His great-grandmother watched him for us while we work 60+ hours a week, until about three weeks ago. She did EVERYTHING for him. We ended up having to move to a place 4 hours away from her, which was good, because we felt it was time for a separation. I took off a week to help get him adjusted to the new house. We put him in and subsequently took him out of daycare, as the daycare we chose was not meeting our expectations. One of their complaints to us though, was that he could not feed himself. He doesn't pick up anything to put in his mouth. He won't touch it unless someone is holding it for him. How can we get him to eat on his own? I have gotten him to hold his own spoon, but he will only hold it. He will not even attempt to get food with it, even though I hold another spoon exactly like it and feed him with it...Any takers?
2006-12-30 01:53:52 · 7 answers · asked by moonprincess 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
You're going to have to work with him to show him how to do it. Shame on his grandmother! Put the spoon in HIS hand, and you hold both his hand and the spoon dip it in something he really loves. You have to make him want to do this. Applesauce or something sweet like that maybe? Just something that can get the flavor on the spoon even if it's not a spoonfull. He'll start to see that the spoon comes back tasting pretty good. Also, get the Cheerios out and put them on his highchair tray. Do the same thing, make his hand pick it up and put it in his mouth. If not Cheerios, something else he just loves to eat. For now, it's all about getting him to do it, so if you have to spoil him for a bit, it'll be ok.
2006-12-30 01:59:18 · answer #1 · answered by UNI Panther 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firts i hop eyou will be able to find an other child care center for him to be encouraged with his self help skills. He will see his class mates do the same and he will learn a lot faster through watching and copying them .... If you need a few good childcare facilities feel free to contact me... the ones i know are nation wide.
I am not sure if he usesa sippy cup but its a start to have that around and have it availabel for him. It is very important taht you will not push him at all and let him find out his independance. You can offer him fingerfoods and when he shows interest a spoon or fork, he might be interested as he will see his parenst eat with it as well. Believe me he wont starve, he will test you to try have you feed him but if you give him his space and time through out the day he will try to eat he might not get it all at once but he will start trying. GOOD LUCK
2006-12-30 03:45:00 · answer #2 · answered by yvette777 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL, I spoiled my son too much as well. Now at 18 months he will feed himself on a rare occasion IF he's starving, otherwise he waits for us. My suggestion is to put him in his high chair and be sure to put a bunch of plastic on the floor if its on carpet. Give him a bowl with spaghetti, cereal, whatever and let him go at it! You will need to do this every day until he starts to get the hang of it, I promise you he won't starve. That daycare really sounded terrible. To complain he doesn't feed himself? They sound really lazy, its good you took him out of there. Just explain the situation before putting him anyplace new so they know how to handle it.
2006-12-30 02:15:57 · answer #3 · answered by dolly 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 00:44:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get rid of the spoon for a little while and feed him fingerfoods. If he gets hungry enough he will feed himself. Once he is feeding himself the fingerfoods, re-introduce the spoon.
2006-12-30 02:10:52 · answer #5 · answered by RIVER 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you're going to have to take time and teach him, un-do what grandama did. The best thing is to sit him in his high chair, put his food on there, maybe cherrios, or something fun and let him sit there for a little bit. He'll get it. :)
2006-12-30 02:11:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister is five and she still eat's by mom's hands don't worry it happens.
2006-12-30 02:08:57 · answer #7 · answered by Wings*of*Light 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋