Her daughter has a fussy eating habit, so this genius mom made a bracelet out of a bell pepper
A mother keen on feeding healthy and fresh vegetables to her toddler with fussy eating habits discovered a quirky parenting hack. Vegetables and babies do not make a great pair, and most parents struggle to get that bowl of greens finished up by their kids. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and a mom with an end goal of feeding her baby 100 foods is willing to scale all heights to accomplish that. A TikTok mom, who goes by @100foodsbaby, shared a fun way to get her fussy baby girl to eat peppers out of hand.
In a viral clip posted to her page, the mother called on her daughter for a treat. It was not the ordinary scrumptious treat every baby loves, but a healthy vegetable morphed into a bracelet. The mom carved bracelets out of bell pepper and inserted the bright yellow pepper rings into her hand. The curious toddler could not resist taking a bite and before she even realized what it was, the toddler seemed to like it. “It’s delicious,” she exclaimed. The mom revealed that earlier on, she had served sliced pepper with the toddler’s lunch but she refused to eat it. “If your toddler has become fussy, try changing how you serve the food you want them to eat,” the mom advised.
Therefore, the mom suggested the key lesson lies not in the vegetable or food but in the way parents serve it to their kids. The mealtime secret accounted for another day of successful eating out of the 100 foods chart that the mom is helping her baby go through for the second time. The post was liked by 123,000 people while several others shared their thoughts on the hack. @14dollars88cents shared, “I remember I convinced my sister to eat mashed potatoes by calling them ‘clouds’ when she was a toddler. All it takes to make kids eat is framing the food as something cool.”
“It’s 100% okay to play with our food!” quipped @dissociated.artistry while @essayyarrayyaitch admitted, “And here’s my little boy eating old Cheerios off the floor but won’t touch a vegetable.” “My boy took a bit then screamed because it was broken,” said a fellow mom, @sophjanex1909. Someone else (@ariyreyn0313) joked about the kid growing up to think “all bracelets were edible.” According to the National Institutes of Health, picky eating behavior is very common among young children and is a mild cause of concern. However, most parents fret over their children not eating vegetables or healthy foods causing parental anxiety. It is advised by experts that parents serve small meals at consistent times of the day to encourage appetite.
Moreover, a comfortable seating position and an environment without distractions are necessary to foster healthy eating habits. Television, tablets, and toys can act as distractions that take the focus away from food at mealtimes and discourage eating. The introduction of new food must be done systematically, and also limiting the duration of feeding times is crucial.
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