14 month infirm refuse to put away lacking TV?
Hello, my 14 month old usually needs a lot of distraction while he is within the high chair. It used to be toys till about 4 weeks put a bet on, but now it is some music that plays on TV. I have recorded it(surrendered to his demands) and play it hindmost n forth for his meal times, without which he would refuse to get through.
Every time I put the music on the TV, I am aware that I am encouraging him to have his way, but there is really no way I could get him to eat.
I usually start near toys that occupy him, and that might take care of the first 3-4 bites, but after that he loses interest and refuses to initiate his mouth.
The TV is is war topic between me and my husband who despises me putting it on for my boy to feed..he says I am encouraging him to hold his way.
What should I do? Nursery rhymes, songs, play, books, toys have all stopped working and next to the TV on, he is done in 10 minutes, what would have taken me 30 mins to finish half the amount!
Please assist!
i know that it may nouns mean but at 14 months he knows when he is hungry! that being said do i what i started... dont nurture him till he acts like he is hungry if he is hungry the tv shouldnt matter! this is what i started doing when diner luch doesn`t matter what is donei place in her chair and give her her food if she eat great if she throws a fit so be it and she gets cleaned off and put down BUT DO NOT turn the tv on till the meal is done it will drill him that there will be no tv till EVERYONE is done! HOPE I HELP!! Source(s): my daughter is the same!
I just wouldn't turn it on at all and put the food surrounded by front of your son and he's going to eat when he realizes that your not giving in. It may embezzle time but he needs to learn that there not other a TV around when you eat. It's not necessary for the TV on while you eat.
So only set him at the table and put the food in front of him, he isn't going to starve by no means. He will eat after throwing a fit or what ever he does and the more he throws a fit the longer he go with out TV when he's not eating. Keep him at the table until he eats, if inside and hour or so if he doesn't then let him down but do not give him any treats or anything contained by between. He has to eat this dinner first before any treats. We have a issues with 2 of my kids when they were about that age when it come to eating. They sat at the table until they ate, they threw a fit and screamed and cried and so on. My wife and I would only clean the table and the other kids cleared their plates and went out to play or what ever. After about and hour and a partly the other two eat their food. Because no one was catering to them because their be upset. We didn't say two words to them and they finally ate. It took a couple of days or so and then they ate without issue. Because they know we wasn't going to give in to them no matter how much or how long they fuss!
Answers: I say you are enabling his behavior and until you stop you will continue to enjoy problems and they will get worse. There should have been NOTHING brought to the table to put away except the child so that the child didn't equate mealtime with playtime. You have turned it into playtime and so he have come to expect to be entertained. He should NOT be completing a meal in 10 minutes anyway intake too quickly can cause gastrointestinal problems eventually. Why would you force a child to eat that hurriedly anyway? What is more important than the well being of your child that you would expect him to devour in 10 minutes? Cut out the entertainment and go back to basically dinner. If it takes him a half hour you sit there for the partially hour and feed your child properly.
You've got yourself into a fruitless situation here. I have a 2 yr old and I've never allowed her to have toys or anything else going on while she eat. I want her to concentrate on eating. It can take her 30 mins to eat a bowl of Cheerios, but explicitly just how kids are. Don't rush your child.
Just stop this right now. No more toys and no more TV. Sit down as a family and devour together. Talk to him and tell him how good the food is. He will throw fits the first couple days, but he will be hungry enough to devour.
Your husband is right, you are encouraging him. He is young enough that you can stop it however. You are just making it difficult for him. When he enter preschool and kindergarten he won't be watching TV or playing while he eats.
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Every time I put the music on the TV, I am aware that I am encouraging him to have his way, but there is really no way I could get him to eat.
I usually start near toys that occupy him, and that might take care of the first 3-4 bites, but after that he loses interest and refuses to initiate his mouth.
The TV is is war topic between me and my husband who despises me putting it on for my boy to feed..he says I am encouraging him to hold his way.
What should I do? Nursery rhymes, songs, play, books, toys have all stopped working and next to the TV on, he is done in 10 minutes, what would have taken me 30 mins to finish half the amount!
Please assist!
i know that it may nouns mean but at 14 months he knows when he is hungry! that being said do i what i started... dont nurture him till he acts like he is hungry if he is hungry the tv shouldnt matter! this is what i started doing when diner luch doesn`t matter what is donei place in her chair and give her her food if she eat great if she throws a fit so be it and she gets cleaned off and put down BUT DO NOT turn the tv on till the meal is done it will drill him that there will be no tv till EVERYONE is done! HOPE I HELP!! Source(s): my daughter is the same!
I just wouldn't turn it on at all and put the food surrounded by front of your son and he's going to eat when he realizes that your not giving in. It may embezzle time but he needs to learn that there not other a TV around when you eat. It's not necessary for the TV on while you eat.
So only set him at the table and put the food in front of him, he isn't going to starve by no means. He will eat after throwing a fit or what ever he does and the more he throws a fit the longer he go with out TV when he's not eating. Keep him at the table until he eats, if inside and hour or so if he doesn't then let him down but do not give him any treats or anything contained by between. He has to eat this dinner first before any treats. We have a issues with 2 of my kids when they were about that age when it come to eating. They sat at the table until they ate, they threw a fit and screamed and cried and so on. My wife and I would only clean the table and the other kids cleared their plates and went out to play or what ever. After about and hour and a partly the other two eat their food. Because no one was catering to them because their be upset. We didn't say two words to them and they finally ate. It took a couple of days or so and then they ate without issue. Because they know we wasn't going to give in to them no matter how much or how long they fuss!
Answers: I say you are enabling his behavior and until you stop you will continue to enjoy problems and they will get worse. There should have been NOTHING brought to the table to put away except the child so that the child didn't equate mealtime with playtime. You have turned it into playtime and so he have come to expect to be entertained. He should NOT be completing a meal in 10 minutes anyway intake too quickly can cause gastrointestinal problems eventually. Why would you force a child to eat that hurriedly anyway? What is more important than the well being of your child that you would expect him to devour in 10 minutes? Cut out the entertainment and go back to basically dinner. If it takes him a half hour you sit there for the partially hour and feed your child properly.
You've got yourself into a fruitless situation here. I have a 2 yr old and I've never allowed her to have toys or anything else going on while she eat. I want her to concentrate on eating. It can take her 30 mins to eat a bowl of Cheerios, but explicitly just how kids are. Don't rush your child.
Just stop this right now. No more toys and no more TV. Sit down as a family and devour together. Talk to him and tell him how good the food is. He will throw fits the first couple days, but he will be hungry enough to devour.
Your husband is right, you are encouraging him. He is young enough that you can stop it however. You are just making it difficult for him. When he enter preschool and kindergarten he won't be watching TV or playing while he eats.
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