There is something very adorable about watching a toddler self-feeding…

This video is of Gavin having Baskin Robbins ice cream at Pavillion.  The decor probably isn’t familiar because we’re sitting in Starbucks.  Yes, for a change, Gavin chose to have ice cream instead of his favourite Starbucks Hot Chocolate.

Gavin has been self-feeding for some time now and he’s getting quite good at aiming the spoon into his mouth (although the food doesn’t always stay on the spoon and sometimes he doesn’t quite pick up anything with it either).

We used to worry that Gavin didn’t like eating.  After a while, we just stopped worrying and let him do as he pleased.  Now he self-feeds himself biscuit/crackers, rice, noodles and bits of fish which we put into his bowl and he drinks soup, juice, water and milk. 

They say that the more you fuss over something, the less likely a child is going to cooperate.  Perhaps that is why all our persistent efforts to get Gavin to eat in the past often met with failure.  Our stressing about him not eating made meal times rather unpleasant and the result was Gavin rejecting food.  Looks like when it comes to food, your child really does know best…

If you have a discerning gourmand for a toddler, the key is to offer variety.  If he eats, that’s great.  If he doesn’t, well, there’s always the next meal.  If you hate to see food go to waste, then there’s always Mum and Dad to eat up the leftovers.  Hmmm… no wonder I’m putting on weight.

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