When to start training your baby to eat?
Generally speaking, when the following phenomena happen, the mother can begin teaching your baby learn lunch.
1. When baby likes to eat rice clinging hands.
2. Has been to use the cup to drink water has been.
3. When the spoon in the rice quickly fell when the baby will take the initiative to lick the spoon.
Do-it-yourself and learn skills
1-year-old, your baby will enjoy a meal on the table with the adults, should not be afraid of him because "trouble" and deprived of his rights, can be used on a small plate fit him to eat a variety of meals, let him enjoy his hands or spoon to feed themselves, even if it does not matter a mess to eat.In fact, the baby in the process of do-it-yourself, and slowly learned the skills to eat.Of course, you can also assist in this process baby.
1. If the baby likes to grab the spoon, then spoon 2 mother can be ready, give a baby, and the other put his own hand, so that he can practice using a spoon, do not delay put him to feed.
2. Teach your baby to use his thumb and index finger holding things.
3. Be able to give your baby to do some hand-holding to eat or some chopped vegetables, or tablets in order to be able to feel him how to eat their own thing.Such as: potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, beans, etc. can also prepare bananas, pears, apples and watermelon (seeds removed put), cooked rice, baked soft bread, and so on.
Mother to learn "skills"
1.1-year-old baby is the most intolerable side motherits hands while a spoonful spoonful to feed him.This baby Living Ability and set up self-esteem has greatly harm baby usually reported to resist or antifeedant.
2. Baby and are not necessarily want to eat their meals, the attention of him are in the "eat their own" this process, if only for the training himself to eat, may wish to feed him, then go to meet him Learn and try to enjoy the sport.
3. When the baby their own meal, it is necessary to timely recognition, even if food was put him in a Mess, or should encourage him.If the mother is indeed worried about baby food and put a floor can be baby sitting a few chairs lower berth newspapers, such as this one to him after dinner, as long as you clean up the soiled newspapers on the list.
4.1-year-old baby to eat adult eating a meal.Mother cooking at the ready before the salt and other spices, it should be put baby to stay out of that meal.
5. Do not give your baby may be choking to eat things with him, best not let him come into contact with these things, such as: round, smooth food or hard food, such as popcorn, peanuts tablets, candy, grape or raisins, etc..
6. To select a baby eating its own seat, it is best to allow him to sit quiet and undisturbed place of fixed, do not play, do not watch TV so as not to eat when distracted.
7. The table, the contents of the best adult conversation with your baby to eat, and to attract interest in him.
8. Eat baby very sensitive to scold, nag constantly, one day he acts as a "summing up", said that he bad that this poor baby to do so will cause resentment and refuse to eat.
9. Allow your baby to leave the table before dinner, but you can not leave with food, eating while you play, so that he will understand, eating and playing are two different things, it is necessary to separate to do, otherwise unsafe, not Happiness.
10. Baby hungry easily than adults, but because the limited capacity to eat more slowly, so let him eat first at the dinner table.
Good habits can not be less
Good eating habits is directly related to the baby's health, so not only to maintain your baby eating environment clean, tidy, quiet, pleasant, there must be just to eat that day study on the cultivation of good eating habits baby.
1. Attention to fostering interest in baby food and impressed him as much as possible can lead to a strong appetite.
2. Adults do not talk in front of the children do not eat a certain food, some delicious food, baby food in order to avoid bias, it is choosy food premise, almost all children father mother will think good things do not think definitely not good.
3. To develop good eating habits.Such as before eating, then wash hands after; quiet dinner do not speak, do not laugh, so as to avoid the food into the trachea, such as choking.
4. To timely and progressive training their grip baby bottle to drink water, milk, with its own spoon, chopsticks, a bowl of meal, each familiar with the use of cutlery, as soon as possible to develop independent eating habits.
5. Baby mealtime should not be too long, even if the snacks are also habit while eating should not play, watch TV while eating habits.
6. Do not eat snacks before, especially not to eat candy, chocolate and other sweets, so as not to affect appetite.
"Hands" good
1-year-old baby to eat when they like to use the catch, many parents would do to correct the "no rules" action.More recently, however, there are child-care experts, as long as the clean hand, parents should be allowed to use one-year-old baby catch food and eat, because it is conducive to the formation of your baby after a good eating habits.
1. "Personally" will be familiar with the food come into contact with food.Babies learn "to eat" in essence is a kind of interest in the cultivation of this and read books, play no different.At first, they tend to enjoy handsfood, hand food came through the touching, the initial contact with food.By hand, using catch, you can grasp the shape and characteristics of food.From a scientific point of view, there is no child likes to eat food not only is the number of frequent contact or not.Only in this way the repeated "hands-on" engagement, and their food will become more familiar with the future are unlikely to being choosy food.
2.hand-confidence to allow your baby to eat.1-year-old baby catch the process of food for them is a pleasure.Experts suggest that as long as the hand is clean, one-year-old kids can even "play" with food, such as cereal, vegetables, potatoes and so on, to 18 months or so then gradually teach your baby to eat with a tool to foster your baby of their own choosing, the do-it-yourself.This will make their food and eat with confidence, more interested in the promotion of good appetite.
