How can you use MANU design's "Feelings Plates" during this period when you are trying to support your baby's nutritional independence?
First of all, you can take a look at the points I mentioned in the handbook on how to support nutritional independence. Presenting food to your baby with appropriate materials makes an important contribution to the process of supporting nutritional independence.
In the process of nutritional independence, it is important to "serve" meals to your child, not "give" them. Special plates and other materials support this process.
You can also enable your baby to participate in the preparation and clearing of the table, thanks to MANU design's products that are designed to be grasped and carried by your baby's hands. Participating in home routines in this way can make your baby more willing for meal times.
How can you use Feelings Plates?
Your baby will participate more actively in this process by asking his/her feelings and opinions about this meal prepared for him/her.
You can talk to your baby about whether he enjoyed this meal when he finishes his meal, accompanied by the visuals on the Feelings Plates. You can ask him to show you how he found the food and whether he liked it or not, through visuals. Thus, your baby will participate more actively in this process by asking about his/her feelings and opinions about this meal prepared for him/her.
If your baby is not talking yet, you can support his/her language development by talking about the visuals after the meal is completed (“This baby loved this food, I wonder if you liked it too. Oh, since you want to continue, you liked it too” etc. ☺️). Thus, mealtimes can be more relationship-oriented and interactive times that support nutritional independence.
Let's not forget that development is a journey specific to the baby, all babies will gain nutritional independence at their own pace. The important thing is to create a physical environment that meets his developmental needs :)
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