1, the correct way to wash the small hands, to encourage their own food When you see the baby with small hands to grab the rice, the most heard is “do not touch, dirty! Such instructions. However, babies begin to have the desire to learn to eat when they are about eight months old, so they always like to use their own hands to grab food, but in everyday life, the majority of mothers and fathers always put back the baby’s impulse to learn. The only reason moms and dads refuse to let their babies learn to eat is because they are “dirty” and think it’s unhygienic for babies to grab food with their hands, fearing that they will get rice all over the table. In fact, let your baby learn to eat has many benefits, not only increased interest in things, but also exercise hand-eye coordination and finger small muscle development function, but also increase your baby’s self-confidence and sense of accomplishment. If you always beat back the baby’s outstretched hand of exploration, this will make the baby lose interest in learning, eating will only become a passive behavior of being fed. Warm tip: we can learn from foreign countries, in foreign countries generally after one year old babies have their own dining table and chairs and tableware, mom and dad will only smile and encourage babies to eat on their own, whether with a spoon or with their hands, they will not stop. Because this time, let the babies eat happy, interested in food is the main thing. If you are worried about the problem of dirt, mom and dad just need to wash the baby’s hands before the meal and clean up the table a little more after the meal. If you are afraid that your baby will not eat enough, you can also let your baby eat on his or her own while mom or dad feeds. 2, the right way to sit on a small chair, face to face feeding The location of the feeding also has to be careful, some parents believe that the first step in feeding can be successful is to feed the location of the feeding. We often see in the countryside, families are out of tricks to coax the baby to eat. Some put the baby on a special children’s table and chairs or children’s car, mom and dad sitting opposite its face to face feeding; some let the baby sit sideways on their lap, one arm around the baby and feeding; some let the baby lie down and feed, chasing around feeding, feeding can be described as a variety of ways. One of the most recommended is face-to-face feeding, but unfortunately, only half of the mothers and fathers can do. First, to ensure the safety of the baby, will not fall or fall; second, the baby’s hands and feet can move freely, will not be bound because sitting in the arms of adults; third, more conducive to eye contact between the baby and mom and dad, but also conducive to the baby to observe things and their own food, to develop the baby’s interest in things and good feeding habits; fourth, also help the baby to focus. Warm tip: It is best to fix the baby’s eating position, and it is best to be located next to the big table, so that every time a meal on the table, he can produce the “dinner” reflex. When the baby’s small hands can master the small spoon, you can let him eat completely by himself. If your baby cries, turns his head, pushes away the spoon with his hands, or spills the bowl, mom and dad should stop feeding him. In foreign countries, babies eat and must decide for themselves what to eat or whether they are full or not. If he is not full, but stops eating in order to play, then after a while he is hungry and will not feed the baby again. Because that is the baby’s own choice, he must bear the consequences himself. 3, the correct method of environment to be quiet, focus on the same to less than one year old baby feeding, in Xiaoming home, the mother in order to let the disobedient baby eat into the rice, simply open the TV, while the baby is staring at the program is focused, rush to the rice stuffed into the baby’s mouth, that this approach can make the baby eat more. In the small new home, grandma rice is not ready, grandpa turned off the TV, take away the toys, holding the baby sitting on the dining table and chairs, so that the baby quietly waiting for the dishes on the table one by one, while waiting side to side with the baby said “we want to eat”, “there is a pork ribs will be ready soon “. Xiao Xin’s family, because there are no distractions, because of the waiting process, the baby’s concentration on food significantly increased, rather than just mechanically swallowing food. This makes feeding the baby less of a chore. The environment where your baby eats should be as quiet as possible. Turning on the TV, playing games, and making a lot of noise are not conducive to the baby’s ability to focus on the food, not to mention the communication between the feeder and the baby, and subconsciously will also reduce the baby’s taste sensitivity to food and self-control of hunger and satiety, increasing the tendency of obesity. Warm tip: Mom and dad should train their babies to develop good habits of concentrating on eating, you can choose to turn off the TV, put away toys, etc. At the beginning of adding complementary foods, you can feed your baby in advance, and then slowly transition to eating at the same time as the whole family. Mom and dad should be a good example, some parents like to eat while watching TV, or eating while climbing, joking, baby in the under the influence, will also develop the bad habit of inattentive eating, as a mother and father to set an example. 4, the right way more descriptive language, less command words The environment should be quiet when eating, but this is by no means the same as just feeding without saying, on the contrary, must be diligent communication. Although the vast majority of mothers and fathers in the process of feeding their babies will communicate with the baby’s language, but than the ordinary questionnaire-style survey, “eat” “come, open mouth” “awesome” “Eating really well.” The communication between moms and dads is more on the verb “to eat”, and 30% of them use command language. For babies, the process of eating is actually a wonderful opportunity to learn things and language. For example, at Xiao Ru’s home, Xiao Ru’s mother and father prepared two dishes, one with rice noodles and one with steamed pumpkin. While feeding Xiao Ru, her mother described, “This is rice noodles, look, the rice noodles are white. This is pumpkin, pumpkin is yellow, sweet, you try it”. Don’t look at these few simple words, but contains a variety of information such as color, taste, etc., for the baby to recognize different foods, improve visual and taste perception is very beneficial. Warm tip: Most mothers and fathers, because of the lack of feeding communication skills, simply do not know how to talk to the baby, what to say. In fact, when feeding, you can say more descriptive, suggestive language, more description of the characteristics of food and feeding scenarios, rather than using command language; to try to create a pleasant eating environment, such as praise to smile; to praise and praise; when the baby’s attention is not focused, you can change the tone of voice, whispering children’s songs, etc. to attract the baby’s interest to food up.