What should I do when all my child wants to do is drop the spoon and grab the oatmeal or whatever the food is with their fingers? Should I maybe have my own bowl of oatmeal at the same time to model for them?
星期四, 10月 25th, 2012 1:19 pm | Blair
That's an excellent idea, Blair. I always model eating for my children – we eat together at their little table during breakfast and lunch and then we all eat together at the adult table at dinner (they sit in their Stokke Tripp-Trapp high chair). I try to model as many good table manners as I can and it's easy when we are at dinner with Dad, so I can say things like, "Can you hand me some more vegetables, please? Thank you." Also, if they want to grab food with their fingers, just let them, and meanwhile, keep demonstrating eating with a spoon. They want to imitate adults, so the day will come when they just want to use the spoon and you can't wrestle it out of their little fingers!
What should I do when all my child wants to do is drop the spoon and grab the oatmeal or whatever the food is with their fingers? Should I maybe have my own bowl of oatmeal at the same time to model for them?
That's an excellent idea, Blair. I always model eating for my children – we eat together at their little table during breakfast and lunch and then we all eat together at the adult table at dinner (they sit in their Stokke Tripp-Trapp high chair). I try to model as many good table manners as I can and it's easy when we are at dinner with Dad, so I can say things like, "Can you hand me some more vegetables, please? Thank you." Also, if they want to grab food with their fingers, just let them, and meanwhile, keep demonstrating eating with a spoon. They want to imitate adults, so the day will come when they just want to use the spoon and you can't wrestle it out of their little fingers!