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Seven mistakes of the parents when the children begin to eat alone

07/24/2012

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Eat without the help of parents is a learning process by which every child must pass. Normally up to one year old hands are the main instrument to achieve to bring food to the mouth. The age can vary but usually between two and three years to improve coordination and use fork or spoon is easier. The knife, blunt, only later, around four years.
Often without realizing it, parents may hinder this new stage of development of children. The Delas talked to five experts in the field that listed the most common mistakes made by parents when their children begin to eat alone.

Do not stop using their hands

Every child, according to Camila Podete dietitian, consultant responsible for the Maternal Nutrition Nutrition Advice, begin to feed on the possibilities to find. The hands will be widely used until it understands that you can use cutlery and learn how to handle them.

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With approximately one year of age, according to Evelyn Lorca Rivera, a specialist in pediatric nutrition and school and author of "Incentive to infant feeding at a healthy and fun: Practical Tips from birth" (Publisher Mehta), the child will have food the mouth frequently and parents should remember that "this is not the moment of perfection, but the pleasure of eating," says Evelyn.

Being impatient and hasty

Often parents are in such a hurry to decide to pick up the silverware and feeding the child's mouth in the hope it ends soon as the meal - and preventing it from feeding alone. This attitude hampers learning and nutritionist Elaine de Padua, a specialist in nutrition in childhood and adolescence and author of "What's the dish of your son?" (Alles Trade Publishing), says: The child may become increasingly dependent for feed and take longer to develop the necessary coordination.

Do not give the example

Children tend to follow the example of adults. Therefore, according to Camila Podete, parents should seek to be present at meals. If not, will not have to be based on who learn to eat independently.

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Elaine de Padua, the child who eats alone turns and moves, usually before their parents, may lose interest in food. Or, according to pediatrician Alessandra Cavalcanti, Hospital and Maternity São Luiz, it is possible that the little child that becomes difficult to keep quiet in the restaurant.
 
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Dirty clothes, table and even the floor is common when the child is learning to eat alone
Fighting with the child because of the mess

The first mistake that parents often make is to not let their children at home. When they start to want to eat without help, you must leave them. The child will probably get your hands dirty, bib, clothing, table and to the ground. This freedom, according to Elaine de Padua, is important for the child feel more curious and attracted to the food. We must remember that she is learning and not just a guy who has good manners. Put it somewhere where the dirt is allowed.

Insist on soup and baby food

Another common mistake parents, according to Alessandra Cavalcanti, is not to offer food to the proper consistency of age. From about one year old child can already eat everything and we need to encourage her to have a balanced diet and to chew food. You must also understand it will be harder for the little one feed himself soup than bits of vegetables.

Before one year of age, the nutritionist Kelen Martins, Nurture and Play - Consultoriaem Assistance and Child Nutrition, indicates that parents offer their children foods that dissolve easily in the mouth, such as pasta and vegetables. The child may catch them by hand.

Do not mount an inviting environment

Let the child interested in food is essential for her to learn to eat properly. Therefore, cutlery and crockery are essential colorful and attractive. If she does not like salad, for example, but when parents use to eat the carrots to make a hair and cherry tomatoes for eyes, no child who does not get carried away. "It makes her feel encouraged," says Elaine de Padua.

Putting movies or drawings during the meal

Avoid movies or drawings during feeding time: for the child, they are attractive to draw the focus of the meal. In addition, Elaine de Padua said airplane to do when the child is still small may hinder the future, since it also will not be paying attention to the food.
"Parents run the risk of a child throwing food into the air, but without the spoon," says Kelen Martins.



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