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Plates: when do they stop being toys?
« on: July 22, 2011, 15:11:08 pm »
Squish can't eat off a plate or out of a bowl. She loves them, but has to pick them up, throw all the food on her highchair tray, and play with them. Then she might put some of the food back on and have herself a little giggle. Eating doesn't feature.

So generally with finger foods, I have her food on a plate on the worktop (out of her reach!) and I'll pass her bits when she's ready for them. That way she lashes through the food (she loves finger food as long as it's crispy on the outside, soft in the middle, not too hot, not too cold, and not bland).

I'm just making things worse for myself, amn't I? I suspect I just need to let her get on with throwing stuff everywhere till she gets over the novelty of it all?

I haven't even thought about cutlery yet...
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Re: Plates: when do they stop being toys?
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2011, 17:54:04 pm »
we didn't bother with plates or bowls for a long time - just popped finger foods straight onto his highchair tray.
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Re: Plates: when do they stop being toys?
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2011, 19:01:03 pm »
LOL.  How old is Squish?  Austin has been using cutlery for some time now, maybe a year or more I'd say.  You might think about giving it a try if just to see what she does with it.  For a while Austin ate a lot more since he liked the novelty of it all!  But as for plates we occasionally use them but they usually end up on the floor so I generally just put his food on the tray as Claire said.  He'll get it eventually!  :)
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Re: Plates: when do they stop being toys?
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2011, 20:20:59 pm »
As pps’ said we mainly used finger foods, I used this mat when out and about:


http://www.amazon.com/Kiddopotamus-10319-Tinydiner-Placemat-Green/dp/B000TVWIPU

IF giving dd something in a bowl (although I mainly finger fed but sometimes I gave her yoghurt) I’d be with her all the time as would be feeding her from it and would use the stick on bowls in case of sudden movements and did find these good but found he stick on cutlery very hard to use.
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Re: Plates: when do they stop being toys?
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2011, 20:32:21 pm »
My guy couldn't do plates until recently, he is 2 and a half.  There is nothing wrong with the way you are feeding her.  I'd just put his finger foods on the tray and he'd eat off of that.  He asked for the cutlery when he was ready because he wanted to be like us.
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Re: Plates: when do they stop being toys?
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2011, 02:41:43 am »
We have that Kiddopotomous mat too - it's the best!!
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