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My daughter is 18 months old, she's sweet and bubbly but eating is difficult for her to sit down for at least 15 to 20 minutes at meal Time. Nanny been with us for 7 months and we all get along and my daughter seems to be happy. I noticed at meal Time with Nanny, my daughter acts up, she takes her bib out,she throws it on the floor over and over, and Nanny is actually good with her but a few times she has lost patience, stop feeding the baby and just waited out.

For the past 2 months, I noticed that Nanny is feeding the baby without any clothes on except her diaper. Meal Time is a struggle sometimes, I understand but I want the nanny to come with a better solution. My husband and I also have difficulty with our daughter when it comes to meal Time but we have ways to make her sit down and eat. I have share it with the nanny but she doesn't seem interested to do it.

My husband doesn't care if the baby is eating only in her diaper and I'm conflicted because it's cold to sit down for 20 minutes in  her diaper and eat a meal. [b]I need a solution as soon as possible or I have to let the nanny go[/b].[/quote]

Over the nanny having your daughter eat in just her diaper?  Are you kidding?

I've handled this phase of taking off the bib, throwing food and throwing dishes in various ways.

The first time the child takes off the bib, throws a food or dish, they get a warning.  "Keep the bib on.  Food stays on the tray.  Food goes in your mouth.  Bowl/cup/spoon/plate stays on the tray."  After I give the verbal warning, i have the child look at me and communicate understanding, whether that's a nod, a yes or whatever they can do (I understand that verbal communication and physical ability to throw do not go hand in hand). The second time, the child is told the same thing, and the food, dish, bib is set on the counter in direct eye line while I set a timer for 30 seconds and wait.  Yes, there's usually wailing because they don't get their way.  After the timer goes off, I repeat the same thing and then give back the bib/dish/food. When it happens a third time (and it almost always does), the meal or snack is over.  The child is cleaned up, the kitchen is put back to rights and we move on with our day.  However, depending on how much they ate, I set a new snack time 30-60 minutes later and prefaces the food with the same instructions.  The same routine follows.

Most children pass that phase within a week with me, occasionally taking two weeks.  If there are no cameras in the house, I set up my phone to record the second time from the preface instructions through the lift down, and then the parents and I discuss when they get home.  As long as they stick to it too, they don't have to deal with it any longer than I do.

There are a few children who keep doing it.  After two weeks, I just set our new schedule as meals/snacks every hour, and when the child says they want to go to the park/library/nature center (fish)/whatever, we can't because it's almost snack time.  "When you can keep your bib on/keep your food/dishes on the tray, we can go have fun."  When that is said before every snack and meal (and parents cooperate on the weekend), the child goes along sooner.

There are some children who just continue to pull off the bib.  I switched to hand towels and the old style of diaper pins which don't come off no matter how hard they pull.  "When you can stop pulling, you can have the other bib back."

Finally, I had one child who decided that he would crush and smear any food all over himself.  He ate in just his diaper and got a sponge bath after every snack and meal until he stopped.  The trade off of stunting his independence, hand-eye coordination, hand grip, and learning to hold the spoon upright and balanced from bowl to mouth wasn't worth taking away his ability to self-feed.[/quote]

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