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Thanks so much to the poster above for mentioning the possibility that it may be common in SWIs for kids to get their hands popped for reaching for food...
this may explain my newly-home 13-month-old daughter's behavior at mealtimes. She will eat finger foods directly off of a highchair tray or directly off of a placemat on a table, but she will NOT eat off of a plate--in fact, if I put a plate of food in front of her she will not touch it but will look up at me, sometimes with tears in her eyes, and wait for me to put the bites in her mouth (and this is a child who NEVER rejects food otherwise). We've been home 2 weeks now and I have begun to be able to get her to eat off of a plate with lots of encouragement but she still always hesitates and seems extremely concerned about it.
Interesting!
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