Baby Eat Stuff Off Floor

Consider removing the tray and pushing the highchair up to the table so it s harder to see the floor.

Baby eat stuff off floor.

I ve been telling her for years now not to eat off the floor. My 15 month old eats hair dust bunnies and threads fuzz off of clothing stuffed animals blankets. My daughter is going on 3 and she ll still eat things off the floor in a public place too. Whenever my son drops food on the floor he wants to eat it.

She will pick up any of these that she finds on the floor so i do my best to keep them swept. 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. It also offers more opportunity to model healthy eating. She eats only in the kitchen at the table too.

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. Carpet is apparently not bad at all. Tags baby eating stuff off the floor baby swallowed something bank holiday monkey safety toddler eats off floor toddler swallowed something unknown quantity unknown substance wardrobe posted in feeding leave a comment. 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.

And it s probably not a new one either. 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. No it s never a good idea to eat food that has been dropped. Put the dog outside.

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. In other words a hungry kid is more likely to move food to their mouths rather than to the floor. Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.