If you’ve ever tried to feed an infant and even toddlers, you know how finicky they can be about what they want to eat.
You often end up arguing with them, perhaps even threatening them with fire and brimstone, often to no avail. In the end, you’d probably need to use a few tricks such as the old airplane and hangar trick (i.e., the mouth is the “hangar” and the spoon with the food in it is the “airplane” that needs to land inside the “hangar”).
Watch the adorable video of the baby below.
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But in this adorable video, one toddler can be seen happily sitting in a large bowl full of cereal with a jug of milk beside her. Not only that, she looks like she’s totally enjoying munching on those Cheerios even as half her body is buried in them.
Obviously, no one feeds their toddler this way nor keeps a bowl this large at home so it looks like a promotional video of some sort. But it’s still a cute sight and it’s kind of satisfying to see a toddler who actually wants to eat.
When it comes to feeding toddlers, the temptation is really high to just feed them what they want just as long as they eat something. That is a valid concern but one should also be aware of what they’re feeding their children.
A lot of what tastes good to children are often loaded with sugar, such as cereals. If one is not careful, this can pave the way for a toddler to develop childhood obesity. It’s a difficult condition that opens a child up to more serious diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. It can also affect the child’s sense of self-confidence, negative aspects that a child surely won’t thank their parents for.
It’s really a difficult balance to keep the child interested in eating while at the same time ensuring that they get the proper nutrition that they need.
There’s really no set formula for this and every parent will have to find out what approach works best for their child. The main guiding principle is to make sure that the child doesn’t get too used to having sugary food in their diet.
One way is to limit the giving of sugary food to treats or as a dessert or as a reward for eating more nutritious food. Again, it all depends on the child’s personality and the parent’s philosophy but as long as the child’s welfare is kept paramount, you should be okay.
In the meantime, this is still an adorable video to watch!
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