Children eating is a big thing, first of all, parents have to worry about whether the child is breastfeeding or formula feeding, and then parents have to worry about when the child can start eating complementary foods.
After the child begins to learn to eat, the parents' worries will begin to decrease a little.
But for children, accustomed to breastfeeding or formula milk, it is difficult to start eating complementary foods, and it is more difficult to start learning to eat.
In fact, it is not a difficult thing to want the baby to learn to eat smoothly, and the most important point is to seize the golden age when the child begins to learn to eat.
The golden period when children began to learn to eat, in fact, many parents have ignored it, resulting in some children who have been relatively old to start learning to eat, in fact, there are already some late at that time.
The best time for children to start learning to eat is for children to be 9 to 10 months old, when the child's hands-on ability begins to develop gradually, and it is best for children to learn to eat during this time period.
For children to start learning to eat, it is not enough to grasp the starting time, but also need parents to understand the three stages of the baby learning to eat.
Budding
The budding period of the baby learning to eat is naturally the time when the learning has just begun, that is, the 9 months and 10 months that have just been said, at this time, parents should begin to cultivate their children's interest and let the children take the initiative to learn to eat.
When parents can eat, take the baby to the table, at this time, most of the babies will be interested in the food on the table and a variety of tableware, parents can let the child fiddle with the tableware, let the child take the initiative to imitate the appearance of adults eating.
After this budding period, you can basically start teaching your baby to eat officially.
Golden induction period
After one year of age, it is the golden induction period for the baby to learn to eat, and through learning to eat, you can also exercise the baby's hand-eye coordination ability.
At the beginning, you can not let the child use the tableware, let the child grab the rice with his hands, although many times, the baby will make a mess on the dinner table, at this time the parents should not lose their temper, because this is also the baby to learn to eat the only way.
If the baby is in addition to some small mistakes in the learning process, this will reduce the child's confidence in learning.
After that, parents can start to let their children learn to use tableware, and start to let children eat with a spoon, be sure to choose those tableware that have no corners and are suitable for babies to use, so as to prevent harm to the baby's mouth in the process of learning.
In the process of learning, parents should not rush to achieve results, give the baby more encouragement, more patience, and the results may be better.
Consolidation period
After the child is 2 or 3 years old, he can already eat independently, but the problem is that at this time, the child may have his own little rebellion, and some children do not like to eat.
In the face of such a problem, the older generation will chase the child to feed, in fact, this is very bad, this method has many shortcomings, may make the child have indigestion, more dislike to eat, or sometimes let the child be more rebellious.
Now to educate children, can not completely copy the method of the older generation, in fact, when the child does not eat, parents can let the child be hungry appropriately, when the child, they will take the initiative to eat.
Children learn to eat is actually not a difficult thing, parents as long as patient, have confidence in the child, I believe that the child learning to eat process will be more smooth.