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Independent Eating in Young Children
Teaching 3-year-old kids the right ways of feeding saves mommy-time and makes kids independent. Once your baby starts taking food, adopt these self-feeding tips for preschoolers. Begin early on. You will see him develop a fond bonding for food by self-feeding in style!
Parenting a preschooler is a full–time job that requires patience, hard work, and plenty of expert tips- right? This is especially true for those long-drawn meal times that make you sit and cajole your little one to finish. Given here are simple yet effective tips that teach your child how to eat independently and happily. Do keep your little one's plate, spoon, fork, mess rug, eating chair, table, napkins, and some teaching time at hand!
Teaching Young Children to Eat Independently
1. Getting Seated
The first thing in helping kids to eat on their own is getting them seated comfortably and confidently. Invest in a high chair, or a set of baby chair and table for inculcating healthier eating habits and fun in your efforts. Remember to keep a mess rug under the chair. However hard you may try, you'll have to deal with spills and droppings!
2. Give Choices- At Least a Few
Your three plus year old likes some food preparations and goes “ugh” at the mention of others. Respect his opinions and food preferences. Take mutual decisions regarding what to feed, the time spent on feeding, who does the feeding, and so on. Apart from giving your kid a sense of independence and control, you can also help him learn how to sample different foods, textures, and tastes in these sittings.
3. Keep Favourite Cutlery Ready
While learning to self-feed, children love to have their favourite eating aids at hand. Be it a brown wooden spoon with a wide curved handle for easy eats, or an acrylic multicoloured fork that keeps the attention away from boring food, you cannot ignore the need for such aids. Buy spoons with deep bowls and blunt forks that keep food from falling off.
4. Teaching The Use of a Fork
Once you have a safe child fork, try placing it on a plate foods like cheese, banana, chicken nuggets or other fruits that are easy to pierce. Noodles and pasta are soft too, but turn out to be messy as they tend to slip easily. Keep motivating and enabling correct eye-hand movements to stop fall-offs from the fork. These are some of the best ways of helping kids to eat independently and neatly.
5. Allow Space for Imitation
While helping your child practice self-feeding with easy-to-eat finger foods, try taking small bites alongside. Along with observing the right ways of eating at a table, your child will also learn the adorable art of lip-smacking and making cute faces while eating.
Worried about your kid lagging behind? Don't. While your neighbour’s son can fluently eat a cabbage salad at 3-years of age, yours may take slightly longer. There is no single answer to the common query that goes "At what age does a child start eating independently?" Here, regular practice is what helps! Read more
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Q. #asktheexperts what to give children when starting solids?
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A. After completing the time of six months you should start with dal water and rice water followed by all kind of fruits and vegetables porridge khichadi mash banana mash potato mash sweet potato dairy products and varieties made made out of ragi Suji and oats can also be given to your child
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Palak Dhokla
Dhokla is a very popular Gujarati snack. Unlike most fast foods, it is a healthy one as it is not fried but steamed. We have upped its health quotient a little more by adding spinach to it. Check the recipe to know how to make this scrumptious dhokla.
Serves
Preparation Time
Cooking Time
6 People
15 - 20 Minutes
15 - 20 Minutes
Ingredients
1 cup besan
2 tbsp sun flower oil
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup spinach puree* (see notes)
1 tsp Eno fruit salt
For Tempering
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
4-5 curry leaves
1-2 green chillies slit
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
2-3 tbsp water
2 tbsp powdered sugar
For Garnishing
Grated coconut
Note: To make spinach puree, blanch ½ cup spinach leaves and blend it with little water.
Method
Step 1
In a deep bowl, add besan, salt and sugar. Stir and add the spinach puree little by little to make a smooth thin batter. Add the oil and lemon juice and set aside for 10 minutes.
Step 2
Place a large pan with lid on heat. Add about 2 cups of water in the pan and place a ring inside the pan.
Step 3
Grease a 6" square cake tin with oil. Keep aside.
Step 4
When the water is bubbling in the pan, add Eno fruit salt to the batter and whisk lightly. Pour the batter in the prepared tin and place it on the ring placed in the pan.
Step 5
Cover and steam for 15-18 minutes on medium heat. When done, take it off heat and let it cool down. While the Dhokla is cooling down, prepare the tempering.
Step 6
In a medium pan, heat oil. When hot, add the mustard seeds, sesame seeds, green chili and curry leaves. Take it off gas and add the red chili powder, sugar and water and mix.
Step 7
Spoon the tempering over the cooled Dhokla. Garnish it with grated coconut. Enjoy with green chutney, imli chutney or ketchup.
Nutritional Information
Calories
159 K cal
Proteins
3.9 g
Fats
8.9 g
Carbohydrates
16.3 g
Cholesterol
5 mg
Sodium
401 mg
Potassium
165 mg
Tip: Steam the batter in an idli cooker for individual idli sized dhokla. Read more
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Mixed flour Roti - Thalipeeth
Thalipeeth is Maharashtrian flat bread that is typically made with a mixture of three types of flours. This is one of those traditional recipes that is not time consuming at all. Served with pickle and yogurt, thalipeeth makes for a quick meal in itself.
Serves
Preparation Time
Cooking Time
3 People
10-15 Minutes
20-25 Minutes
Ingredients
1/2 cup jowar flour
1/2 cup besan
1/2 cup wheat flour
1 onion,finely chopped
1 small tomato, deseeded and finely chopped
2 green chilies, finely chopped
2-3 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
1 tbsp sesame seeds
3 tbsp yoghurt
Salt to taste
About 2-3 tbsp oil to roast
Method
Step 1
In a large bowl, add the flours and rest of the ingredients, except oil. Using water, knead soft dough. Set it aside and let it rest for 10 minutes.
Step 2
Make 6 equal sized balls of the dough. Grease a plastic sheet and using your hands pat the ball of the sheet to form a 4” diameter round of around ½“thickness. Wet your hands a bit as it will help in spreading the dough. Make 4-5 holes on the patted disc.
Step 3
Transfer the patted roti on a heated tawa and add little oil in the holes and around the edges. Cover it with a lid and let it cook for a minute.
Step 4
Drizzle some oil on top and roast it on the other side. When both sides look done, take it off heat. Repeat the same with rest of the dough.
Step 5
Serve them warm with yoghurt and pickle.
Nutritional Information
Calories
339 Kcal
Proteins
10.0 g
Fats
13.9 g
Carbohydrates
44.9 g
Cholesterol
4 mg
Sodium
308 mg
Potassium
446 mg
Tip: Ready-made thalipeeth flour is also available in the market. Read more
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