happyjoy2016
New Member
Hi mummies, anybody have experience dealing with a toddler that eats very slowly. Likes to keep food in the mouth and takes long to completely swallow the food. We have mainly been feeding our 20 month old girl porridge ( with ingredients cut finely and a bit mashed up). This porridge feeding takes about 1 and a half hours to 2hrs. If we feed bottled puree, she will eat much faster. Bottled puree (organic kind) with small pasta and pumpkin and tomato sauce based.
However, we can't be feeding the puree all the time and need to progress to porridge and rice. She seem to be slow on the uptake in chewing food. Is there any way to enable her to learn to chew faster. She already almost has full set of teeth, with back molars. We don't send her to full day childcare, just 2hrs playgroup everyday.
Over there, they have snack time and so she does get to see how other children eats. The other parents with kids in the same playgroup of her age says their kids eats ok.
Would appreciate any experience mummies can share anything that might be of help? Thanks in advance.
However, we can't be feeding the puree all the time and need to progress to porridge and rice. She seem to be slow on the uptake in chewing food. Is there any way to enable her to learn to chew faster. She already almost has full set of teeth, with back molars. We don't send her to full day childcare, just 2hrs playgroup everyday.
Over there, they have snack time and so she does get to see how other children eats. The other parents with kids in the same playgroup of her age says their kids eats ok.
Would appreciate any experience mummies can share anything that might be of help? Thanks in advance.