Parents’ responsibilities include:
- Choosing food
- Setting routine
- Creating a positive, nonstressful mealtime environment
- Being a role model for their child
• Regarding mealtime as a family time
Parents need to:
•Offer new foods repeatedly (8-10 times) to establish acceptance or rejection of that
food
•Offer 3 meals and 2 healthful snacks per day
•Teach skills such as handling of spoons and drinking from a cup to encourage self-feeding.
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