So what other ways can you make your baby love to eat?
Create pleasant environments for your baby during feeding times. Play games to make eating fun. For example, flying a plane with a spoon, funny faces and different sounds… Make your baby feel that mealtimes are special times. This way, your baby will get used to eating more easily.
Try to determine your baby's meal times based on hunger and satiety. Aim for him to feel hungry and full so he will want to eat himself.
Your baby shows you that he doesn't want to eat with his behavior. If your baby cries or turns his head at the beginning of the meal, try to distract him. Let him want to eat again. Thus, he will eat more peacefully and happily.
Try to eat with your baby at the table at all possible meals. Making time for family meals will make him a happy baby with regular eating habits. He won't be able to sit at the table with you for long, but it's also important that your toddler sit with you, even for a short time.
Put a few and a variety of special foods on your baby's plate. Help her taste a little bit of everything. Thus, he will benefit from every nutrient.
Be creative when preparing her plate and create colorful, simple and fun images of fruit that will get her excited.
If your child likes pasta or rice, you can prepare a colorful presentation with these dishes using vegetables. So your child will want to eat vegetables as well.