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IMO i don't think there is anything to worry about. If i could get mine to eat those meals i would be happy knowing it's healthy and he's getting the vitamins he needs but he won't! Also i think the bedtime thing is a bit late but if it works for you i wouldn't change a thing as she is getting enough sleep in a 24hr peroid. the only thing is if you wanted a bit earlier bedtime you would have to shorten the pm nap and then put her to bed earlier but if she is like mine YOU don't dare to wake them!!! I wish i could get mine to sleep in past 7am!!!! no matter what i have done or tried it never worked, it always backfired onme and he woke earlier!

My dd (just turned 2) loves those toddler meals. I feel bad about giving them to her a lot too, but many times they are the only thing she will eat. She is very verbal and she tells me exactly what she wants (i.e. chicken and potatos or pasta) and that's it- nothing else will do. You have to pick your battles. I think it is better if she eats that then nothing at all. I remember eating lots of Swanson frozen dinners as a kid and I turned out okay. We also have a 9 to 9:30 bed time at our house. She got my time clock. She is a night owl and not a morning person. We had to work hard from the time she was an infant to get her up to that time- as an infant she would want to stay up until 12:00 or 1:00 a.m.- we moved her up gradually by trying to get her to go to sleep just 15 minutes earlier. Once we got her doing that, we would move up another 15 minutes. It doesn't matter how short her afternoon nap is, or how early it is, she still won't fall asleep before 9. Also if we do get her to sleep by 8 or 8:30- she will wake up at 4 in the morning ready to start her day. Now she wakes up between 7:30 and 8:00. the 9-9:30 bedtime works well for us and it gives me plenty of time to play with her when I get home from work. I figure when she goes to school, and routinely has to get up earlier she may start going down earlier, but right now this works well for us. I would say whatever works for you is fine.

dont force the baby to eat what she doesnt want to as she gets older her taste in food well change. she can eat adult food just make sure their in small pieces. she can eat rices,beans but be careful with the skin. she has planty of theeth to help her out lol. and for nap time try to make it sortier if u have to wake her up do so. nap to thats to long could be the cause of going to bed late but its not bad either. sleepy time is a routin that the baby allwas changes as shes grows.

I've never bought those Gerber meals because I feel like they're a waste of money. You could make the same stuff for much cheaper and healthier. My ds has pretty much eaten whatever we eat since he was about 9-10months old. As far as the teeth, it really doesn't matter how many teeth a baby has, they can still handle most foods, you'd be amazed what the gums and saliva can do to break down most foods. I'd try and feed her a plate of her own of the same things you guys eat at mealtime. It's good to get adjusted to the types of foods you eat anyway. The sleep schedule sounds fine. If she's sleeping through and sleeping well then it's fine. My ds has always slept from 8pm-8am. That works the best for our family, and then he takes a 2 hr nap in the afternoon. He's 16months now. He just dropped his 2nd nap these last few weeks. I like it when he goes to bed at 8 because then I get some personal mommy time which is much needed for my sanity, lol. Lots of families put their kids to bed later to work more around their work schedules and such and I think as long as she's getting a good 11-12hrs sleep at night then it's fine. good luck!

Hmm maybe you could switch her from the meals to table food by letting her help you make them. Then start putting them on a plate, maybe a special one or something. Then start more without her help or have her do something else, while you prepare them, but make her plate with what your having? Maybe that could backfire tho? Not sure, well good luck!

I have the same problem, it's all my 14 month old will eat!! I'm trying to get him off them, so what I do, is every other day (normally) I try and make something that he'll eat, usually to no avail, but this way I feel like I'm introducing new foods. But he won't eat any meat of chicken I eat but will eat the chicken in those meals... like someone else said i pick my battles. My son is not a good sleeper, and he sleeps through the night as long as he's had a good super, so that's what I do. As for bedtime.. my son is in bed 6:15-6:30!! and then he's up at 6 am, which is when I need him up anyways. I've tried pushing his bedtime, but the later I push it, the earlier he gets up!!! so he goes to bed early and I enjoy some mommy time!!