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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Put on music.  Try reading to him while he eats.  Applaud each additional bite after "up, up, up".  [/quote]

Music is a good idea. When he was younger I started to let him play with toys while I spoon fed purees, oatmeal, etc. and then it got worse and we needed youtube videos. At that point we realized the distraction was doing more harm than good (we wanted to be no screen time people and here we were tricking our kid to eat with TV) so we cut it out cold turkey. I do read to him before bed and he drinks a few ounces of milk during that time, if I wasn't reading, he'd never sit still long enough to drink. But I worry a bit that reading to him in the chair is trending towards the distraction route.[/quote]

I'm unclear.

Are you OP?

And did the screen time get him to eat more while it lasted?[/quote]

Sorry. Yes, this and that post were both OP.

I was able to scoop puree and soft foods like avocado into his mouth, usually (though it wasn't always easy) and he would definitely sit with much much less resistance if the ipad was going. But he wasn't self feeding at all. And we were encouraged strongly to stop to (1) help him learn about his own hunger and satiation -- though he seems to satiate very quickly or not care about being hungry and (2) to avoid him feeling manipulated and distrustful of us as we got him to eat when maybe it wasn't comfortable or his own choice.

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