1))))))which iz gud???

sticking to food chart or leave it to baby's wish


ex:my baby iz a seasonal baby...she eats one particular type of food continuosly for 2 to 3 days ...if i offer any other food she juzt rejects..so most of the time i find hard to stitck wid food chart.i have seen in hetal's post that repeating same food in a day iz not that gud..if i give oatmeal as brkfast she will eat one n only oatmeal for dinner too...she will reject all the other food..but her bowel movements are normal n regular.
2))))) how to make baby drink water???she hates water..itz like i have to spend 10 min to make her drink 3 tsps of water..she will spit it out..she hates fruit juices too..i am afarid that she will grow up without water..my friends warned me to feed her water somehow.but how??

3)))))and i am happy that i offered milk in sippy cup for the first time ...she drank it without any prob in a first attempt itself.i am so happy....iz it ok to feed all kinda liquids in sippy cup(milk,water,juices?) ruby replied. thank u very much shayama...and regarding ur question...yes i never read in any site abt repeating same food in a day..may b bcuz for feeding tips n charts i am full dependant on hetal bcuz i cant find anywhre thiz detailed n indianized charts n tips...

lemme try to add someother fruit purees to it.bcuz she hates strawberries..lemme try to add lil apple puree to it n let u know.

thax once again Shyama replied. may be i am not a better person to answer. but i would like to share something depending on my experience with 3 kids.
1. bowel movements don't always decide the health of babies and it is not only in hetal post but also in many charts you might have observed that giving one type of food in one day is not good. you go to any site all sites will recommend you giving different types of foods in one day.ask your doctor and he will also recommend you the same.i am only surprised dat why iz it you always pinpoint her name in your post asking these questions ? you yourself have posted so many websites where recipes and diet charts are there. i have made some recipes from the sites that neetu posted if you are the same ruby who posted it. even in those sites itz written dat never repeat one type of food in one day. there are wonderful tips given in those sites itself about how to prevent your child from becoming a picky eater. you should go through the sites you recommended once again. it helped me so i am telling you that may be you might have missed them.

i think being mother we just have to outsmart our babies by offering them food in different forms, just as hetal said.i am mentioning her name only because i have to admit that we have to do that.i didn't have better words to put together and remember her phrase.
our kids don't like all we give them. i have 3 kids. kid 1 was good eater, he accepted solids very nicely and feeding him was so easy.my kid 2 was good, she was not much of picky eater. she liked certain foods but she wasn't that stubborn but kid 3 who liked mostly cheese and milk based food, i had hard time feeding him.i have to include curd, milk, butter or cheese in his diet for every single food i had to offer him. at times he was so stubborn that he would not open his mouth until he gets curd, butter or cheese even when i have to offer him juices. he is still like dat and i am looking these days for tips to get him out of this habit. if anyone has it, please share.
i don't know all that science behind it but i was told my doctor as well that giving one type of food is not good for health, you have to try to mix and match the new food so that baby learns to eat new foods and doesn't become picky eater.i am a big fan of hetal and often don't miss her post. i had many such discussion with her some 5-6months back and got wonderful answers from her. i just hope that you too will get a good explanation for what you have asked so that even i get to read the facts behind it.

2. my kid 3 hates water too. but when i offered her water with some strawberry puree in it, he liked it. my kid 3 is fond of strawberries so to make him drink water i did dat.you can also offer other liquid foods if baby doesn't like to drink water.in summer time, i used to offer him cold and regular water mixed and he used to take that nicely.

3. i have fed my all kids in sippy cup with juices, milk and water. keep the juice and milk cups different and don't interchange them. i observed that smell from juices doesn't go off that soon even when we wash with hot water or boil them. so when we give milk in the same sippy cup, it gives very bad smell. my kid 2 was so particular about smell that she used to sniff the liquid and then only will drink it. if it was any smell that wuld come like orange, strawberry and grape leaves smell behind then she would spit it out.she will not drink it at all.
once i started strawcups, i used to give milk in sippy cup and juice as well as water in strawcups. it was only because i found sticky milk fat easy to clean in sippy cups then in straw.after dat, i started weaning them to direct cups or glasses for milk and juices. during travelling i used to use strawcups for water and direct juice packets that comes with tiny straw for juices.
so dats what i have to say. hope my personal experience helps somewhat.