It’s so hard for parents to make eating fun for their kids! Moms often make every effort, he eventually just eat a little bit, and this time mom and dad what to do? Whether it’s eating or sleeping, one thing that must be noted is that the process of forming a baby’s initial memory is the constant repetition and regularity of external stimuli, which in turn forms a memory pattern that makes the baby’s brain “associate” with external things and has an impact on the way it behaves. When the next external stimulus appears, the brain will automatically associate with the corresponding memory pattern. So, if you want your baby to eventually eat happily, you should let your baby’s brain associate “eating” with the emotion of “happy”. Conversely, if the brain associates “eating” with an “unhappy” mood, it will make your baby resent eating and spoil his appetite, bringing him a series of problems with eating. Therefore, the addition of complementary foods to start, there is a principle is certain: do not force-feeding, if always forced baby, over time, he will feel that eating is a very scary thing. 1, the first stage (6-9 months) baby just began to contact the complementary food stage, the parents feed mainly. Notes are as follows: for each new addition of complementary foods, the baby may instinctively reject the new taste, then, the baby refuses to take away, do not force-feed, do not coax to eat. Try again in a few days, perhaps love to eat, if still refused, still decisively take away, in the baby will spit out the food, stop feeding. Don’t coax and trick your baby into taking more bites when he or she doesn’t eat. Don’t put toys on the table to attract your baby’s attention; over time, your baby will associate playing with toys with eating and will develop the habit of playing while eating. At this time, the baby will want to grab the food with their own hands to eat, what will you do? “Oops, it’s all over the floor and body, it’s too dirty, too messy, too much trouble to clean up.” If that’s what you think, then don’t expect to see your baby eating on his own when it’s time for him to learn to eat on his own. A smart mom can – let go and let your baby grab the food with her hands. Start by letting your baby grab teething cookies and melting beans. At first, give him a little at a time to prevent him from shoving everything into his mouth at once. Insist that your baby eat solid food in the dining chair. Do not hold and walk around to feed. 2.The second stage (10-12 months) In the second stage baby can already eat more food. If one day the mother finds that the baby who was eating happily suddenly refuses to eat the food you feed him, do not force feed, you can first observe whether the baby has the following performance: interested in adult food? Always reach for the food or spoon you feed him? Refusing to eat when you feed him? If so, then your baby is telling you, “I want to eat by myself!” Here’s what moms can do to respond to their baby’s needs: Prepare foods at each meal that your baby can grab and eat on his own. Small pieces of cooked vegetables: sweet potatoes, potatoes, squash, broccoli; spiral pasta, small loaves of bread, and small pieces of bread are all good foods for babies to learn to eat by hand. While baby is grasping food, mom can help appropriately to make sure baby can eat enough. Stay extremely patient! It may take a long time for your baby to try to eat on his or her own, and you may have to wait a long time for a bite and spill it everywhere, but this is the first step for your baby to learn how to eat. When food is spilled everywhere, don’t blame the baby loudly, and don’t show an unhappy and angry look, which will make the baby anxious, irritable, overwhelmed, and even afraid to try. Spill food on the floor and clean it up together when you are done eating. Eating and cleaning up at the same time will only reinforce your baby’s sense of throwing food, which he or she will think is a fun thing to do. Put a little food in the baby’s bowl at a time. Putting too much food in the baby’s bowl at one time will overwhelm your baby and he or she will start to play with the food or get it all over the place. Remove food when your baby starts throwing food on the floor, refuses to eat any more, or struggles to get out of the chair. Do not use any toys to entice him to stay in the chair or to coax him to continue feeding. Recommended tools: Suction cup bowls and leak-proof bibs. The suction cup bowl will prevent your baby from tipping the bowl over with the food, and the leak-proof bib will catch as much of your baby’s dropped food as possible. 3. Stage 3 (12-16 months) In the third stage, baby’s sense of autonomy and independence will further increase. Mothers can try this: Boldly give the spoon to your baby to master. Although at the beginning, the spoon is just a toy for your baby, he/she will hold it and chew it, wave it in the air and get food everywhere. Prepare some finger-sized food so that your baby can use his hands and spoon together without getting irritated because he can’t grasp the spoon and can’t eat the food. Still don’t blame your baby for spilling food everywhere. Still wait to do the cleaning together after the meal, not while the baby eats and the adult cleans up. After 1 year old baby’s ability to understand language is getting stronger, when baby throws food, mom can try to tell him “shake your head if you don’t eat it” and demonstrate to him, slowly baby will not throw food again, but use shake head instead. Don’t tempt your baby with food he likes or force him to eat food he doesn’t like. Mothers may say, “First take a bite of the food, take a bite of the food, and I’ll give you candy.” By doing this, you will only make your baby feel even more that the dish is unappetizing and also increase the desire for sugar even more. Let your baby eat with your family to increase your baby’s participation. Instead of the family paying attention to the baby all the time while eating, the baby will feel like an adult and sit with everyone as an equal! Finally, the most important thing is that the mother must be patient, encouragement-oriented, praise-oriented, baby are really good smart, they understand what we say, and even understand our expressions, so that slowly will have an effect Oh!