My daughter only eats when she is distracted?
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It's totally a phase. My daughter went through the same thing. Try singing to her or talking to her while you are feeding her maybe with a small book or toy. She will grow out of it, I promise.
my sister used to do that as a child so we just went along with it until she eventually grew out of it.. i dont think that was the best route to go but no other methods worked now her son does the same thing so im interested in hearing some of the ideas people have as we are all out.. good luck!
my daughter went through the same thing at that age. I would just let her play and watch a video and I would chase her around a offer her finger foods. We got passed it. It just took a couple of months. It didn't bother me. I just wanted her to eat. Now it's not a problem. she will out grow it.
Mealtimes are as much about nutrition, as about having an enjoyable social interaction with others at the table. If you try to completely remove the toy or the book, she would probably get very unhappy, causing a lot of stress for everyone in the family. However, since it's a good idea to try to encourage her to focus more on her food, you may want to try incorporating the distractions into her meal. For example, if she has a little stuffed animal, you might try putting a plate with some of the food for him, and making a comment about how he's enjoying his food and how he likes to sit with your daughter while she eats. If she loves looking at a book, you might point out a character who is modeling a positive attitude about food, "Look at the bunny eating all his carrots! Yummy! Shall we eat some carrots like the bunny?" Another idea is to try to use "distractions" that are extensions of a conversation: for example, telling your daughter a story, even a story about the food she's eating, "There was once a little tomato on a vine, and one day the farmer saw that it was ripe and ready to be picked..."
My daughter, who is now 12, used to love having us read stories to her at mealtimes as a toddler, and these ideas did help us gradually wean her away from books. Good luck and remember to keep mealtimes pleasant for you and for your daughter!
Well, i dont feed my 2 kids baby food anymore but my youngest is a week and i have to feed him by bottle of milk. He will only drink the milk warm though. And then after bottle its playtime but it turns to nap. Because of this is warm milk makes you
S-L-E-E-P-Y. I just figured that out. How weird am i?? wow...
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