For him, this is a way of knowing the world, its properties - and trying to express what words he can not yet express. The only way to keep clean is to cover yourself with enough paper towels to wipe his "art." A child over a year and a half to accuracy accustoms not an apron, but own efforts. It's time to involve him in serving the table - in three years the kid should already be able to arrange plates and cups, to lay out forks and spoons. By the way, such preparation sets up the body to eat. And after lunch, good boys and girls clean up. How to choose the right baby food and how to learn the first skills - in the article.
• We know the rules of etiquette. Even babies learn to "say" thanks. Children who have already gotten out of the highchair and mobile, do not allow to get up from the table without asking permission, with a half-eaten piece in your mouth. In everything that relates to etiquette, the most important thing is the personal example of a parent.
Eating like an eternal fight
How to force to eat a whim, each dinner of which turns into a horror for parents? Diversify the diet. The child should not eat twice a day the same bluolo.
• Give the apple. There are many products that try to appetite, not all of them fall for children. However, apples, sauerkraut or pickles, green onions (along with other burning counterparts) stimulate the production of gastric juice. Soups also have a similar effect. So, if you pour a few spoonfuls of soup into a mildew, or give it an apple shortly before dinner, it's likely to sweep away all the dishes from the dishes.
■ Exclude snacks. Wise mothers of healthy children are usually guided by the principle "Do not want - do not eat." But at the same time exclude any candy or a glass of juice in the intervals between meals. "In fact, it is difficult for children to maintain a pause between two meals. And snacks can even be useful: they will not give an appetite to play out so that you can eat excess lunch. But only snack children should not sweets. The best option is a plate with sliced carrots, cabbage or cucumbers.
■ Check with a doctor. Appetite may be reduced due to the fact that teeth are chapped or otitis begins.
• Get rid of stress. The kid can react "concerts" for a meal on any stressful situation: moving, a family quarrel, the first trip to a kindergarten, etc. Make a run. Active games burn calories, and the body requires a refueling. If the biggest physical effort of a kid for a day is to pick the sand with a little sovochkom, it is strange to expect a brutal appetite from him.
The size of the plates is minimal
The child's taste is formed during the introduction of complementary foods. Gluttons and maloezhki - hostages are not genetics, and the wrong organization of nutrition of the baby by adults. A child can not eat as much as his parents: the size of his stomach is much smaller. And this must be taken into account when determining the portions for all consumers. A three-year-old child eats less than five years old, and all of them have a large portion. But even a normal amount of food on an overly large plate signals our brain: this is not enough. Therefore, if you want to save the baby from problems with excess weight now and in the future - feed the crumb from the saucer and do not offer him supplements.
Eat breakfast yourself
Morning meal is the most important, and at the same time very often it's not serious to organize it. Nutritionists insist that for breakfast, the kid must receive products from cereals: cereal or cereal. It is from them that he derives carbohydrates, and hence energy for a new day. But a sandwich, cookies or cottage cheese is not the best option (it is generally better to take cottage cheese for lunch or dinner).
Solid decoration
Become a creator: sandwiches and snacks decorate in the form of faces or animal figures, on the porridge draw "cartoons". Even pieces of cheese and vegetables can be decomposed in the form of a butterfly, a typewriter or a sun. Call for help the child, let him decorate his plate, - for this activity you will not notice how with the unloved, alas, useful porridge will be finished. Dishes, too, choose bright, with funny pictures. Appetite increase red, orange and yellow colors, and muffle - green and blue. The correct color scheme will help to correct the eating habits of the baby. A great temptation is to set the children's table unbreakable disposable dishes, to lay a paper tablecloth. And this is justifiable if it is a child's holiday with games and running around. But on ordinary family meals, the situation is different - this is the time of eating and training. Therefore, as soon as the kid grows up enough to eat himself, put in front of him a real dish - porcelain plates, glass glasses. Let them fight more often plastic - but only so the child will learn to handle accurately everything that stands on the table.