When does the child begin to eat with a spoon?
When the child can already sit confidently (months through 7-8 after birth), he also begins to show great interest in the spoon. The pen of the baby, who can not yet speak, pushing his hand away from his mother, as if to say: "Give me a try and I'll try what are you doing here, maybe I can?". Here it is necessary to begin the first acquaintance with children's cutlery.
How to teach a child to eat with a spoon?
Do not miss this period, and then teach the child to eat a spoon specifically you do not have to. If you survive for a while his experiments like smearing porridge on a children's table, using a spoon handle to scoop up food, using a spoon and a table surface as a drum set - you do not need to specifically involve a baby in this subject. He and without you will realize that this is fantastically interesting.
But the child is frightened by the "seriousness of the enterprise" (if the parents responded to the first attempt to use a spoon with reproaches: "so it is impossible", "do not smear", "do not play around," "oh, let me feed you myself") may long refuse to achieve ours culture. And then the game with a spoon will have to start again, but not in 6 months, but in a year and a half.
And, by the way, if you are really interested in the fact that the kitchen after the games of a child with a spoon and a spoon does not resemble a room that requires urgent sanitation, let me make comments to the kid ... his toys. To the remark of the favorite chanterelle "oh, Mashenka, what kind of a slob you are" the child will take offense not like yours or Papa, and therefore - will hurry to improve.
What kind of cutlery for children to choose?
Your main tool is a children's spoon. It should not be too big and not too small, do not have sharp edges that can hurt the baby's mouth, and it is convenient to be located with a small handle. Firms-manufacturers of children's ware often make it from plastic, but children's spoons can be both metal, and wooden, and silicone. Sometimes in a set with a spoon there is also a children's fork. To accustom to using a fork is never too early, however, make sure that its teeth are not sharp.
When choosing them, be guided by:
- The name of the manufacturer - the manufacturer who values his reputation, will not make the child's basic need of poor-quality materials.
- Smell - no matter what spoon you are going to buy, it should not have any smell.
- The quality of the application of the paint - if the paint comes off scratching the nail, then you can be sure that, along with the food
the baby will also dye this paint, but this is not good. - The warranty period of the service of the children's cutlery - decent manufacturers of silicone and plastic spoons indicate how much their product will serve you. Therefore, do not forget to change instruments in time, it is just as important as replacing the toothbrush in time.
Some parents in the old manner are trying to buy children's cutlery from silver or to use objects inherited. This is permissible, but only if there is no darkening on the spoon, and if your child does not have individual silver intolerance, which can be expressed as allergic manifestations as a result of contact with a silver object.