How to train your baby to eat by himself? How to train your baby to eat by himself

When babies are young, they need to be fed by their mothers. Today, let's talk about how to cultivate the habit of babies eating by themselves. From feeding to eating by themselves, babies need guidance and education from their parents. Where should we start to do it the right way? Please see the detailed introduction below.

How to train your baby to eat by himself

Babies around 1 year old usually like to eat with their family. Parents should not give up teaching their babies to practice eating by themselves because they are afraid that their babies will cause trouble to others. You can put the food suitable for the baby in a small dish and put it in front of the baby, let the baby eat by himself, and it doesn’t matter if it spills on the table. The baby will gradually get used to it. What the baby can’t accept the most at this time is that the mother controls her hands and feeds herself with a small spoon. This practice will cause great damage to the baby’s self-esteem and hinder the baby’s ability to live independently. At this time, the baby often refuses to eat or resists.

Mothers can make some food that is easy for babies to hold and eat, or cut vegetables into strips for babies to grab, so that babies can feel the joy of eating. Vegetables can be potatoes, beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, etc. You can also choose some fruits such as bananas, watermelons, pears, and apples. The staple food can be toast.

Sometimes babies don't necessarily want to eat by themselves. Their attention is focused on the process of "eating by themselves". If parents only want to train their babies to eat by themselves, they can feed their babies first, and then let them learn and try to use tableware to eat. In the process of eating by themselves, babies will gradually learn eating skills, and their fine hand movements will also be further trained. When parents are training their babies, they should pay attention to teaching them to use their thumbs and index fingers to pick up things.

When the baby eats by himself, parents must give praise and encouragement, no matter how the baby eats. If the baby always eats all over the floor, the mother can put a few pieces of waste newspaper under the baby's seat, and after the baby finishes eating, just pick up the newspaper.

How to train your baby to eat by himself

Because I really can’t stand running around and watching TV while eating, with adults chasing and feeding me, and adults constantly calling me to eat…

So the conclusion I came to was to eat at home in the future.

1. You must eat at the dining table and sit on a dining chair

2. Never turn on the TV

3. If you don’t finish this meal, you’ll have to wait for the next one… There’s no such thing as snacks to fill your stomach

It seems very strict, but these three short things are just small persistence to form good habits.. From this point of view, you must think that C Ma is following the path of centenarian doctors!! In fact, it is not the case...

Later I thought, it is good for the little one to eat by himself. Maybe it is really like the title says, let the little one naturally develop the habit of eating by himself at the table.

How to develop this habit??!! There should be the following three elements,

1. Good side dish tableware

2. Eat complementary foods gradually and in the right way (mommy needs to be patient at first...)

3. Cultivate habits

Among these three, the third one is more difficult because it requires training from an early age and the cooperation of parents, the so-called "teaching by example~~teaching by example!!"

You can't force your children to get used to bad habits yourself, right?

Good side dish tableware

First, let’s start with the easiest part~~~

As the saying goes, “If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools!!”

The tableware that Xiao C uses to eat must be easy to use!!!

Not much, that's all...

Bowls

These are the two types of bowls that we use at home. I believe they are familiar to everyone!!

The first group I bought was American thinkbaby.

The inner bowl is made of stainless steel, and the outer surface is plastic to prevent scalding (recommended!! Very useful!!)

Very suitable for mommy to use when feeding the baby

The second one is the Calibowl suction bowl

Can firmly fix the bowl on the dining table

(This is really something CC highly recommended when she was learning to eat side dishes!!!)

The design of the bowl edge allows food to slide smoothly into the spoon

Tableware (spoon + fork + food scissors)

I bought a lot of furniture.

But at the beginning, let the little one eat by himself, Combi learns to use a spoon,

The curved design allows the little one who is just starting to practice eating to put the food into his mouth smoothly (recommend!!)

Later, when I became more skilled at eating, I bought a Japanese Edison learning spoon and fork set.

The emphasis is on the flat front edge design, which allows food to be visible.

The fork spacing part has a serrated design.

It prevents the food on the fork from sliding away~~ (Awesome!!)

I have two food shears, one is Japanese GINO (super recommended!! Very useful!!)

It is very suitable for babies who have just learned to eat complementary foods. It is very useful for cutting noodles, vegetables, fruits, etc. The most important thing is that it can be cut into very small pieces!!

The other is PUP's traditional food scissors, which are used to cut harder food.

Or when they are older and can eat more pelleted food.

(CC currently uses this cutter to cut most of the food, and it is also more convenient to carry around)

Bibs

There was a special article sharing this type of article before, which shows how many styles there are!!

When I started eating solid food, I used Bumkins waterproof bib, which Cma likes to use.

Easy to carry and clean

But it's getting bigger and bigger. Now it eats the same food as us, but it's cut a little smaller.

Because I often drop food, Japan's Miki House is my new favorite!!!

Now I always carry this when I go out~~~

Grandma C is consistent and likes to use a cloth bib, which can also be used as a small handkerchief.

Water cups

Mainly because CC didn't like drinking water at first, so her nervous mother bought a lot of water.

I hope this girl can show some favor and drink more water….

My favorite is the Korean Happyland water cup

I originally went to the store to buy the popular big-eyed frog water cup.

But after seeing the real thing, I was attracted by the Happyland water cup next to it.

I felt it was more refined, so I changed my mind and chose someone else~~~

Dining Chair

The dining chairs currently use these two models

The dining chair thing is also a process of continuous learning~~

The first one is the Norwegian STOKKE Tripp Trapp growth chair that CC bought when she was about four months old.

Later, because Grandma C also needed a dining chair, we took the Stokke one and added a more affordable Summer Plus growth chair to the house.

How to train your baby to eat by himself

To develop this skill, you will need:

1. A baby seat. This is the one I use at home. It can be adjusted to fit very large. Farska solid wood multifunctional children's baby dining chair

2 sets or several sets of baby's own tableware Disney Disney Minnie stainless steel baby tableware four-piece set of complementary food bowl

3A large variety of baby bibs BabyBjorn waterproof silicone bibs MARCUS&MARCUS baby bibs

4 A heart that could bear to see her starve

5A heart that is prepared to do a lot of cleaning...hahahahahaha

In fact, if you develop this habit from a young age, the process will be very easy.

The beginning is the key. At the beginning, don’t interfere by wiping the table and mouth or helping your baby because you think that the baby will be dirty and messy when eating. (My mother always does this and I always scold her!) This will make the baby impatient and lose the fun of eating, and he will not learn any skills. Everything will get better with training later!

Eat at a fixed place every time, don’t chase after your baby to feed him! Develop the habit of eating in the baby seat.

At the beginning, when she is still young, put her in the infant seat, put on the bib, and then put her small plate (she doesn't need a spoon yet).