Contents:
- Medical Video: My Morning Routine with 6 KIDS! (+ morning survival tips)
- How to make your meal time fun for your baby
- 1. Give cute and unique cutlery
- 2. Invite your child to prepare the food
- 3. Make a meal while telling stories
- 4. Create food
- 5. Eat with family or friends
- 6. Don't forget to give a gift or award if your child eats well
Medical Video: My Morning Routine with 6 KIDS! (+ morning survival tips)
It's not kids whose names sometimes don't like fuss and are picky about food. Your job as a parent is to create a child's meal time so that it is more fun so he wants to eat. Well, aand a number of steps you can take so that your child can enjoy meals while having a good diet. What are the ways?
How to make your meal time fun for your baby
1. Give cute and unique cutlery
The first way to make your child's meal time enjoyable is to provide children with cute, interesting, and easy-to-use cutlery (usually for children aged 2-4 years).
Easy to hold tableware will certainly make it easier for your little one to enjoy his meal time. In addition to attracting your child's attention, unique eating utensils will also remind children of pleasant meal times.
2. Invite your child to prepare the food
You can cook and prepare food so that your child feels enthusiastic about eating. Try to get your baby to prepare food such as washing vegetables, or take side dishes when you want to eat. Undoubtedly this can arouse appetite and make eating activities awaited.
3. Make a meal while telling stories
Toddlers generally like to do things while telling stories. So, there's no harm in also for parents to make mealtime fun while telling stories. For example, you can tell stories or play roles about rabbit or cat animals who like to eat carrots and fish.
Choose the role or character of the story that matches the child's side dishes. By comparing the child as an actor in the story, it is believed that it can make children eager to spend their food
4. Create food
Childhood, it's time to experiment with something around, including food. You can train your motoric while making meal times fun for your baby.
How to? Yes, you can let your child eat and make food creations. Let the child pour sauce, soy sauce, or mayonnaise on the food (but still monitored and directed, yes). In addition, you can also form your food as unique as possible. Also let the child eat using his own hands, to stimulate the motor nerves on his fingers.
5. Eat with family or friends
You can also make mealtime fun for children while socializing, you know. Yes, generally children will like it if they eat or move together with friends. Therefore, always present children when eating with family or occasionally invite friends to eat together at home.
6. Don't forget to give a gift or award if your child eats well
You can give simple gifts or awards such as applause, kissing, and even letting you wash your own hands after eating can be very enjoyable. Preferably, avoid giving punishment in form does not give it snack, candy, or other unhealthy foods.
