Do you remember the scene from
Ghost
where Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze get their entirety with mud?
Well that is nothing compared to the explosion of stains and food that you will have after trying the
Baby led weaning
.
This
cool, fashionable and amazing
English term
is the equivalent of “baby-led weaning”, “complementary feeding” or, to be honest, “that the child, with only his hands, destroys what is on the plate, throws the plate on the floor, fill up your ears with shit and end up eating something. "
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'Baby-led weaning': are children ready to eat alone?
The 'Baby-Led-Weaning' or that your baby eat pieces and not purees can save you orthodontics
It is neither quick nor clean nor too practical, but it is fascinating to see your creature gain autonomy and empowerment as it spreads whole and devours happily.
To raise autonomous children who eat alone, we can skip the stage of the supermarket or pharmacy food or combine it with the months of children's tasting menu.
Of course, before you have to examine parenting books or the typical maternal website to see what foods you can eat in each month of life, that even if the child has little
teeth,
the pizza is still not worth it.
The good thing is that this age any new flavor blows them away.
You feed a baby broccoli and it looks like it's three Michelin stars.
(Enjoy the moment, because in no time you'll be protesting every dish you don't feel like.)
In return, everything has to be without salt or sauces.
If you intend to share your food with them without cooking more, prepare to return to the original flavors ... Any doctor would tell you that this is good for hypertension, but how bland everything is ...
The little ones learn to chew and swallow ... And to spit to avoid choking.
The survival instinct is innate and fabulous.
They are already programmed so that no piece of food closes the ducts.
Here the role of parents is specified in preparing small pieces so that children do not drown, but large or long enough so that they can hold them well.
And above all, remain calm to monitor them during the process without worrying yourself ahead of time or giving in to the instinct to put your finger in their mouth to remove the obstacle, which can be worse.
If you look at it on the positive side, you save the gym.
Out of every five pieces caught with the baby… five will fall to the ground.
And between the time you bend over to pick it up, you go to the kitchen to pass it some water and come back, you are already training for a half marathon.
And if you also want the floor and the high chair to be spotless, you will have to wax, polish Mr. Miyagi-style wax, which validates your karate.
As a bonus, we also go into the phase of solid poop and sometimes with stumbling, depending on how they chew.
To all this, if you have dogs, they will be more than delighted with the
Baby led weaning
.
They have never had so much free buffet at their disposal.
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