Is it normal for your baby to "not let you eat" unless they can have some?

Question

Every time I sit down on the couch with chips, snacks, ice cream, my 9 month old comes over, screams and cries, and begs for food. I have to get up and get her some, or share with her. Granted, it's not the healthiest foods she's begging for, I still give her some to quiet her so I can eat in peace. Sometimes when my husband and I are eating dinner, I'll give baby food, and she'll stand by my husband holding onto his leg pouting for his dinner.

I do feed her table food on occasion (when we have foods she can easily eat).

So is it normal for a baby to want everything you have to eat?

Answer 1

Oh yes, completely normal. And, it gets worse at they get older. Mine are 18 months and 3YO, and my husband and I have had to put an end to our snacks and sweets until after they go to bed!

Answer 2

Oh, yes! Just like puppies aren't they? My 2 year old still begs :)

Answer 3

Absolutely! Your baby seems to really want/need more calories from solid food, so you may want to give her stage 3 baby food and add some cereal to her formula.

As for your own food, now is the time to start changing your menu. Your baby is learning how to eat, and she needs to develop an appetite for healthy "anytime" foods and understand the difference between them and "sometime" foods.

Good luck!  : )

Answer 4

why don't you buy some things that you could give her while you eat?  like bananas or peaches or cheerios...

then when you want to eat give her something (healthy) so she has her own "snack" and is not eating junk.

and for dinner, if what i am making is not appropriate for my baby i will make him a separate meal (like steam some vegetables and bread some fish and they can feed themselves).  my 7 month old loves feeding himself.  

Answer 5

it's normal for a baby to want whatever you are eating and it's normal for kids to like junk food.  you still have to be the parent and say no when it's not good for them.  a 9 month old should not be having chips or ice cream.  if you can't eat junk food without your baby throwing a fit, eat your junk food during naptime.

Answer 6

Keep things easy, never give her anything other than what is made for babies.  IF she wines or whatever, remove her from the room.  and if this stays consistent she will learn when she begs she will be put in another room.  out of sight.  though make sure she is safe as well.

Otherwise you will have MAJOR issues when she gets older you are the adult/parent you have to be consistent and be the one in power not the child.

You can not give in either of you.   BE strong, because if you don't do this early it will be MUCH worse later in life.  Besides you do not want your child to crave foods that aren't healthy or she may become a statistic, and become obese and die a early age.

IT would be better to just not have these foods in the house at all.

IF its not there the baby can't beg for it.  And don't bring the baby to the grocery store as much as possible.  Even if that means you drop her off at a friends for the 1 hour it takes to shop.

Grocery stores aren't stupid they put the c**p foods at eye level to attract kids and the kids make you buy stuff.  Its easier to just be smart shop without children.

And don't give the child any High Fructose Corn syrup, Partially Hydrogenated Oils, just think nutrition not snakes.  Also saves you money if you don't get her in the habit of eating junk foods. Start now while you have complete control.  (Or should have complete control)

You got to remember you are doing whats best for the baby the baby doesn't know.  

Take Care, good Luck. :)

for snaking there are healthier options....  like Kashi foods.

Soda is one thing you got to avoid as much as possible.  They have chemicals which are beyond unhealthy, and all bad sugars.  It leaches Calcium which is important for child development, just Avoid it, Diet is just as bad.  the word "DIET" in foods/drinks itself is known as a sign of bad food. Sorry. Look in the natural food section, avoid aspartame.

Answer 7

i would say yes, simply b/c my 15 month old does this as well.  she has since she was 7 months or so.

Answer 8

Yes that's normal.  My daughter is 9 1/2 months and does the same thing!  It can be so funny and cute, but sometimes you just want to eat in peace, lol!  Usually I just go ahead and make her a plate with a little of what I'm eating.  If we're eating breakfast, I'll give her some little pieces of toast or egg yolks or some oatmeal on a plate, etc.  I don't usually eat much that she can't have, though, but when I do I go ahead and give her a snack in her highchair (some cheerios or cooked vegetables or something healthy).  Usually she gets into eating her own stuff and doesn't really care what I have too much.

Answer 9

My firstborn (now 10), used to make a beeline for me (or his dad), when he saw that we had a popcicle! He loved those, around 9 months, so we'd let him have a little taste. (Sugar-free!) :)

My 2nd child (now 9), didn't do it, as much, but she did like to share, on occasion.

My third child---now 17 months---has always wanted MY food... She's only just now taken an interest in her fathers' food, hahaha! But, yeah, everytime she sees me sit down with something---even though she's already eaten, or seemed to not *want* to eat---she heads right for me, and points to my food... So, of course, I share. :)  

I imagine the daughter I'm pregnant with, will do the same; they always seem to prefer what the big folks are having! Can't say I blame them!!

Answer 10

That is very normal and I sign that they are ready for food! I would feed her at the same times that you eat. Maybe instead of chips or whatever you can give her some "baby snacks" that gerber put out?

Answer 11

im not going to be mean but yes its normal and i yell at my husband about it all the time when he is getting icecream out at 8 in the morning but its time to start knowing that everything you eat your baby might want some so if its something you dont think your baby sould be eating you might not want to get it your baby wants to try everything you do but she will not be able to understand any doubble standerd for a very long time

Answer 12

yes its normal and if she has teeth she can eat table food all the time. i started my son on table food at 8 months when he had teeth. but u should really only feed her in the high chair

Answer 13

yeah thats normal I wouldnt give her chips or ice cream but I have a ten month old son who does the same thing we got him the lil graduates puff things ( they're little star things ) they're crunchy so he thinks he's having chips too and at supper we give him a slice of bread on his tray in his highchair and he rips it all apart and plays wth it while he eats it. Not only is it good for him to eat but it's great for his mobility skills.

Answer 14

My 13 month has been doing the same thing since around that age. We don't let him eat junk food, but we'll give him baby puffs or what not to distract him, but now he's like a puppy dog. He follows EVERYONE even strangers with food and then wants it. It's best to try to distract her with something or just let her cry while you eat because she will eventually get the message that she can't have everyones food all the time.

Answer 15

I don't know if it's normal or not, but one of my twins does this too.

She's old enough to self-feed so when you guys are eating at the table, how about putting her in a high chair and giving him some cheerios or something.  That should make her happy.

I have high chairs that have several different height settings and last night my hubby and I were eating something that isn't good for our 14 month old twins.  It was KFC (lol) and one of my girls was going crazy and so I put her in her high chair and gave her some raisins and crackers.  She had already eaten her dinner but snacks won't hurt.  When she got bored sitting in her high chair I just lowered it all the way down and let her walk up to it and eat snacks as she pleased.

That helped out a lot.

I just don't eat in front of them unless they're eating too.