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I
know this will probably come as a shock, but I don’t do sticky… or dirty… or
messy. Yuck! The feeling of sticky things literally creeps me out.
So
it is not at all surprising that my almost 4 year old daughter is still using a
bib. I’m not sure what the normal the-kid-is-too-big-for-a-bib cutoff age is,
but we’ve likely passed it. A few days ago, she asked if she could stop wearing
it. I agreed to let her as long as she ate over her plate. I swear I have the
wiggliest kids in town.
She’s
been doing VERY well and so have I, but we really haven’t any major bib-less
challenges… until today. I made her a cashew butter and jelly sandwich for
lunch. I contemplated making her wear the bib. Instead, I added extra jelly,
told her to pay attention to what she was doing and waited. Surprisingly, all
of the jelly made it into her mouth!
From
this, I had the realization that she’s probably a messy eater because she has
had a bib to catch the mess. She has had no reason to try to be neat. Now,
given the opportunity, my daughter is doing a great job because she wants to be
a big girl.
What
have you prevented your kids from being successful at by not allowing them the
opportunity to learn how to be successful at it?
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