I'm taking care of a baby for a few hours and I'm supposed to feed him, but he won't eat. all she left me with is an empty sip cup and rusk and I don't know what to do!! there has to be a few people here who had to feed their younger siblings at some point right

uh lets see what have I tried. I did the airplane/choochoo thing and I tried just dropping it on his upper lip but none of that worked. he won't let me touch his face to force open his mouth like you have to do with the cats and even if I could I'd be afraid I'd hurt him. that's it, I can't think of anything else I could do. so if you have any tips & tricks or obvious things I'm overlooking please post em

Starve him. All babies need food eventually.

she actually asked me "do you know how to feed a baby?" and I stupidly nodded YA UH-HUH

I do this all the time, like I gotta speed up the conversation. well how hard could it be?? pretty hard apparently and now the kid's gonna starve because I don't know what to do.

you have to eat the food and digest it a little for them first

Parents these days leaving their children under the care of clueless people

I think several other people will post useless stuff and then one or two will post a correct answer

How's the mother gonna know you didn't feed it?

What's the baby gonna do, cry more than it already does? Wahh wah to its mommy? Baby's a fucking pussy dude, watch the game

I don't care if she doesn't know, I don't want the baby to starve.

she comes back in an hour

just take your shirt off and breastfeed it. no baby will refuse delicious milk

idk. have you tried hiding the food in something the baby likes. maybe mashed potatoes??

or you could tickle the baby and wait for it to open its mouth wide

either way, i'm pretty sure nothing will happen if the baby doesn't eat for a few hours. just tell the mother it wouldn't eat no matter what you tried. it's a baby. it doesn't know better and you can't just FORCE IT to eat

Do the old "baby can have a brewski and watch the game when he swallows this goddamn aeroplane" routine

whats a rusk

go by some gerber, gerber is like catnip for babby

put the food on your finger a nd stick the  finger in babbies mouth babies like knawing on fingers

also how old is baby this could be of use

leave baby with a mother dog or something she'll know what to do

whats a rusk

http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&start=140&ndsp=20

go by some gerber, gerber is like catnip for babby

put the food on your finger a nd stick the  finger in babbies mouth babies like knawing on fingers

also how old is baby this could be of use

I can't leave the baby here or take him with me. I don't know how old he is but he's pretty big and he has a full head of hair.


edit: ase the only food I have is freezer meals and apples

I don't think babbies eat those but I might be wrong I dont knwo

edit:actually forget I said anything don't those things have alot of protien? I'm pretty sure babies need protien

Edit edit: speaking of protien maybe try flinstone vitiman(sp?)

.;;;;;;;;;;;; sorry wrong tab. rusks it's like crumbled zweiback

try blowing baby a shotgun of a bong hit (not to confuse with blow baby away with a shotgun) this will surely make baby very hungry and not care what goes into mouth

maybe you shouldn't be having baby any time soon?

I WILL BE THERE IN 20 MINUTES. YOU CAN SWITCH THE BABY WITH ME. SHE WILL NOT KNOW. I AM ALREADY WEARING A DIAPER AND BONNET.

maybe you shouldn't be having baby any time soon?

you don't know either!!

Try soaking half a rusk in a little water then feeding it to him.  Sometimes they just tend to dislike them because they're too hard or they're in pain from teething, so softening it up should improve your chances of him eating it.