once cooked any of the recipes though) then dh puts the doorway bouncer up and pop Dd in it. She can see us, we can see her and we talk to her whilst eating our meal at normal speed as opposed to heart burn inducing speed. We're lucky in that she lover the bouncer!

Porcelain · 24/10/2010 14:39

I went to meet DH from work with DS, and he noticed an orangey stain on his babygro, he thought it was a leaky nappy and I had to admit I had leftover curry for lunch.

Fusilli has replaced spagetti in our house.

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