9m DS trouble weaning - think it might be tommee tippee spoon??

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I am wondering, has anyone else had a problem with using the tommee tippee heat sensitive spoons??

I haven't tried any other type of spoon yet as it only occured to me to try something this evening, our DS is having trouble weaning, however, I noticed that when I have a sandwich or salad or veg, he tends to take very well to me tearing off small bits and feeding it to him without the aid of a spoon. He has taken from the spoon before (not much) but not as well as I would have liked.

Now this evening when we were eating dinner, I tested something out, I made him some toast, and he also had some baby carrot to give it a go. I gave him a bit of toast just from me popping it in his mouth by my hand (no spoon) and he took it (loved it in fact) I did the same with a bit of baby carrot, different facial expression (hee hee) but he still was comfortable with it. I then did the same with another bit of toast, loved it!

The next thing I did was put a bit of toast (got excited) on the spoon (still excited), went to put it in his mouth, he went to take it, the spoon only just touched the edge of his tongue and he turned his head immediately! tried that with a bit of carrot and no joy. went back to using my hand to feed him, and he enjoyed both items of food again!!

Very weird, but I am now starting to think that it might be the spoon, as the TT heat sensitive spoon (bought as a suggestion)has a slightly rubbery texture to it doesn't it, so I am wondering whether that might be the reason, has anyone experienced this with the TT heat sensitive spoons?? ( although the colour of the spoons are red and green ones, too daunting perhaps??)

Please do answer as I would be interested to see what others think! (sort of at my wit's end with what to do now!)

Thank you.

My DS always hated spoons for no obvious reason. In the end we did baby led weaning which is basically put food in front of them, let them experiment, pick it up and eat it at will. Was amazingly successful and a real turning point.

babyledweaning.com/forum/

Good luck!

Both of mine did this - only ever accepted yoghurt or ice-cream from a spoon! Baby-led weaning was our solution (didn't know it had a name at the time).

If the spoon seems to be causing a problem I'd carry on letting him feed himself without it. Problem solved!

Thanks for all your comments, I appreciate them. I personally don't want to do the BLW, it's a personal choice, but I have tried already, and he gets no food what so ever!!

BLW can be really good for some babies, and not so much for others, unfortunately I don't think that my DS is one for this.

tbh I have no problem giving him finger food (which he normally plays with and then it lands on the floor!) I have no problem with the cleaning, but I have been trying for months, and I can safely say that hardly any food has gone down his gullet!

Also, what happens when he is to eat a dish that does require a spoon, even if he was to do it himself? a good breakfast in the winter months is porridge, slow releasing energy that keeps their little central heating going too, I can't very well give this to him with my hands or his......

I have this thought, food can be fun, for sure, but to get things like textures etc to feel with hands, why not just leave this to the toys?? I want my son to be able to distinguish between food and toys! does that make any sense? I hope so!

It is a personal choice for every parent, as each parent knows their child best, so I am really glad that you peeps have had success with your BLW, I on the other hand have not, at all!! so perhaps trying a normal plastic weaning spoon?? rather than the heat sensitive spoon??

Thank you again for your comments feel free to carry on leaving comments any information is helpful and food for thought (ha ha!)

I just had another thought also - if he doesn't get used to spoons and other objects in his mouth then how is he ever going to be able to take medicine, it all seems to be linked in a round about sort of way??!!

Don't worry about it. As long as it gets in them at this age, who cares how it gets there. My oldest is 21 and my youngest is 18 months. I have a spoon and fork, it alternates between me using his spoon, fork, and fingers, and him using food, fork and fingers. Food is fun at the mo!

About breakfast. My son has a casual breakfast on the couch, most of which is wiped up..
He will, however, eat a lot of Daddys porridge when Daddy gets up.

I am not necessarily worried about it, but definately peturbed, as surely something like this should be nipped in the bud early on really, just means that if it does continue, it will be twice as hard when it is needed for real importance, like when he has to take medicine!

Also, it's not that I worry about his food intake, as at the moment, I am not supplimenting his formula intake, as until they are one the main stay should still be milk as this holds more beneficial calories then any other type of food that they may have.

My main question, if I can go back to that is if anyone actually had issues with the TT heat sensitive spoons texture when trying to feed the LO.

Thanks for the comment though, it all helps, and if anyone else would like to comment then please do!

lol my LO eats porridge with his hands!!

I've used metal spoons and even my fork with my LO. Whatever works I say.

ooohhh lovely, that must be sooooo messy! hee hee!

Yeah I just really wondered whether anyone else had ever had an issue with the TT spoons, before I embark on trying lots of different types of spoon!

thank you for your comment though its nice to know I am not the only mum that has a baby that has issues with cutlery!!

My baby hapily eats porridge off a tommy tippee heaat sensitive spoon, but he'll also eat off most spoons when he's in the mood and likes the food. He'll also quite often decide to just eat it with his hands. We're doing BLW in the main, with a bit of spoon feeding soup and porridge, but also not bothered if he gets stuck in with his hands too. It's a bit of a free for all.

Seems like your boy doesn't like the tommy tippee spoon. Maybe he'll not like all spoons, or maybe his perfect spoon is out there. I would't fixate on the one spoon being the devil, I'd just relax and experiment with all different methods of feeding him and see what eventually the pair of you compromise on.

My little one to begin with would only eat porridge off my fingers, maybe try that. Maybe leave the spoons lying on his tray though for weeks for him to play with and use them yourself to eat his porridge. Maybe that'll will relax him around them.

And don't stress about the medicine thing, you could always just use a syringe?

why not try an ordinary teaspoon and see if you get the same reaction.

just was thinking about you as i've just given my wee boy soup for lunch. He refused any of the spoon (tomme tippe one) for a bit, so instead I dipped his toast and rice cake in it and he sucked it off them. Then he decided it was nice and started digging in with his hands. Then he started taking spoonfuls of the TT one and my spoon too. . Then took the TT spoon and started waving it around and licking the soup of his and my fingers. finally i turned the rest of the soup in the bowl onto his tray and he ate it with his bread and fingers. Took about half an hour but he ate a bowl of soup through various means.

my ds seems to prefer the harder narrower shallower sainsburys own brand spoons. i have a mixture of those and TT ones and he always takes more off the sainsbos ones, sort of sucks it off?? To be honest he gets whatever spoon is clean cos he is dc2 and there's no time for fusiness but I reckon if he has a fav its definitely the sainsburys style ones

I'm interested to read this. We don't have any of the heat-sensitive spoons, but used the plain TT non-heat sensitive ones that I think are the same, rubbery typm - we're BLW, but DD feeds herself from spoons for porridge or yoghurt.

I noticed that she seemed to struggle getting much off the spoons, and got some of the next stage up TT ones which are hard plastic. Hey presto - much more successful! It is certainly worth trying.

BTW, I also worried about DD getting used to a spoon for medicine as she has severe food allergies and I was terrified that she would have a really bad reaction and I wouldn't be able to get Piriton into her. In fact, we've been giving her multivits on a spoon and she loves it (and put it in herself!) and we don't have any worries about it anymore.

wow - hi peeps!

What a response I have had, thank you all so much! You have been great. Funnily enough I did have the TT heat sensitive spoons the bright red and green ones - I wondered whether they were a bit of a daunting colour to eat from, they were, as I noticed 4+ months on the packet. Well This evening in tesco's I noticed the next stage up TT heat sensitive spoons 9+months, which my DS is now(didn't realise it was the next stage up, just thought it was a different colour spoon!!)I didn't realise that it was a harder material :D thank you for the heads up on the sainsburys ones also!

Well today I was just making my breakfast and on the off chance I saw in our cupboard the light green and yellow TT HS spoon (9+m) that was attached to a bow with a lid, I thought, I could give that a try with some HIPP O creamy rice breakfast just out the jar, whilst I was eating my breakie, now I am not saying it will work from now on, but DS licked the edge of the spoon, then decided he wanted some mouthfulls and more and more and more (opened his mouth the take it fairly well!) So there may be something in the texture of these spoons (4+m) that he just didn't like (we shall see! and I will update!) HE had about 20 fairly small spoonfulls!! big smilie from me!

Also, whilst I was in tesco's earlier, I decided to get some weaning spoons, just on a whim, they are nice light pastel colours. Later on this evening, I just gave him some of these spoons to play with, and he actually picked one up, and put it to his mouth, and then looked almost disapointed that there was nothing on it!! hee hee, bless him! So will update with a progress report if you would like me to :D

But I have to say again, thank you so much for your advice / comments, makes me feel a whole lot better and also have got some handy tips :D

ok, so I tried the same thing again this morning, same spoon, same breakfast and again he had about the same amount again, lets hope this is a sign on things to come

Many Thanks again.x