How to Teach Your Toddler to Self Feed
Teaching a toddler to self feed can be messy and occasionally frustrating, but it is an important step in his development. According to the website www.Babycenter.com, your toddler might show signs of readiness to self feed when he can use a spoon himself.
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Instructions
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Give your toddler a toddler-sized fork or spoon with every meal, whether you feed her or not. This will introduce her to holding a utensil on her own. Out of curiousity, she probably will put the utensil in her mouth.
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Demonstrate how to properly use the utensil while you feed both your toddler and yourself. Explain how to hold the utensil and how to pick up food and then put it in your mouth.
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Give your toddler a plastic bowl filled with a soft food such as yogurt or applesauce, once she has become comfortable with holding and practicing using a utensil.
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Allow your toddler to feed herself with her utensil. You can guide her hand and show her how to pick up the food on the utensil and get it in her mouth if needed.
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Tips & Warnings
A plastic mat under your toddler's highchair will catch any unintentional mess made in the learning process.
