little chickee
03-05-2011, 02:24 PM
I have an 18 month old mindee who although will feed herself with finger foods does not know how to use a spoon.
She doesnt even seem to know how to hold it. She usually has sandwiches for lunch but always a yoghurt for pudding which i have to spoon feed to her. Then at tea time its a meal and a pudding that i have to spoon feed her.
She can take absolutley ages to eat - up to 45 mins for tea which is quite a while for me when i have other mindees who don't have their tea with me.
So i'm at table with lo while trying to also watch up to 3 others who are playing. ( and also my own 3 boys)
How do i encourage her to feed herself? I have tried giving her a spoon too but she won't hold it. tried leaving food and spoon in front of her - she just sits making no attempt to either spoon feed herself or eat with her fingers.
I thought as she will happily eat sandwiches, fruit, crisps etc herself i would put her tea - pasta, potatoes, veg, chicken etc in front of her and she would pick it up with her hands - but no.
I feel she is capable but is used to being spoonfed.
Any ideas?
She doesnt even seem to know how to hold it. She usually has sandwiches for lunch but always a yoghurt for pudding which i have to spoon feed to her. Then at tea time its a meal and a pudding that i have to spoon feed her.
She can take absolutley ages to eat - up to 45 mins for tea which is quite a while for me when i have other mindees who don't have their tea with me.
So i'm at table with lo while trying to also watch up to 3 others who are playing. ( and also my own 3 boys)
How do i encourage her to feed herself? I have tried giving her a spoon too but she won't hold it. tried leaving food and spoon in front of her - she just sits making no attempt to either spoon feed herself or eat with her fingers.
I thought as she will happily eat sandwiches, fruit, crisps etc herself i would put her tea - pasta, potatoes, veg, chicken etc in front of her and she would pick it up with her hands - but no.
I feel she is capable but is used to being spoonfed.
Any ideas?