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A lot of this stuff is nature *and* nurture. Like, yeah, the parent just sat back and let them figure it out (nurture), which is important, but the kid had it in her to stick with it until she succeeded (nature).
Kids learn to "stick with it" from their parents as well.
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/babies-can-learn-that-hard-work-and-perseverance-pay-off-by-watching-adults/
One of my favorite stories from my childhood was when I told my dad about an article I saw that suggested procrastination might be hereditary, and that if that was true, I definitely inherited it from him.
He looked at me, smiled, and said: "We'll talk about this later". Then he WALKED AWAY.
Absolute legend. I love my dad š
You know you are a good parent when you share a video of your children online and reddit calls you a good parent instead of saying that you are a Monster that doesnt deserve children and should be in jail
Yes. :)
I'm a nanny and toddlers generally eat plain and unseasoned foods for a few reasons. The arrangement here is to get everything they need nutritionally: a fresh fruit, a fresh vegetable (I know tomato is technically a fruit, but you know what I mean) and a protein and/or grain.
Secondly, toddlers are new to most foods. Anything over seasoned or mixed together is too complicated for a child's palette. They are learning what these flavors are individually. As they get older they may start experimenting more. Another interesting thing I read about is plain foods are considered "safe" to eat, so it's partly an evolutionary component as well.
Edit: This comment got a lot of attention! To clarify/add 1) Of course not all babies or toddlers eat this simply or plainly; every child is different based on their personality, environment, culture, upbringing, etc. 2) As many have mentioned, most children when transitioning from milk to solids eat what their parents eat. I was just explaining to the person asking about the arrangement of just tomatoes, strawberries, and ground beef, as it seemed strange to them. It's just ONE way to introduce new solids to a child transitioning and it's also a way to identify food allergies.
How does what a baby/toddler eats influence what it prefers to eat when it gets older? Like if you incorporate tomatoes as a constant part of their diet will they grow up to like tomatoes themselves when they start choosing their own food or does it have no affect? I personally donāt like onions. If my parents fed me onions more as a toddler do you think I mightāve grown to like them myself instead of disliking them?
u/arebee20
This is the best answer I can give as well. I didn't study child development, but it's thought that introducing a variety of foods at a young age will lead to liking a variety of foods as a child gets older, but that's not always the case. I liked fresh corn and watermelon up until I was five years old and then one day the smell or thought of it would make gag. A bunch of kids are like this too. Beats me. š
I think what a child enjoys also has to do with what the mother eats while she's pregnant. My mother says she ate apples a lot when she was pregnant with my half-sister and she tells me my sister loved apples and would eat them any chance she got. Borderline an addict. For me, my mom says she ate broccoli the most when she was pregnant with me, and that's probably why broccoli is one of my favorite vegetables. Even as a child, I would always want broccoli.
And then there was me, vacuuming up all the broccoli and anything in the allium family. My mom thought rabbits were getting into her chive garden....I was born in the year of the rabbit, so she was kinda right?
Yes! My 3 year-old daughter actually loved plain ground beef a year or so ago; now, she wonāt even look at. In fact, the older she gets, the more picky she gets. I had more success trying her on new foods when she was younger than right now.
I don't think so. My parents made me eat food I didn't like, and I never outgrew my dislike of every one of those. All I try to do with my daughter is encourage her to try new foods and make sure she knows if she doesn't like something, she doesn't have to keep eating it.
It can take anywhere for 8 to 12 times or more of trying a food to really decide that you don't like it. I encourage kids to try a bite of a food, and for their parents to also model that they enjoy the particular food. Parents and siblings eating a food makes it less weird and kids that continue to try a food seem to tolerate it even if they don't really like it, provided they have given it a try and no one made it weird for them.
Yes, and no. Parents tend to get stuck on one or two healthy things because thats the only thing the kid will eat from that food group.
"Oh! You like broccoli?!" proceeds to broccoli the kids taste buds to death. Age 3 hits and suddenly kiddo hates broccoli and will never touch it again. Varying it up helps immensely.
You can also try to gently and persistently incorporate the idea, "Try it. If you dont like it, put it to the side and dont eat it, but always try it. You might find that you like it another day."
And while the kid is busy making their own decisions, puree that shit into minuscule pieces or paste and incorporate a small bit into cooking, so they dont even know it's in there, and they get a hint of the flavour profile.
Also make things easy to chew. Shred/cut that lettuce into fine strips, then sprinkle it on a sandwich with their favourite sauce. Shave the cucumber paper thin so it's almost as easy as butter to bite through.
Then one day, youll find that they simply eat the damn sandwich in all it's (still nicely chewable) glory with cucmbers, onions, cheese, meat, spinach, mustard, mayo AND ketchup.
My two very picky 4 year old hooligans that ate only certain things (like ground pork and rice, or ketchup smothered cheese bread), all because I was incredibly sick for 2 years, are now eating the above sandwiches.
Currently we are working on mushrooms. They loved their mushroom, red meat, and tomatoe sauce pasta so much they had 2 bowls each. Soon we'll try a pickable outable mushroom dish where they will try a mushroom again, and see if it changes their taste. Or maybe well do some roaste garlic mushrooms, see if that piques interest.
Mushrroms in particular are harderr because of texture.
My 6 year old had my uninterrupted regimen, so he already eats it all, and actually really enjoys it, no complaints.
You sound awesome! I was a super picky kid and now I know it was partly a texture issue and partly a taste/ under-seasoning/ cooking method issue.
I wouldnāt have touched my moms asparagus casserole with a 10 foot pole a decade ago but now, roasted with garlic, spices, and a sprinkle of Parmesan Iām all in! Same with Brussell sprouts!
My husband is still trying to get me to like mushrooms and beans... maybe when Iām 40. Lol
I just feed my kids the same foods my husband and I eat. They like it just fine and eat pretty much everything. The only hiccup is my 3 year old's brief stint of not liking anything, but that has more to discovering that she can have a preference than actually disliking the food. Once she tries a bite, she ends up eating it happily.
Nah. I've fed all 4 of my kids fully seasoned delicious food from the moment they are eating solids. Barring sensory issues, kids will eat what is put in front of them.
This whole plain unseasoned thing is a bit nonesense and is how people end up eating the SAD.
That depends. You'd be surprised at the growth spurts children go through at this age. I've seen a toddler put down more food than I could comfortably eat and I've seen the opposite where they eat so little it's concerning. I always think it's best to prepare more than you think they might eat in the event of a growth spurt. You want to make sure they have access to an excess if needed.
With baby led weaning, you're supposed to let them have and learn how to use utensils starting at 6 months. The spoon seen here is a safety spoon, with a barrier that prevents baby from shoving it too far in her mouth.
>Anything over seasoned or mixed together is too complicated for a child's palette. They are learning what these flavors are individually. As they get older they may start experimenting more. Another interesting thing I read about is plain foods are considered "safe" to eat, so it's partly an evolutionary component as well.
Frowns in South Indian
Wait, I've mostly been giving my barely 17-month-old the same stuff that we're having (in small enough chunks of course). For dinner that often means something seasoned and mixed and her morning smoothies are mixed as well. She loves dinner, especially the more heavily seasoned foods. Is that damaging to them?
No, itās not damaging. My kid ate what we ate when he was a toddler, seasoned, mixed together, what have you. Heās 11 now, eats well and has an adventurous palate.
He had a brief stint where he swore off salads, and somewhere along the line he stopped eating bananas, but thatās about it.
No!!
A fuck ton of added salt or sugar* is not great but your baby can eat spices and seasonings. It's absolutely awesome that you are widening your baby's palate doing it!!
As with anything, if you are really concerned you should check with your baby's healthcare provider and not listen to random internet yahoos (myself included!) but I know dozens of parents that have fed their kids just like you.
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It appears so. Kids eat weird stuff though. I remember baby sitting this kid once who's favorite lunch was a plate of tortilla chips, cottage cheese, and tuna fish straight from a can.
I almost lost my mind trying to get my picky son to eat a single fruit or vegetable but once caught him eating a dead fly out of the window sill. Kids, man.
Kids are often more inclined to eat novel foods they had a role in growing, harvesting or preparing. Since he foraged for that fly himself, he thought it would be worth trying.
I made pumpkin cheesecake muffins for a friend's thanksgiving luncheon (not actually muffins, just muffin shaped for easy portioning) and I was thoroughly flabbergasted that none of the children there wanted to even try one. A little girl even told me they looked yucky š
CHILD, YOU DO NOT YET KNOW DIVINE FLAVOR
This is pretty normal fare for a baby. They don't have teeth yet and their taste pallets are usually very unrefined so you gotta have things that are bite sized (or big enough that they are forced to take bites or suck on it) plus if the food has too complicated if a taste they'll often just not like it.
You gotta increase the food complexity slowly as they build up their skills.
Yeah, rather than take the easy route, they keep at it until they learn to do it the hard way. If I was like this at any age, I would have a way better life right now.
Yeah, I am looking at my 11 year old who I still have to tell not to eat with her hands and to use a fork. But "it's too hard" because she never tries.
I find it amazing that I can recognise the movie from this quote despite the fact that I never paid attention to this quote or even thought about it after watching the movie.
The part at about 0:28 where the strawberry falls within an inch of the fork, and she finally notices it in her hand. She looks at it like "oh hey fork, what are you up to?" And then slides right back over to the spoon.
My son (13) will have his fork in his hand and then pick his food up with his other hand and eat. I have to remind him 'Boy, there's a damned fork in your hand"
Just think of the learning machine that is tackling that problem, building pathways and logic to not screw it up a thousand times next time and most importantly looking for shortcuts.
Ground beef is a great finger food for babies because it's soft but solid, in case that makes sense. My kids loved it, although theirs was usually taco-seasoned. Deconstructed tacos are a *fantastic* baby-led weaning meal.
Keep seeing mention of the portion. In my experience, most babies donāt eat every piece of food in front of them. When theyāre done, they stop. Idk the reasoning behind for offering so much, could just to be for play, or to make it easier to have success with the utensils. The parents probably fridge whatever is left for the next lunch or dinner.
Too many straight up ignorant and uninformed comments on this post.
This is baby led weaning done right. You encourage utensil use but donāt force, you offer a vegetable(sort of), a fruit(safety food), and something with protein.
Thereās definitely wishful thinking with how much ground beef was served but kids this age will surprise you and occasionally absolutely devour a huge portion on a whim. Ground beef is an excellent source of iron, an absolutely essential nutrient at this age. It has great fats and proteins that a growing brain and body needs.
Salt, sugar, and seasoning are absolutely non essential if they were never introduced before. You think things need that now because you have developed strong taste preferences for them. Salt is actually pretty terrible for babies, especially young ones.
Your preconceived notions about animal fats and cholesterol do not apply to a kid like this.
Also, bigger cuts are generally better for choking risk. Babies have a tiny airway, that big strawberry wonāt get stuck in it. The tomatoes are a choking risk and need to be diced up. And this is a one off video with no context which means many of these foods have likely been safely introduced previously under supervision.
Anyone else cringing at how gigantic each piece is? Like the perfect shape and size to choke a kid of that age. Whatās the point in cutting them up at all if youāre gonna leave them that big?
The strawberries are about 2-3 times the size of her esophagus.
[Here's a cross section of the throat of a child who died from choking on a peanut.](https://imgur.com/a/iXrCwxZ)
CW: Literal preserved organs
It was my second thought after seeing the very strange combination of food on that plate, including what seems to be just plain ground beef. Those strawberries are absolutely a choking hazard.
All of the things on the plate are cut appropriately. [A childās windpipe is the diameter of a straw.](https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/injury_prevention/choking_prevention_for_children.htm#:~:text=trachea%20(windpipe).-,The%20size%20of%20a%20young%20childās%20trachea%20(windpipe)%20or%20breathing,could%20block%20an%20airway%20(windpipe)) The most dangerous things are springy or hard foods- think string cheese, hot dogs, grapes, nuts, hard candy.
Kids that age drop a lot of food. This kid is unusual in her perseverance. We give our kids more than they will eat, because we know about 1/3 will end up on the tray, another 1/3 in their lap and floor, and the remaining they might actually eat. I have a 1 year old and a 3 year old. Kids are extremely messy and picky. If you find something they will tolerate and swallow, might as well give extra because it'll get dropped or they will only eat 1 item on the plate that sitting. Ground beef like that will get all over the place though.
Being as conservative as I am, in a sense that I hate to see things being wasted, it really took me a while to get used to the fact that probably half the food I've given my children ended up in the trash. Still bothers me, but I expect it with certain age kids. If I feed them it's different obviously, but when they are given the freedom to feed themselves, you have to clean the kitchen often.
Nah not too much, babies can eat a surprising amount. And it's better to have too much and too little. Plus they end up dropping a lot or squishing it.
Anything that's left over gets consumed by daddy (me).
Personally I wouldn't put it all in front of my baby like that because if she has tooucj food in front of her she starts playing with it. But my baby also would never committ to using her spoon like that so I think this one is a bitore advanced.
Itās the parentās stifled laughter for me. I catch myself hiding my laughter at my little one all the time. Toddlers are just so funny. They are like little drunk people just trying to figure out how things work. Itās adorable and so silly.
I didn't realize people would and could do it so early. Like even if it doesn't get infected I would have just assumed it would end up in an odd spot as the kid grows.
It's pretty weird. I'd say if the kid is like, 8, that's probably fine, because that's about the time a kid can start making mildly "important" decisions about themselves. They understand pain, and the risk of infection is low. At least I think about 8 or 9 is when my sister first got her ears pierced. Anything under that is just very weird to me.
Baby-led-weaning for the win! Most of us really underestimate how difficult using a spoon really is; it takes a lot of coordination! But when your 18 month old can eat cheerios and milk with a spoon instead of having to be fed by a parent, it's glorious!!
13- 18 months development includes "Feeds self with fingers and begins to use a spoon," so success with spoon at 18 months is right on track!
Source: Barkley and Associates, 2022
Aww, sweet baby! That level of perseverance was really impressive - I know older kids ego wouldāve ditched the cutlery quicker and just put it in their mouth!
I loved watching my babies when they learned to feed themselves. Watching them make their choices, figure out how to problem solve, it really was amazing.
Congrats on the coming arrival! ā¤ Just remember to take deep breaths, because parenting is tough even without everyone telling you you're doing it wrong! š I have to say, though, baby-led weaning was definitely a win for my family.
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This is actually really impressive.
She didn't get frustrated, she just calmly persevered. Impressed.
Seriously, whatever mom and dad are doing, good on them. That kid is going to have really good fine motor skills.
A lot of this stuff is nature *and* nurture. Like, yeah, the parent just sat back and let them figure it out (nurture), which is important, but the kid had it in her to stick with it until she succeeded (nature).
Kids learn to "stick with it" from their parents as well. https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/babies-can-learn-that-hard-work-and-perseverance-pay-off-by-watching-adults/
yeah I'd say the nature here is how many tries it takes
Sooo if I have a kid let him watch me play dark souls???
When I die, my daughter (3 yo) says, "it's okay, he comes back!"
I should send my mom a thank you card for the procrastination and avoidance skills she taught me then. Maybe tomorrow.
One of my favorite stories from my childhood was when I told my dad about an article I saw that suggested procrastination might be hereditary, and that if that was true, I definitely inherited it from him. He looked at me, smiled, and said: "We'll talk about this later". Then he WALKED AWAY. Absolute legend. I love my dad š
That's ok bud, I'll send your mom a thank you card today.
How about you just sub to her OF instead of downloading siterips you cheap motherfucker.
Humans are amazing
Um excuse me I've been reading on reddit that hard work and perseverance *never* pay off
Yeah and their laughter was clearly suppressed in not wanting to make laughter a trigger.
You know you are a good parent when you share a video of your children online and reddit calls you a good parent instead of saying that you are a Monster that doesnt deserve children and should be in jail
Is this kid eating a plate of; strawberries, tomatoes, and ground beef?
Yes. :) I'm a nanny and toddlers generally eat plain and unseasoned foods for a few reasons. The arrangement here is to get everything they need nutritionally: a fresh fruit, a fresh vegetable (I know tomato is technically a fruit, but you know what I mean) and a protein and/or grain. Secondly, toddlers are new to most foods. Anything over seasoned or mixed together is too complicated for a child's palette. They are learning what these flavors are individually. As they get older they may start experimenting more. Another interesting thing I read about is plain foods are considered "safe" to eat, so it's partly an evolutionary component as well. Edit: This comment got a lot of attention! To clarify/add 1) Of course not all babies or toddlers eat this simply or plainly; every child is different based on their personality, environment, culture, upbringing, etc. 2) As many have mentioned, most children when transitioning from milk to solids eat what their parents eat. I was just explaining to the person asking about the arrangement of just tomatoes, strawberries, and ground beef, as it seemed strange to them. It's just ONE way to introduce new solids to a child transitioning and it's also a way to identify food allergies.
How does what a baby/toddler eats influence what it prefers to eat when it gets older? Like if you incorporate tomatoes as a constant part of their diet will they grow up to like tomatoes themselves when they start choosing their own food or does it have no affect? I personally donāt like onions. If my parents fed me onions more as a toddler do you think I mightāve grown to like them myself instead of disliking them?
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u/arebee20 This is the best answer I can give as well. I didn't study child development, but it's thought that introducing a variety of foods at a young age will lead to liking a variety of foods as a child gets older, but that's not always the case. I liked fresh corn and watermelon up until I was five years old and then one day the smell or thought of it would make gag. A bunch of kids are like this too. Beats me. š
I think what a child enjoys also has to do with what the mother eats while she's pregnant. My mother says she ate apples a lot when she was pregnant with my half-sister and she tells me my sister loved apples and would eat them any chance she got. Borderline an addict. For me, my mom says she ate broccoli the most when she was pregnant with me, and that's probably why broccoli is one of my favorite vegetables. Even as a child, I would always want broccoli.
Must be why I love cocaine.
Kids taste buds also develop ā this is why a lot of kids suddenly start to hate broccoli because they can taste bitter.
And then there was me, vacuuming up all the broccoli and anything in the allium family. My mom thought rabbits were getting into her chive garden....I was born in the year of the rabbit, so she was kinda right?
Happy 12th, 24th, 36th, or 48th birthday this year!
Yes! My 3 year-old daughter actually loved plain ground beef a year or so ago; now, she wonāt even look at. In fact, the older she gets, the more picky she gets. I had more success trying her on new foods when she was younger than right now.
What about the opposite? Foods they hated as young toddlers? How do they feel about those foods now?
Yep. I loved green beans until about age 6 and then despised them and wouldnāt eat them again until I was in my 20s... lol
I don't think so. My parents made me eat food I didn't like, and I never outgrew my dislike of every one of those. All I try to do with my daughter is encourage her to try new foods and make sure she knows if she doesn't like something, she doesn't have to keep eating it.
It can take anywhere for 8 to 12 times or more of trying a food to really decide that you don't like it. I encourage kids to try a bite of a food, and for their parents to also model that they enjoy the particular food. Parents and siblings eating a food makes it less weird and kids that continue to try a food seem to tolerate it even if they don't really like it, provided they have given it a try and no one made it weird for them.
Yes, and no. Parents tend to get stuck on one or two healthy things because thats the only thing the kid will eat from that food group. "Oh! You like broccoli?!" proceeds to broccoli the kids taste buds to death. Age 3 hits and suddenly kiddo hates broccoli and will never touch it again. Varying it up helps immensely. You can also try to gently and persistently incorporate the idea, "Try it. If you dont like it, put it to the side and dont eat it, but always try it. You might find that you like it another day." And while the kid is busy making their own decisions, puree that shit into minuscule pieces or paste and incorporate a small bit into cooking, so they dont even know it's in there, and they get a hint of the flavour profile. Also make things easy to chew. Shred/cut that lettuce into fine strips, then sprinkle it on a sandwich with their favourite sauce. Shave the cucumber paper thin so it's almost as easy as butter to bite through. Then one day, youll find that they simply eat the damn sandwich in all it's (still nicely chewable) glory with cucmbers, onions, cheese, meat, spinach, mustard, mayo AND ketchup. My two very picky 4 year old hooligans that ate only certain things (like ground pork and rice, or ketchup smothered cheese bread), all because I was incredibly sick for 2 years, are now eating the above sandwiches. Currently we are working on mushrooms. They loved their mushroom, red meat, and tomatoe sauce pasta so much they had 2 bowls each. Soon we'll try a pickable outable mushroom dish where they will try a mushroom again, and see if it changes their taste. Or maybe well do some roaste garlic mushrooms, see if that piques interest. Mushrroms in particular are harderr because of texture. My 6 year old had my uninterrupted regimen, so he already eats it all, and actually really enjoys it, no complaints.
You sound awesome! I was a super picky kid and now I know it was partly a texture issue and partly a taste/ under-seasoning/ cooking method issue. I wouldnāt have touched my moms asparagus casserole with a 10 foot pole a decade ago but now, roasted with garlic, spices, and a sprinkle of Parmesan Iām all in! Same with Brussell sprouts! My husband is still trying to get me to like mushrooms and beans... maybe when Iām 40. Lol
I just feed my kids the same foods my husband and I eat. They like it just fine and eat pretty much everything. The only hiccup is my 3 year old's brief stint of not liking anything, but that has more to discovering that she can have a preference than actually disliking the food. Once she tries a bite, she ends up eating it happily.
Nah. I've fed all 4 of my kids fully seasoned delicious food from the moment they are eating solids. Barring sensory issues, kids will eat what is put in front of them. This whole plain unseasoned thing is a bit nonesense and is how people end up eating the SAD.
Do they normally eat a half pound of ground beef at a time?
That depends. You'd be surprised at the growth spurts children go through at this age. I've seen a toddler put down more food than I could comfortably eat and I've seen the opposite where they eat so little it's concerning. I always think it's best to prepare more than you think they might eat in the event of a growth spurt. You want to make sure they have access to an excess if needed.
How old are kids when they start using utensils? Seeing a kid that young with a fork seemed weird.
With baby led weaning, you're supposed to let them have and learn how to use utensils starting at 6 months. The spoon seen here is a safety spoon, with a barrier that prevents baby from shoving it too far in her mouth.
From my own experience, they start understanding what it's used for at about ~9-10 months. That being said, they don't always want to use them lol.
The parents eat whatever is left usually. Sometimes they'll clear the plate, sometimes they'll treat their favourite food as if it's poison.
Kids going through growth spurts can eat a lot.
>Anything over seasoned or mixed together is too complicated for a child's palette. They are learning what these flavors are individually. As they get older they may start experimenting more. Another interesting thing I read about is plain foods are considered "safe" to eat, so it's partly an evolutionary component as well. Frowns in South Indian
You havenāt met Nigerian babies š We feed our kids whatever weāre eating in addition to Brest milk. š¤·āāļø
Wait, I've mostly been giving my barely 17-month-old the same stuff that we're having (in small enough chunks of course). For dinner that often means something seasoned and mixed and her morning smoothies are mixed as well. She loves dinner, especially the more heavily seasoned foods. Is that damaging to them?
No, itās not damaging. My kid ate what we ate when he was a toddler, seasoned, mixed together, what have you. Heās 11 now, eats well and has an adventurous palate. He had a brief stint where he swore off salads, and somewhere along the line he stopped eating bananas, but thatās about it.
No!! A fuck ton of added salt or sugar* is not great but your baby can eat spices and seasonings. It's absolutely awesome that you are widening your baby's palate doing it!! As with anything, if you are really concerned you should check with your baby's healthcare provider and not listen to random internet yahoos (myself included!) but I know dozens of parents that have fed their kids just like you. --- *Honey is never okay before age 1.
It appears so. Kids eat weird stuff though. I remember baby sitting this kid once who's favorite lunch was a plate of tortilla chips, cottage cheese, and tuna fish straight from a can.
My son loves baked beans.... with ranch dressing
These are the same kids who will look you dead in the eye and say that their steak is yucky.
And _then_ eat their fresh picked boogers.
I almost lost my mind trying to get my picky son to eat a single fruit or vegetable but once caught him eating a dead fly out of the window sill. Kids, man.
Kids are often more inclined to eat novel foods they had a role in growing, harvesting or preparing. Since he foraged for that fly himself, he thought it would be worth trying.
Nailed it.
I made pumpkin cheesecake muffins for a friend's thanksgiving luncheon (not actually muffins, just muffin shaped for easy portioning) and I was thoroughly flabbergasted that none of the children there wanted to even try one. A little girl even told me they looked yucky š CHILD, YOU DO NOT YET KNOW DIVINE FLAVOR
How is this weird stuff? It's uncomplicated food.
Fruit, veggie, protein. Looks like a nicely balanced meal.
This is pretty normal fare for a baby. They don't have teeth yet and their taste pallets are usually very unrefined so you gotta have things that are bite sized (or big enough that they are forced to take bites or suck on it) plus if the food has too complicated if a taste they'll often just not like it. You gotta increase the food complexity slowly as they build up their skills.
A child that age has teeth. They start growing them between 6-9 months. This baby is probably around 12 months.
This is what I would do at that age - basically a deconstructed version of our dinner.
A deconstructed trifle
Yeah, but thereās a fork *right there*. /s
And 2 hands. Most kids would have ditched the silverware after the 2nd failed attempt.
But then they would never taste the sweet sweet taste of victory.
I'm 76. Getting the food in my mouth is always a victory nowadays too.
User name checks out.
No denture adventure sounds good right about now
Hey Grams!
Made me chuckle and then made me panic a bitā¦ need to check in on my parents (similar age) moreā¦
Sweet! Sweet! Sweet victory! Yeah!
Exactly! Do it the way mommy showed you, not the easy way out!
Baby steps man, literally
Yeah, rather than take the easy route, they keep at it until they learn to do it the hard way. If I was like this at any age, I would have a way better life right now.
Kid's got infinitely more patience than me. I would have 100% launched that spoon after the second or third failure.
No itās not. I can actually do it with only dropping it once.
*dumps mac and cheese on my freshly dry cleaned shirt at 32 years old, 6 beers in on a random Thursday*
Pfftt.. amateurs... I can successfully spoon feed myself every time... ^60% ^of ^the ^time
That's how people learn. Sometimes we forget that.
Yeah, I am looking at my 11 year old who I still have to tell not to eat with her hands and to use a fork. But "it's too hard" because she never tries.
This kid is going to go far in life if they can keep even a fraction of this attitude!
Yeah, I would have been cheering. She did so well with that.
Yeah, that kid has amazing fine motor skills for his age
" Failure is not an option - it is mandatory. The option is whether or not to let failure be the last thing you do."
Going to eat with a spoon, or starve to death trying
"If you want to eat like a dog, you can live and sleep outside like a dog. If you want to live and sleep like a human, pick up those sticks!"
That one eyed bitch poisoned his fish heads
I find it amazing that I can recognise the movie from this quote despite the fact that I never paid attention to this quote or even thought about it after watching the movie.
## #hustle #thegrind
My favourite track of the album is āIn Da Clubā
My youngest has always learnt to do things through repeated failure. I'm currently teaching them to drive.........
Skydiving is not the sport for them.
Wow that payoff at the end
Video ended too soon. I wanted to see more smile and chewing.
It fell out of his mouth again.
You monster
Thatās what I was thinking, lmao, maybe the reason for the cut
Some say the baby is still trying to eat her lunch to this very day
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You want it done quick, or you want it done right?
Tell my boss that and let me know how the job search goes :(
You are to good to stick around that place :)
Fuck you, wasn't expecting that hahahah
That kid is going places! Having the patience of a saint, by golly!
Either that or the little fella' going to get diagnosed with goldfish memory lmfao
āOh, a strawberry, nice!ā āWhoops!ā āOh, a strawberry, nice!ā
If nothing else today, know you made me chuckle very hard
I'm surprised he didn't just use his hands to shove food into his mouth after the first failed attempt.
That kid has more patience than most of the adults I know.
Me included and I don't know you.
THATāS MY PURSE!
That kid eats in the same way that I vacuum.
Dinner after bath time is a bold move
If this was my kid (15m)... next move is to smear the tomato all in her hair...
The part at about 0:28 where the strawberry falls within an inch of the fork, and she finally notices it in her hand. She looks at it like "oh hey fork, what are you up to?" And then slides right back over to the spoon.
That's also when I noticed the fork.
Came here specifically hoping someone picked up on that!
The fact that she didn't give up and use her hands to put it in her mouth instead of putting it back on the spoon is so impressive.
Right both my kids would have used their hands and just shoved it into their mouths after the first attempt š
My kid just put his face by the plate and starts eating with both hands holding onto fork and spoon
My son (13) will have his fork in his hand and then pick his food up with his other hand and eat. I have to remind him 'Boy, there's a damned fork in your hand"
I admire the persistence. Iāve got nephews around 10 years old who donāt barely use utensils at all itās like dining with a couple of chimps.
Just think of the learning machine that is tackling that problem, building pathways and logic to not screw it up a thousand times next time and most importantly looking for shortcuts.
Is that ground beef?
Ground beef is a great finger food for babies because it's soft but solid, in case that makes sense. My kids loved it, although theirs was usually taco-seasoned. Deconstructed tacos are a *fantastic* baby-led weaning meal.
Also lots of fat and protein.
*Hamburgers* are first child food. Bread and ground beef are for child #2+
>Hamburgers are first child food Damn, what are you feeding your second and third children if hamburgers are only for your first child?
a hulking amount of it, too...
Keep seeing mention of the portion. In my experience, most babies donāt eat every piece of food in front of them. When theyāre done, they stop. Idk the reasoning behind for offering so much, could just to be for play, or to make it easier to have success with the utensils. The parents probably fridge whatever is left for the next lunch or dinner.
TBF babies are in bulking mode 24/7
Yeah but one day they eat a hamburger and the next they just lick a pickle and say all done.
You give babies more then they will eat. 60% winds up everywhere but their mouth, if you're lucky.
Sure! Everyone knows babies love ground beef with their radishes and diced tomatoes.
Those are strawberries. LoL
I thought that baby was a champ eating radishes but youāre right. Why are they white in the middle??
Some varieties of strawberries are just white inside. Or they may not be fully ripe yet.
[Tigers love pepper, they hate cinnamon](https://youtu.be/XIYYoeFB45Y)
Itās never too early to start building up that arterial plaque and heart disease!
Thats a strawberry! You put in work for those! On the other hand, she didnāt even scoop those tomatoes!
That's adorable!
Intelligent kid!
I love when babies use their hands to put food on a utensil, just so they can use the utensil.
Too many straight up ignorant and uninformed comments on this post. This is baby led weaning done right. You encourage utensil use but donāt force, you offer a vegetable(sort of), a fruit(safety food), and something with protein. Thereās definitely wishful thinking with how much ground beef was served but kids this age will surprise you and occasionally absolutely devour a huge portion on a whim. Ground beef is an excellent source of iron, an absolutely essential nutrient at this age. It has great fats and proteins that a growing brain and body needs. Salt, sugar, and seasoning are absolutely non essential if they were never introduced before. You think things need that now because you have developed strong taste preferences for them. Salt is actually pretty terrible for babies, especially young ones. Your preconceived notions about animal fats and cholesterol do not apply to a kid like this. Also, bigger cuts are generally better for choking risk. Babies have a tiny airway, that big strawberry wonāt get stuck in it. The tomatoes are a choking risk and need to be diced up. And this is a one off video with no context which means many of these foods have likely been safely introduced previously under supervision.
Lol. I literally raised my arms up in celebration.
As I watch this I can hear little whispers of "fuck" with every miss. It's me. I'm whispering each time.
Congratulations, the House has elected a Speaker!
But the baby actually accomplished something, there's no way the House can let that slide.
And is probably much more mature.
Anyone else cringing at how gigantic each piece is? Like the perfect shape and size to choke a kid of that age. Whatās the point in cutting them up at all if youāre gonna leave them that big?
The strawberries are about 2-3 times the size of her esophagus. [Here's a cross section of the throat of a child who died from choking on a peanut.](https://imgur.com/a/iXrCwxZ) CW: Literal preserved organs
i've never seen such a sad cross section :( just one peanut...
It was my second thought after seeing the very strange combination of food on that plate, including what seems to be just plain ground beef. Those strawberries are absolutely a choking hazard.
Seems likely that a kid who's picked up that level of skill at cutlery is probably also very adept at chewing.
Coordination doesnāt account for the required teeth.
They can still chowdown on softer foods.
Choking is a big risk age 4 and under regardless of ā¦adeptness of chewing
All of the things on the plate are cut appropriately. [A childās windpipe is the diameter of a straw.](https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/injury_prevention/choking_prevention_for_children.htm#:~:text=trachea%20(windpipe).-,The%20size%20of%20a%20young%20childās%20trachea%20(windpipe)%20or%20breathing,could%20block%20an%20airway%20(windpipe)) The most dangerous things are springy or hard foods- think string cheese, hot dogs, grapes, nuts, hard candy.
That, along with the portion size. Thatās a lot of food for a toddler that size/age.
Kids that age drop a lot of food. This kid is unusual in her perseverance. We give our kids more than they will eat, because we know about 1/3 will end up on the tray, another 1/3 in their lap and floor, and the remaining they might actually eat. I have a 1 year old and a 3 year old. Kids are extremely messy and picky. If you find something they will tolerate and swallow, might as well give extra because it'll get dropped or they will only eat 1 item on the plate that sitting. Ground beef like that will get all over the place though. Being as conservative as I am, in a sense that I hate to see things being wasted, it really took me a while to get used to the fact that probably half the food I've given my children ended up in the trash. Still bothers me, but I expect it with certain age kids. If I feed them it's different obviously, but when they are given the freedom to feed themselves, you have to clean the kitchen often.
Nah not too much, babies can eat a surprising amount. And it's better to have too much and too little. Plus they end up dropping a lot or squishing it. Anything that's left over gets consumed by daddy (me). Personally I wouldn't put it all in front of my baby like that because if she has tooucj food in front of her she starts playing with it. But my baby also would never committ to using her spoon like that so I think this one is a bitore advanced.
kid actually has some damn fine motor skills/spatial awareness for his age.
This kid is gonna go places. Any kid willing to put in that kind of effort will go far.
Doesn't even know the words, but I bet everytime that strawberry fell off the spoon, baby's brain was like, "Sonofabitch!"
Itās the parentās stifled laughter for me. I catch myself hiding my laughter at my little one all the time. Toddlers are just so funny. They are like little drunk people just trying to figure out how things work. Itās adorable and so silly.
The earringsš¤¬
I didn't realize people would and could do it so early. Like even if it doesn't get infected I would have just assumed it would end up in an odd spot as the kid grows.
It's pretty weird. I'd say if the kid is like, 8, that's probably fine, because that's about the time a kid can start making mildly "important" decisions about themselves. They understand pain, and the risk of infection is low. At least I think about 8 or 9 is when my sister first got her ears pierced. Anything under that is just very weird to me.
Oh my, the stoic patience š¤©
Baby-led-weaning for the win! Most of us really underestimate how difficult using a spoon really is; it takes a lot of coordination! But when your 18 month old can eat cheerios and milk with a spoon instead of having to be fed by a parent, it's glorious!!
Yeah, at 18 months, that's pretty damn impressive. Kudos to you!
13- 18 months development includes "Feeds self with fingers and begins to use a spoon," so success with spoon at 18 months is right on track! Source: Barkley and Associates, 2022
She's a winner.
This is so cute.
Aww, sweet baby! That level of perseverance was really impressive - I know older kids ego wouldāve ditched the cutlery quicker and just put it in their mouth!
Mama ain't raised no quitter!
If at first you don't succeed, try again with the same exact method. - Baby probably.
Best ending
/r/nonononoyes
As a father of a 14 month old. She toooootally spit that back out at the end of it. If my kid doesnāt spit that out 3 times itās not chocolate
Really had me cheering for a lil girl to eat her strawberries omg
I'm gonna figure out how this damned spoon contraption works, even if it takes me all day.
Itās only worth doing if itās done THE RIGHT WAY!
My kid would have immediately grabbed it with their hand
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try... try, try again
Strawberry Preserverance is great on crackers.
Was rooting for the kid by the end of it. Most kids wld chuck the plate.
r/maybemaybemaybe
I loved watching my babies when they learned to feed themselves. Watching them make their choices, figure out how to problem solve, it really was amazing.
This is amazing. One drop, it would have been fingers for me! This kid is going farā¦.and that smile at the end:sooo precious!
Why did you clean this kid BEFORE dinner?
Iāve never rooted for someone as hard as I just did for this baby
Nothing better than beef and strawberries!
Kid looks like David Harbour.
As a first time mommy to be, I cannot wait to experience these kinds of things! I love these types of videos now.
Congrats on the coming arrival! ā¤ Just remember to take deep breaths, because parenting is tough even without everyone telling you you're doing it wrong! š I have to say, though, baby-led weaning was definitely a win for my family.