Spoon - first cutlery, are familiar with the kids, and this is one of the important stages of their maturation.
But how to teach a child to the spoon that he himself wanted and could she eat, and not food scattered all over the kitchen?
Initially, at least until the year the child is just playing with a spoon, studying it and its potential as a new toy, and for the development of the baby is very important to let him do it.
best to help a little child - not only to give him a spoon, but to show that it can be done - knocking, scratching the gums, fiddle, etc.Repeat these movements for adults, and playing with a spoon, baby develops fine motor skills.
9-10 months, and some children - close to a year, there is a clear understanding of the role of a spoon during meals - through personal example of parents.The kid sees that Mom and Dad do not take food out of the hands of the plates and smear it on the table and gain a spoon and send in your mouth.
Particularly important are cooperative with adult meal for kids with years and older.Show your child how you can simply hold a spoon (even though this is not an ordinary and simple "childish" capture spoons), how to move his hand when eating, how to manipulate the spoon - to collect and to gain food.
sat in front of the child, show him how to eat with a spoon, and the parallel can feed the baby, and that at the same time holding his spoon.
At some point, you can tell your child that he has his own spoon, and offer him there to try.For the sake of fun games ask you to feed the baby his own spoon.At first, of course, nothing will turn out, but at some point the child will be able to do it myself - then praise him heartily.
Of course, it also happens that the kid really wants to eat with a spoon, and only himself, but still can not, because of which the entire kitchen is covered with a layer of mashed potatoes or porridge and feeding stretched long.
Despite this, let him learn to - this is a positive sign.Feed it themselves as a last resort, do not rush and do not pull up sharply, be patient and be accompanied by feeding with positive emotions.
Some children, on the contrary, and in 2 years refusing to eat with a spoon for yourself - it's all because their parents missed the point of readiness for independent baby food and are not accustomed to it in time to the spoon.
Of course, feed the child by the faster and more convenient, but it leads to the fact that the baby loses interest in the process, and he learns to feed himself.
to rectify the situation and make up for lost, try to eat lunch with your child, you and the whole family.Then the kid sees that the parents do not indulge his whims, and themselves eat with a spoon.Perhaps, then, he wants himself to business.If he would pick up a spoon, do not forget the praise.
course before 2.5-3 years the child is unlikely to learn to eat with a spoon gently, and then still be problems, but the main thing - it is his desire to eat by herself and regular exercise.
Teach your baby carefully - in a light and playful way, for example, compete, who are less nasorit on the table, even praise him for small successes.However, note that usually only for 4-5 years, children begin to have a really neat.
When choosing a spoon for baby, of course, buy the one that he likes.However, make sure that the spoon was safe, convenient, small, lightweight, made of durable plastic material safely without harmful dyes or stainless steel.
