My son used to be in such high alert mode that not even playing he was interested. We started playing with dry ingredients like rice (moving from on bowl to the other, washing it, etc) and after cooking he was helping me to serve the rice to the plates for my surprise he started to eat it 😊
This is so so lovely. I really relate to that 'high alert' mode that you mention. I think it's so common and we need to just then shut down to a food opportunity 'just in case'. It sounds like you found a really meaningful way to include your kiddo and then they had agency to decide it was the right time to try it.
This is such a helpful explanation. Thank you.
I'm so glad that it might have added a bit of insight.
My son used to be in such high alert mode that not even playing he was interested. We started playing with dry ingredients like rice (moving from on bowl to the other, washing it, etc) and after cooking he was helping me to serve the rice to the plates for my surprise he started to eat it 😊
This is so so lovely. I really relate to that 'high alert' mode that you mention. I think it's so common and we need to just then shut down to a food opportunity 'just in case'. It sounds like you found a really meaningful way to include your kiddo and then they had agency to decide it was the right time to try it.