Today, I will talk to you about how to let the baby eat independently.
I went to a friend's house to play some time ago. She has a baby who is almost 3 years old. She is approaching the age of going to kindergarten. She can't even eat by herself. Her grandparents fed her while she was eating. Not only that, it's hard to feed every time. Grandparents are chasing after him. The little guy wants to eat a meal, play with toys and watch TV. If you don't give it to him, he will cry and not eat. Seeing that the child is going to kindergarten, my friend is very worried.
In fact, the baby's eating like this is related to the feeding of grandparents since childhood, and he has never exercised his baby to eat by himself. And every time I eat, I let my baby eat while watching TV. Over time, it has become the present situation.
So how old is the baby, so that the baby can eat independently without chasing after it?
This is not only related to the baby's physical coordination ability and the ability to accept new things, but also related to whether parents exercise their baby's ability in daily life.
Babies from 8 months to 10 months
The baby has a strong imitation ability. Generally, when the baby is 8 months to 10 months, the baby will be interested in eating by himself. At this time, the baby will want to grasp the food with his hands. Or you are not interested in your own food, want to eat adult food, want to eat at the table, want to imitate adult eating, indicating that the baby has the ability to eat by himself and wants to eat by himself. At this stage, parents must consciously start training their babies. Instead of worrying that the baby will get dirty, make food everywhere, and won't let the baby eat by himself.
At this stage, parents can make some foods that are convenient for children to master, such as potato chips, meatballs, broccoli and other foods, which can make it easier for babies to master food and eat it in their mouths, so that they will not feel frustrated and lose interest in their own food because they can't grasp the food and can't eat it. In addition, these lumpy foods are easy to clean up even if the baby is everywhere.
A one-year-old baby
When the baby 1 year old, the baby can almost eat with a spoon. Although the baby may not be able to feed with his mouth when he first started using a spoon, at this time, the treasure mothers also tried their best to help the baby and give him more encouragement. Especially when the baby occasionally feeds it into his mouth with a spoon, he must praise the baby as much as possible to make him realize that he is very powerful, thus enhancing his self-confidence and making him more interested in eating. This interaction with the baby not only enhances the baby's self-confidence, but also deepens the parent-child relationship.
A baby of about two years old
When the baby was 2 years old, he was almost proficient in eating with a spoon. At this time, he can slowly exercise the baby to eat with chopsticks. Some people may think it's a little early for the baby to learn to eat with chopsticks, but it's not. At this time, you can train your baby to eat with chopsticks. Some babies, who are over one year old, can skillfully eat with chopsticks before they are two years old.
When letting the baby learn to eat with chopsticks, you can buy some auxiliary tools, such as chopsticks for the baby to learn to eat. At the beginning, it is easier to exercise your baby to eat with chopsticks by using auxiliary tools. There are also videos of babies eating with learning chopsticks online, so that they can watch more, and the baby will soon be interested and follow suit.
Although the baby can't learn to use adult chopsticks directly by using learning chopsticks, it can make the baby adapt to eating with chopsticks and gradually use adult chopsticks. And whether using adult chopsticks or learning chopsticks is just a tool for eating, isn't it better to use that when the baby gets used to it?
It is a long process for a baby to learn to use chopsticks, not a one-off event. Therefore, when the baby learns to use chopsticks, Ma Bao had better give the baby more demonstration and patient guidance.
As long as the baby is growing, seize these opportunities to let the baby eat independently. I believe that the baby will be able to eat independently from the rice residue soon, and there is no need to chase the baby to feed.
Is there any better way to exercise your baby to eat independently? Welcome to share the discussion, thank you.
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