How to feed my baby with a spoon

The first year of your baby's life is full of changes, and they all happen in an accelerated way, so your little one will go from breast milk or bottle to eating foods with completely new textures and flavors, and to do it like a big child, sitting to the table with dad and mom and using the spoon. But at the beginning this new step may generate rejection, so in .com we provide some keys so you know how to feed your baby with a spoon and have it accepted quickly

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How all the changes that your baby has experienced, this should happen gradually, are too many new things and from one day to another can not get used, not only is the spoon if not the type of food, texture, taste etc

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Buy a learning spoon to make the transition easier, flexible silicone are recommended, which allow greater mobility and have a shape and texture that help the baby get used quickly

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A little before starting the change of bottle or breast to the spoon, make your little one familiar with the object, put it close to their toys, you can even play to eat, to associate this element with food

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Go gradually is ideal, but that after the bottle offer a bit of fruit porridge with the spoon, let it experiment with the new object, but if you reject it do not insist too much, better test at the next meal

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As it happens with the passage of the breast to the bottle, it is important during the first moments not to try to feed the baby with a spoon when he is too hungry, because he could get irritated if he does not get what he wants, always tries or moments before the usual time, or after

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If the baby rejects the spoon you must be patient, but above all you must not force it, because it will create a tension around the food, a pattern that you should not allow to ever be generated with your children

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The process is new, so at the beginning do not fill the spoon with too much food, just place a little and close it to the baby's mouth waiting for it to suck, it is normal if you throw it away or reject, you just have to get used to this new way of eating

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Once you have become accustomed you can move on to the spoons for children with more experience, which contain more food and then the child will be able to manipulate on their own

• Surely you will know, but it is worth remembering that during each change it is important to have peciencia, everything is new for them and may take a while to get used to