Dropping food is pretty common for babies just starting to self-feed. But here are a few tips to make slippery foods a little easier for tiny hands to hold on to!
1️⃣ Use a crinkle cutter to add texture. This is a super simple way to add ridges to a piece of food- making it easier for baby to hold on to
2️⃣ Add texture (AND additional nutrients 🙌) by rolling in
- ground flaxseed
- nutritional yeast
- crushed cereal/infant cereal
- bread crumbs
- crushed coconut
3️⃣ Create more of a grip by leaving a portion of the skin/peel.
As baby continues to eat you can pull this back & take it away. I love to do this for avo & banana
4️⃣ Offer on a utensil!
Even adults use spoons to eat so it’s absolutely okay to offer your baby preloaded utensils when letting them learn to self-feed!
Pro tip: it’s best to have 2-3 spoons out per feeding when just starting. Baby is MUCH more likely to give up that first spoon when they see the next is already loaded and ready for eating!
Snacks with Jax 