I know the title isn't the best, but what she is doing is making noises with her mouth every time she eats. Food goes all over. I tell her no each time in a stern voice, but that seems to not help. What else can I do as it is getting quite frustrating to have food spit all over me each time I feed her. Oh, and it's not just when she is done eating and bored, it's the whole time. Thanks for any suggestions!
I didn't mean to make it sound like I get overly frustrated. And when I say 'stern voice' I just mean I say 'no' without laughing as I am saying it. Like I sometimes do with other 'cute' things she does. I do laugh as she does it and I just wanted to see if this was a phase and others have experienced it.
my baby (now 11 mo) did that too! I thought it was hillarious, and would laugh, but my mom told me not to encourage it, so I controlled myself and eventually she stopped doing it during meals (she still makes that lip noise though - I love it! and the best is that this week she started responding to me doing it :) :) :))
Hi J.,
My advice would be to just ignore it. Positive or not, she enjoys getting a reaction out of you when she does it. The phase will be over before you know it - just try to feed her fast and duck! :)
J. ; it might be time to just make the noise back to her, it is not a time to eat, its a time to interact, its ok to make the same noise, and after all some of us parents teach the kids this noise without even knowing it, sometimes when we feed the child, we do the airplane noise to get them to open up their mouths, maybe she has learned this noise and just wants to make the noise, so make it with her, and it may go on for a while but when she is good and hungry she will eat, continue being the great dad you are, and keep up the good work, kids love to make noises, and they love for you to teach them more, continue to have fun adn let it be fun, and dont feed her while she does it, just make it a fun game and dont stress over it, yah it s pretty normal for her to make those noises, savor the moments you can be silly together, there will be a time you cant do it any more, just have fun and enjoy life, D. s
time to repeat the mommy mantra ... this is a stage and this too shall pass.
they baby just learned to make this really cool noise and she wants to make it all the time..
in a week or a few weeks she will learn something new and forget all about the cool noise..
but it is messy.. especially with colorfull foods..
Relax and have fun and b nice. Wear a bib, put newspaper or plastic tablecloth on the floor, wear a hat, and put a towel over your lap. Then u r prepared. Deal with what happens, instead of trying to control a 9 month old. She's a baby. Why talk to someone in a mean voice
I think you have to practice patience here... And understand that the behavior is normal and it's just a phase. She's having fun learning to control those sounds and lip motions. It's neat to her the way the textures come out as well.
I would recommend just relaxing as if you're frustrated and annoyed~ then your energy will affect her... if not now, then it will later.
And I would not sit too close if you don't want the spray. LOL~
(My husband ends up just as wet when giving my son a bath - it happens and it's only for so long before they stop doing this silly stuff. Enjoy it!)
Oh~ and we actually encouraged this in our son, at mealtimes and other times... we thought it was hilarious! :P
