Meal times

We put music channels on sometimes which I feel fills the gap a bit if needed. Or his Tonie box x

@Christina is he watching something though or is it just the sounds ? I know for the tone box it's the sounds but for music ?

Honestly, my girl WILL NOT touch her food unless somethings on the tv usually Bluey, ms Rachel or Micky mouse! The tv is always on in my house so she gets confused if it’s off tbh and I don’t see it as a bad thing lol I can’t eat without watching something either 😂😂

We had did exactly the same with my eldest. He was ill at 15 months and then it became normal. Now we have a kids podcast or Yoto player reading us a story

Mine has phases where she will only eat if she has a toy to play with, she goes from spitting it out to eating the whole thing if she has a book or a toy, it drives me mad 🫠 if shes teething badly or ill and wont eat at all I very occasionally put the baby club on

@Jess he’ll look at the music vids now and again or dance 😂 but doesn’t stare like he does if mr tumble or whatever is on x

If you don’t want her to watch something while she eats, stick to it. After a couple days she will get over it. Doing something once off isn’t going to start a bad habit so quickly. Once you start and continue that it will be harder to stop it at a later stage. My LO is 15 months and is an amazing eater and never has had a screen in front of her. We all sit together as a family at meal times and she eats so well. Lead by example

@Kirstin yeah it's never been an issue before, but I guess she got used to it pretty quick 😂, Yeah I wish we could have dinner together, I have lunch with her a couple of days but dinner we only Manage once a week She eats well at nursery with other kids so that's one thing I guess !

I don’t like my lo watch tv while eating but then he gets bored start throwing everything so he plays or so something while eating or he’s on high chair and Machine is on in kitchen and he’s eating and watching I mean he deffo needs some kinda distraction otherwise he won’t eat

Not if we are out and about. If at home he has the mummy show. I put Disney on Spotify and sing and dance to him. Or Gangum style. He gets a meal and a show 😆 sometimes I do the can can - he laughs hysterically at that but I have to be happy he’s eaten lots before I’ll do that. We have such fun. … or he’ll watch me crack on with the dishes. 🥴

We have the radio on and let him look at books while he’s eating. Sometimes need to do some juggling 😆

We switch it up! Very rarely does he watch tv whilst eating but I put his tonie box on or radio or he has a book/highchair busy toy. Sometimes nothing, just his food and I just chat to him about whatever haha.