Eating Help - tipping spoon
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Topic: Eating Help - tipping spoon
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: Eating Help - tipping spoon
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 7:46pm
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Elle's been feeding herself pretty well for ages. She mastered the whole spoon to mouth thing and we had very little mess / spillage.
However, she is now in the habit of tipping the spoon upside down before it reaches her mouth. This means 90% of her food ends up on her front/on the floor. I've been trying to show her (very gently and in an encouraging way) how to get the spoon to her mouth without tipping it but she just gets really mad, screams and refuses to eat from that point on. She is very stubborn and fiery so if I ever try to guide her with anything she gets so mad. It's quite unreal. It's not so much the mess that bothers me as mess is inevitable with a toddler, it's more the fact that she is hardly getting any food in. Anyone encountered this? Any ideas? ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 7:56pm
you have to let them just figure it out for themselves unfortunately...  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 7:59pm
Tarpolins all over the house in the meantime then LOL  ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 7:59pm
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And erm, hope this doesn't come out wrong but...is it reasonably common for a kid to do this at 2 or is it a little odd...? ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 8:45pm
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Gina too tends to tip the spoon and the food falls out but she lets me guide her hand and help her out.
Would perhaps using a fork instead help? Gina is just mastering the whole 'eating with utensils' skill set and we find sometimes using a fork is easier than a spoon as the food can't tip. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 8:47pm
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Ella does this as well, and then tries to figure out where the food as gone lol I second the idea of using a fork- Ella has just started using one for dinner and finds it heaps easier to feed with. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 8:49pm
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Your kids are young though...Elle is 2 in 3 weeks time!
She doesn't like forks. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 9:26pm
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Sounds pretty normal to me, Erin does it a fair bit, especially with breakfast / cereal etc.
We have more success with a fork too for other food, but it's a shame Elle doesn't like them. ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 04 August 2008 at 10:55pm
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WOw I have no idea how Alize eats, I put him in his high chair and give him his food spoon, folk, drink and then I am busy trying to eat while either playing my role as a UN peace keeper or having a good chat with the 3 of them while eating together. I never try and watch to see if he is getting it right because if he wasnt there would be a plate full of food and there never is apart form the 5% of the meal on his bib, tray and floor. They learn a lot by watching and copying too. I have always given him a spoon with food and one day he just picked it up and starting using it. She will figure it Fiona ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 12:33am
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Lucas can use a spoon perfectly when it comes to eating a food that he LIKES ie. treats like chocolate yoghurt! Although do people actually pay attention to what their kid does with the spoon? Seriously?
If they're hungry they will eat, with or without the spoon. All other food I just offer him as finger foods or I feed it to him myself. Elle will learn to use a spoon within time, certainly no biggie 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 12:42pm
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Could it be that the spoon handle is too thin so a small turn of the wrist ends up tipping it off? Does that make sense?? Jack uses the Armadeus (sp??) (I think that's what they are called) spoons and fork from Baby Factory. They have a fork and 2 spoons, one left handed and one right plus the handles are really wide so easy to grip. We put the food on the spoon and he has very few 'accidents' on the way to his mouth ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 8:58pm
Xanda is nearly 3 and still tips most of the food off his spoon. Breakfast is the worst and I am glad that he does not have milk with his cereal .
He has had a fork for a few months now, and more often than not will use that, and if that fails he just resorts to using his hands. She will get there eventually, but like someone else said, they learn best through watching adults and then copying them. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 1:10pm
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Ella's been a very messy eater from the start, and she's just started tipping her spoon upside down too. Funny thing is, I used to do it well into my childhood - mastered the art of tipping it without spillage - I remember mum being really frustrated trying to remind me not to do it. I stopped eventually but sometimes catch myself doing it on the odd day, and only ever with a teaspoon. Don't worry - she'll figure it out, and if like me she's a bit, erm, 'special' about her eating habits (ha ha), then she'll quickly figure how to do it tidly and still get away with the spoon-tip.
BTW... try it yourself, you don't know what you're missing!! ------------- Andie |