My baby is obsessed with watching me eat

[antnf8900]

Anyone else? LO will be 5 months next week. I’m not planning g on starting solids until 6 months. But she stops everything and just stares at me!

I tried to eat an apple while nursing and every bite she’d stare and when I finished chewing she’d nurse. Then I take another bite she pulls off and stares. She cracks me up.

 

[threecrosses]

@antnf8900 My son would try to grab my spoon from me when he was 4-5 months old. He wanted food so bad. Then of course they start solids and actually do grab your spoon of food straight from your mouth

 

[harmonyindissonance]

@threecrosses Dude. They are so quick too! Mine will put things immediately into his mouth with no hesitation. Just trusting that whatever I have is delicious

 

[ryan012182]

@antnf8900 It’s really funny when they start copying your chewing motion even when they have no food!

LO thinks watching me brush my teeth is pretty great too.

 

[tom3]

@ryan012182 I bought a teething toothbrush and now we 'brush' our teeth together in the mornings. He loves it!

 

[ryan012182]

@tom3 Planning to do this- she’s still just a little young.

 

[tom3]

@ryan012182 I hear ya, mine doesn't have teeth yet

 

[christian1724]

@tom3 What did you buy? And how old is your little one!?

 

[theoseeker]

@christian1724 Not the commenter but we have one that looks like a tiny banana. There's also one that looks like corn on the cob lol

 

[christian1724]

@theoseeker So cute! What age did you start using those at? And how many teeth did your baby have?

 

[momofone1]

@christian1724 Also not the commenter, but we have the banana and one that looks like a cactus. We started giving her the banana basically when she was able to hold things herself, somewhere between 2-3 months. The cactus is longer, so she would gag herself with it at first. She's good with it now though, at 5 months. No teeth yet. They're more like rubbery toothbrushes, I think they feel good on her gums.

 

[tom3]

@christian1724 We got the baby banana infant teething toothbrush! My LO is 4 months old. It's silicone and fun to chew.

 

[wearethechristiangems]

@antnf8900 Mine did the same… it was a sign to start solids!

 

[outofthedarkness]

@wearethechristiangems Same! My doc ok’d us for soft foods and reassured us if he got the other milestones (good neck control, sit up slightly unassisted, reaching for food) we were ok to start because nothing magically happens at the stroke of midnight of 6mo.

 

[godis4u]

@outofthedarkness I'm in the UK so we don't get okayed by a doctor - my health visitor said if they're sitting up and seem desperate for it then go for it.

 

[brokendaily]

@wearethechristiangems Same here! I had to stop eating snacks during middle of the night feeds, because baby got so excited she wouldn’t fall asleep.

 

[guinin]

@wearethechristiangems Yes same. Was totally planning on waiting until 6 months but baby was already so interested that we started two weeks earlier with an ice cube worth of puree. He loved it.

 

[cclun]

@wearethechristiangems Yep! Started solids at 4 months (with docs approval) after my cousin visited and pointed it out (she has three young kids). I didn’t want to believe it! I wasn’t ready for him to grow up! I had planned on 6 months too.

But he LOVES food. Almost a year and he’ll eat anything and ask for more. He’s tried all sorts of weird stuff (for a baby?) because he wants whatever we have. Like straight mustard he insisted on trying while I was making sandwiches. _/)_/

 

[smileyjane]

@wearethechristiangems Yup, between 4 to 6 it's OK to start. We wanted to, but ours was like "Mmmna, MORE MILK PLEASE!"

 

[nucleuz]

@antnf8900 Yes. At 11 months old we can't eat or drink water unless he gets some too. I'm a big snacker so I've started to just hide or sneakily take bites haha. I was under the impression this happened later in life (around 2) but I guess not!