tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151427957394086842.post4575608231821465765..comments2023-08-21T18:32:51.388+07:00Comments on the nearby pen: Don't Play With Your Food!Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02901678973251321027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151427957394086842.post-43131569449618371462010-02-04T01:43:10.500+07:002010-02-04T01:43:10.500+07:00I can guarantee that they don't make these sor...I can guarantee that they don't make these sorts of connections until much later. We've actually yelled at our children to stop yelling and they don't call us on the irony--though I'm fully conscious of it. They are well aware that there are things that parents do that they are not allowed to. (I'm omitting a lot of context to this, which I can supply privately if you're bbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777868386569441565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151427957394086842.post-37538701915250440582010-02-03T17:19:57.579+07:002010-02-03T17:19:57.579+07:00Bill:
Perhaps they don't make the connection...Bill: <br /><br />Perhaps they don't make the connection, which is why it's only a possible answer. It took me 29 years after all to connect the dots! :-)<br /><br />Kelly: <br /><br />That's the perfect summation of my point: that parents often model (or say) one thing and say another.<br /><br />Both:<br /><br />Thanks for your posts! I wasn't really thinking about the other Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02901678973251321027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151427957394086842.post-12824774980037066662010-02-03T02:54:57.747+07:002010-02-03T02:54:57.747+07:00I know it wasn't the point of your post at all...I know it wasn't the point of your post at all, but I wanted to say, just cause I need to stick my nose in, that there is no reason to do anything to get kids to eat. Like animals, they will eat when they are hungry. It may not be when you are hungry, but they aren't suicidal. They will eat. Because Livy was breastfed the natural human amount (a tiny bit above three years) and startedKelly Elmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102128866306605457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8151427957394086842.post-708941914675114262010-02-03T01:37:40.132+07:002010-02-03T01:37:40.132+07:00The airplane game, or train, is typically done at ...The airplane game, or train, is typically done at a point when the child is transitioning from a primarily liquid to a primarily solid diet. Such games are necessary to get the child to accept the food. It's conditioning him to accept that food now often comes in a spoon rather than a bottle.<br /><br />"Playing with their food" for older children serves a different purpose entirelybbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777868386569441565noreply@blogger.com