| Introduce them to a spoon and fork | | | | the right kind of cutlery. |
| Parents are constantly worried about how little their | | | | Make sure to buy: |
| toddlers eat. It just never seems to be enough. What | | | | * tableware that is light-weight with a cushioned grip. |
| they don't realize is that toddlers have very small | | | | * multicolored forks and spoons with stickers. |
| stomachs, which fill up very quickly. One way to deal | | | | * forks and spoons with round corners that don't hurt |
| with this is have them eat more frequent meals. | | | | your child. |
| Weaning toddlers off to the snack table is no easy | | | | Here are the steps to introduce toddlers to spoons |
| task, as every parent knows. What they can do, | | | | and forks: |
| however, is make eating a fun experience by adding | | | | * Introduce forks and spoons at the beginning of each |
| lots of taste and variety in their diet. | | | | meal. |
| Teaching table manners to toddlers may seem like a | | | | * Show them how to hold the spoon and fork and |
| futile endeavor when you can't even get them to sit | | | | follow through by eating your meal with relish. |
| still at the table. However, it has been observed that | | | | * Show toddlers that it's a 'grown-up thing' to do-allow |
| spoons and forks tend to give toddlers a 'handle' on | | | | them to serve and feed themselves with their brand |
| the situation and eventually orient their attention | | | | new cutlery. |
| properly towards their meals. | | | | * Whenever they put their hands directly into food, |
| The introduction of table manners at an early age is | | | | simply hand them a spoon. |
| essential and the implements with which you introduce | | | | When your toddlers sit quietly with a spoon, finishing |
| your children to a proper eating experience will go a | | | | their meals, don't forget to praise them for good |
| long way in making it all possible. So start off by buying | | | | behavior. |