In other words a hungry kid is more likely to move food to their mouths rather than to the floor.
Baby eat stuff off floor.
My daughter is going on 3 and she ll still eat things off the floor in a public place too.
Eating food off the floor may be ok scientist says a microbiologist experiments with dropping food on various surfaces to see how much bacteria they pick up.
How my kid skipped baby food and went straight to tacos.
So parents may be better off looking for signs of kid hunger to establish the earliest mealtimes rather than making arbitrary choices about when breakfast lunch and dinner occur.
It also offers more opportunity to model healthy eating.
Scientists at san diego state university say forget everything you ve heard about the 5 second rule it s not okay to let your child eat a piece of food that falls on the floor.
No it s never a good idea to eat food that has been dropped.
She will pick up any of these that she finds on the floor so i do my best to keep them swept.
Carpet is apparently not bad at all.
Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.
Consider removing the tray and pushing the highchair up to the table so it s harder to see the floor.
What i do at home is make sure the kitchen is clean and i just try to keep an eye on her.
I don t suppose you are planning to serve your toddler s meals onto the floor but if what you mean is is it okay for my toddler to eat things he has just picked up off the floor then for me and this is a purely personal view not remotely of.
Your baby will now be focused more on his food and interacting with other family members which is less isolating and includes them more in the family meal.
Whenever my son drops food on the floor he wants to eat it.
My 15 month old eats hair dust bunnies and threads fuzz off of clothing stuffed animals blankets.
She eats only in the kitchen at the table too.
Put the dog outside.
And it s probably not a new one either.