Messy eating

I thought it was widely known that all toddlers are messy eaters? 😅 At least its what I'm ready for https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHYaeDkMAgD/?igsh=bzNobmFjNXdtdm14 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGkLGRkxZPU/?igsh=MXhnNDZ4YzRnc2lvYg== https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH9rsTlPA--/?igsh=MWIwbDJmazZ6b3g4cA==

Let them be messy, let them explore .. place a basic baby grow or outfit that u don’t mind getting dirty or stained and place the bib on top. I try to feed him at start once I see that his kind of full I give him the spoon and he just makes a mess lol xx

Thank you two. I just see so many little ones younger than my son eating pouches so perfectly and not spilling any. I normally let him just be all messy but he barely eats any then

@Emma mine is 7 months so his still quite little , maybe try feeding him in smaller portions xx

Honestly what helped us was allowing her to be a complete mess. As soon as we started weaning she never wore a bib and I never stopped her from what she wanted to do with the food. If that meant she wanted to smear it on her belly then that’s what she did (if we were at home she’d just be in her nappy). She’s 1 on Wednesday and now she’s eats amazingly, can use a fork and spoon perfectly and only makes mess by accident if she drops any food. Allowing her to make as much mess as possible has enabled her to teach herself instead of getting irritated by me trying to do it for her x

My baby just squeezes the pouches and makes a mess too. You can’t really make babies eat neatly but maybe put newspaper on the floor or a catchy for the high chair. I take my babies shirt and pants off to the eat. And put the plastic smock bibs that comes with long sleeves

It’s a normal part of development to explore the texture of food. If you have to feed punches, it’s actually not reccomended to feed directly from the pouch. Seeing and handling what they are eating is a really Important part of the learning process.

@Emma honestly I feel the ones who aren’t messy are usually the ones whose parents hold the pouch and don’t let their baby touch anything I used to be that way just because the textures freaked me out but letting her do things on her own little by little helped me a lot

Totally normal, it’s kids exploring and learning. They are gonna have to be “clean eaters” for most of their lives let them be a little messy and have fun.

My daughter does the same! At dinner I do her 2 bowls. I put one infront of her so she can do herself/play and explore with and one for me to feed her so I know she is eating 😅 as for the mess I normally strip her down to a nappy if it’s bath night or I’ll put her long sleeve bib on which collects all the mess! It’s so good for development and exploring x