Enjoys his meal times ...

Pejam celik, budak bambam ni dah masuk 20 months. Cepatnye masa berlalu. At this age, memang semua budak suka sgt makan sendiri kan. Macam Ryan ni, setiap kali time makan je, dia nmpk mommy dia nak hidang kat meja, punya excited dia. "yeay mamam" Tak tahulah, dia excited sb nak makan ke, sebab dia suka main sambil makan. Lepas tu sibuk tarik high chair dia suruh letak tepi meja makan. At first, I'm a little bit sceptical to let him eating by himself. Maybe sebab nak senang kan, suap aje. Confirm semua masuk, lepas tu tak susah nak kemas *standard mak yg tak berapa nak rajin kan >.<* I just found out that he love to eat by himself  every time we dine out side, bagi satu small plate, letak carrot ke, fries or fish yg dah potong kecik2, diam lah dia makan. 2,3 weeks ago, everytime makan malam je, Ryan insisted to have his own plate, with rice and everything. Apa yg kami makan, or dia jengah pinggan abang dia, tu jugak dia nak. I was impressed actually to see how he able to eat using spoon and control his hand to handle fork/spoon. Even kalau makan pakai tangan pun, siap boleh main cicah2 lagi mayonise tu, cute aje. Semalam sibuk nak makan roti canai abang Adam makan, siap nak cicah dalca jugak k. Hover taw budak bambam ni. So now, I let him to wean himself. Maybe about time to be independent kan. But I have to admit lah, at the end of the session, memang sepah sgt. Kadang tu siap kena tukar baju semua. Sometimes he requested to have soup too, siap nak sudu semua. Lepas dah tak boleh cedok, pastu dia hirup ala2 maggi style. Tak habis lagik, bowl tu plak dia letak atas kepala dah jadi kopiah. Adoiilah, sudahnye kena mandi plak lepas tu.

Ada pro and cons nak baby led weaning ni kan. Kesabaran mak ayah paling top in the list, then only check baby readiness. Macam kitorang ni, since balik keje pun sampai rumah dah pukul 7 lebih, tak boleh lah nak selalu. Still bagi Ryan makan sendiri, but fully monitoring so that aftermath tak berapa teruk keje mommy. Time weekend or cuti, biarkan aje dia makan. As long as 75% masuk mulut, I'm ok with that. From my reading, time umur macam ni kena monitor dia makan. Walaupun makan sendiri, we still need to teach them how to eat properly, takut sampai besar dia duk main2 je makanan tu nanti. Paling penting makanan berzat nanti tak masuk mulut, campak lantai yg bnyk.

Ni time last Friday haritu...

nomnomnom...

Dah elok pegang sudu tangan kanan, bila nak kutip carrot, pakai tangan kiri plak...

Fully utilized dua belah tangan yer Ryan..

 

Kutip carrot..

Full mouth..

Bila dah kenyang, dia start main..

Time ni mommy dah nak tukar hijo..

Gigit pipi ni karang!

How do you handle your kids meal time??

Any special tips to make eating time more joyful? 

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