How to improve your child's eating habit?

I have came across an article in Facebook today. It is about how to grow the interest in your baby/toddler of having their food.

A lot of parents will complaint "My baby doesn't eat that", "My baby doesn't like vegetables" or "my baby can't sit still while having food!!". Let me share how I trained my little princess, she's now 9 months old and she likes to eat by herself. I bought her biscuits, baked her finger food, just except porridge, she still didn't know how to hold the spoon yet.

I'm a working mother, so for now I only cook during weekends. My baby just started her solid 3 weeks ago, now she enjoy the porridge I cook for her!  *Yay, I'm so happy about that!* Here's how I did it!

To start that, first #1:  You 'll need to get a baby chair. My advise is to get a baby chair that you can easily clean, trust me you will find it very important than buying those just looking fancy.

 #2 :  Continue the same food you cook for 3 days in a row so that the baby is familiar with the taste and easily accept it. Don't keep on changing your menu, baby takes time to learn about a taste, they will not like it from the first but will slowly love it after few times of trying - be patient.

 #3: Make eating interesting - If your baby likes to eat by her own, let it be! Don't worry and get panic about getting the shirt wet or dirty. You can change after she finish her meal! Do not scold her when she dirty up the floor or the chair or do cleaning during the eating session,  you will give wrong impression that he/she is doing something that the adult don't like and will make them lost interest in eating .If you are afraid of him/her getting too dirty, get them to wear on the bib.

 

#4: My baby really likes how we - the adults eat! And then you can see her imitating our mouth like how we eat. She's interested in our food, do I give her? Of course NO! Whenever I feed her, I would eat along and share her porridge too. I will take a spoon of her porridge and tell her "MMmm, it smell so nice, and it's so delicious!" and I will eat and show it in front of her.

#5: Do not get distracted by toys, TVs or play with your baby during eating session.

#6: Buy some colorful eating utensils, baby/toddler/children loves that! 

 #7: DIY! Make your own bento set. Eating can be fun too! Make some panda rice ball or some other cute cartoon/animal that  your baby/toddler likes, makes it colorful!My baby can't take rice yet, of course I'm not doing it now but looking forward to do it after she can take rice. For now, only porridge and her porridge looks pretty, delicious and healthy too. It has different type of vegetable to make it looks nice and colorful. (I blend the vege)

#8: Dine in together! I do not feed my baby first or after we have our meal. We do it together! This is to make them understand that when we eat, we sit and gather at the table until we finish up the dishes.

#9: Give compliment! Always tell him/her how well and good he/she is, to be able to eat independently. People loves compliment, so do the baby/toddler.

There's plenty of other ways out there on how to make grow your baby eating interest. You will find the way better than mine, enjoy finding the perfect way for both you and your baby, I'm sure they'll enjoy their meal someday! And oh, remember to give patient! :)


This is few blog/website which I found useful and might be able to help you out, enjoy the eating session with your little one! :)


https://www.studenthealth.gov.hk/english/health/health_dn/health_dn_hc.html

http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-to-handle-a-picky-eater_9199.bc

http://www.earlyinterventionsupport.com/tips-improving-childs-eating-habits/