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My baby is one year old ( 12 months and 2 weeks) , he still not able to drink from cup and he hates sippy ( i tried so many sippler , but none of them worked ) and he not at all good in self feeding yet , how do i train him , im really worrying abt this . and my son he never pay attention when i read book to him , is there any trick for it ? and it will be great if somebody could suggest how to teach wording at this stage .. Pls advice ..

Thanking in advance

2007-01-13 16:33:04 · 6 answers · asked by Priya 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting Newborn & Baby

6 answers

You need to make your son feed himself.
Just put the food in front of him and sit him in a booster seat. Give him a spoon so he can learn to eat with it. Seat with him and eat your food. Just let him experiment with the spoon and his food. It might get a little messy but just let him try to figure it out for himself.
There are so many different sippie cups out there. My son likes the spill proof sippie that has a straw that comes out of it. That way he doesn't have to tip it up to drink from it.
Your baby is still to young to drink out of a cup. But he does need to drink out of a sippie now. He shouldn't be using a bottle any more.
Make sure when you feed your son you cut up the pieces small so he can pick them up easily. Put his food in a bowl and let him go at it.
My kids starting feeding themselves at 8 months old.

2007-01-13 16:52:57 · answer #1 · answered by Tired-Mom 5 · 0 0

Do you mean he won't feed himself with a fork or spoon, or even with his hands? If he won't even use his hands I would say just keep encouraging him. If you know he is capable then you just need to keep encouraging him because he may just be being stubborn about it. I had a friend whose 1 year old would drink from the sippy cup only if she would hold it. You know he was capable of holding it but he was just being stubborn and wouldn't hold it himself. Now if you mean he won't use utensils like fork/spoon, it's all just trial and error. Feed it to him with the fork or spoon a few times when you first give him his food, then hand it to him and let him try feeding himself. He won't be a pro right off the bat, but it takes time. My daughter is 15 months and I've been giving her her own fork and spoon for about a month and a half and she's still not very good at it, but learning day to day. She also hates the sippy cup, I just give it to her with her meals every time, even if she won't take more than one drink from it because eventually she has to get used to it. Also, she does not have the attention span to sit while I read her a book, she never has actually. Good luck!

2007-01-14 04:29:10 · answer #2 · answered by mrsbratt 4 · 0 0

Children are all different. Unfortunately their attention spans can stress us out more than it harms them. I have 2 boys and with both of them I had to make up the words in the books at first and make it really fun and all about the pictures for awhile. My 3 year old still wants it that way. Ask him questions about the books, like where is the hat, dog, etc. Have him interact with the book, it will really help with his vocabulary.

Don't worry about the cups and sippy cups he will do it on his own time. just try to keep introducing them to him at least once a day.

Good luck and be patient

2007-01-14 00:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by wheezerthill 4 · 0 1

Why don't you pretend that you enjoy drinking from a sippy cup or try having him drink from a straw. Because sometimes babies do what you do and if you don't do it, then well they won't do it. well. when you read them a book it should be around bed time or around the time they sleep. so You know hes not paying attention but you know he's falling asleep.

2007-01-14 00:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

What do you mean? Does he try to grab the book or does he just walk off? My daughter grabs the pages. I don't know if she's listening but I do it. I would just keep trying to read to him. My daughter became interested in feeding on her own. The only thing I encouraged is eating Cheerios to help her with her pincer grasp. Perhaps you should give foods he likes. My daughter loves to eat pancakes with no syrup. Recently she's been grabbing for the spoon and I let her hold it and I guide it to her mouth. If you want him to eat with a spoon try something like oatmeal. Strip him down to his diaper and let him go for it. Yeah it's messy but maybe he will like it. As far as teaching speech I would try just talking to him. I talk to her about everything. When we're shopping I talk to her about what I'm thinking of buying. I ask her her opinion on things. I sing to her. I talk to her like she's an adult and she's going to talk back.

2007-01-14 09:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by Kennedy & Kevin's mommy 2 · 0 0

they really dont "sit" with youand read books and really look at them until at least around 18 months or so.. they just dont have the attention span at a year old... thats normal.. but keep reading anyway , even if he gets up and walks around the room. its good for them. self feeding.. comes with practice.. just encourage him to use his own spoon/fork.. its really kinda early for him to be doing that with any accuracy yet.. i'd say 18-24 months until they can really feed themselves well with utensils. if you mean with his hands , yes he should be doing that.. i assume he can pick up and grasp his food?

2007-01-14 00:39:07 · answer #6 · answered by Mina222 5 · 1 0

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