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[viet_mom]

I can't thank you guys enough. All the food replies were just great. And the poster who said the "meat sticks' smelled like "an open grave" was hilarious. How do you guys come up with these things? Funny because at my sister's I fumbled with the jar which has the meat sticks floating in a liquid (embalming fluid? formaldyhde?) and boom - the liquid went all over me - even in my hair. I smelled so raunchy that night. Thank God I sleep alone.

And yes, I spelled "poach/pouch" wrong. Funny! Okay will try that.

I tried many of the suggestions and had some success so thanks! (recap: 9 month old with no teeth; will not eat anything spoon fed and must hold the food herself; except the food has to immediately disintegrate in her mouth; these are apparently the rules). I've added more to her diet that seem to work:

Potato Knish (defrosted and sliced in long pieces, she can bring to her mouth and suck the potato stuff out of there)

Swedish meatballs (pretty easily disintegrated).

Thanks for that growth chart for Vietnamese kids. Hey! That's Allison Martin's site (I know her and Vietbabe's picture is on there somewhere). I can't seem to figure out that chart as I'm bad with that stuff. Vietbabe is now 16 lbs (finally past the 15 lb mark) and 28 inches and is 9 months one week. Strange thing is she is walking now. It's kind of eerie to see this skinny little thing walking at you, mouth agape with no teeth in it.

Sleepless at 1:45 am,

Vietmom