About little-toeds and avoidant type of nutrition⠀⠀A post in the wake of the last Broadcast, at the request of subscribers❤⠀⠀So, if your baby is already 1.5-2 years old, this topic is probably close to you.⠀If you only on the way to this wonderful age - bookmark it and be armed😄⠀⠀It all usually starts at 7-8 months with the “smear everything on the table and on yourself” stage.⠀It is also known as the “twitching eye and lack of shift” stage "⠀⠀Here you need to breathe deeply, attract dads and grandmothers, but still allow the child to continue the course of rubbing food into himself.⠀Because this is not a fad and a test of Mom’s strength - this is a way to build “security” with the world = food 🍳⠀The baby gets through the organs of taste and touch, about 80% of information about the world is pleasant to the touch, does not smell bad and can be tasty.⠀⠀If a child is not allowed to play with food at this age, he may generally refuse to try human food.⠀Or he will remember, what you reacted to less irritably and will only eat this. They were angry at the smeared borscht and mashed potatoes - he would stop at “dry” food - bread, pasta, cookies. The child wants a satisfied and happy mother. He will soon completely stop ruining her mood with borscht.⠀⠀And this could be the beginning of an avoidant eating disorder. And sometimes it comes to the point that the baby eats 2-3 foods. Or alone. This happens too.⠀⠀I went through this with both children, it may not be easy, I know. I then chose “do something around the child, don’t shove a napkin in his face while he’s in the process and wash him and half the room only when he’s finished.” I have no other advice😂 Maybe disposable oilcloths around the perimeter? The next common stage is when a 1.5-2 year old baby begins to refuse new foods or even goes on a hunger strike.⠀⠀Don’t be alarmed. It is at this age that neophobia, the fear of new food, is characteristic. This fear is archaic, but it speaks about the development of your child’s mental abilities 🧐⠀⠀Previously, food neophobia was a protective evolutionary mechanism, the most careful children survived. “First, see how the macaque will feel after these berries - then eat it yourself” or “bite off a piece, chew and spit it out” - that’s roughly how it works.⠀And now we have a kindergarten team for this 😂There food interest takes precedence over anxiety much more faster!⠀⠀During this period, it is important to be patient. Don’t shove food, don’t shove food while listening to cartoons, don’t punish. Wait.⠀The baby will soon understand that these eggs and buckwheat are quite harmless.⠀If you speed up the process, put pressure, then the child, without overcoming food anxiety and without building security with new food, will remain with his familiar set of foods or go into protest.⠀⠀ I gave an example on air: imagine being treated to a fried worm. Let's say a close friend. Delicious, he says. Pure protein!! Minimum calories! Eat!⠀And you will probably be confused. Friend, sort of. But it’s a worm!!..You will need time. Right?⠀⠀Imagine a worm on your 2-year-old’s plate every time. And slow down😉