to be shocked at a mother feeding her 7 and 4 year old DS's yoghurt with a spoon?

[Anna8888]

Franco-American mother I know a little - her DSs are at the same school as my daughter. They were having a picnic lunch in the park yesterday and she fed them each a yoghurt (in its entirety) with a spoon.

[Swedes]

Very odd.

[Kewcumber]

seriously Mutt?! - a seven year old couldn't feed themselves a yoghurt? Whilst maman fed the 4 yr old - opersonally wouldnt feed a four year old abut can accept that its on the fringes of normal.

[TheFallenMadonna]

It's weird. If anyone else had posted it then that would be the concensus.

Do children get spoon fed for longer in France BTW? I don't mean up to 7 of course, but we met a french couple with a 15 month old who were shocked to see us feeding our 11 month old bread. They fed their ds smooth yoghurt. Is that the norm?

[Anna8888]

Mutt - maybe.

My daughter (3.7) would certainly not let anyone feed her anything. She does it all by herself, with a fork or spoon. I'm just as surprised at the mother as at the children...

[Kewcumber]

perhaps we should have a "trival things that we find shocking but wish to gossip about" section?

[Swedes]

Anna - Was she terribly working class?

[TheFallenMadonna]

And when I said we fed him bread, we of course just put it in front of him. Also apparently...

[VictorianSqualor]

Just so we can fi8nd out if it's purely a park&yoghurt thing or if they do it at all times.

If it's a park&yoghurt thing it may be a bit strange, but just a weird routine they've kept since toddlerhood, if they do it all times she's obviously a crackpot.

[Kewcumber]

I can occasionally persuade my 2.6 yr old to let me feed him the last few muthfuls when we're in a hurry - why wouldn't I be shocked by a seven year old allowing it. DOesn;t seem that extreme a reaction.

[Anna8888]

TheFallenMadonna - feeding practices for babies and infants are very different here to the UK (multiple differences).

I was also rather taken aback when another mother from school (with a son my daughter's age) told me he couldn't feed himself yet.

But at seven? Think it's all panned out culturally.

[TheFallenMadonna]

You need to ask her Anna .

[Anna8888]

Swedes - not remotely so

[Anna8888]

TheFallenMadonna - sure thing

[Kewcumber]

I was using "couldn;t" in the specific situation of siad park with said yoghurt perhaps wouldn;t or didn;t would have been technically more correct.

[belgo]

I wish my children would let me feed me their youghurt. It would be far less messy.

[Anna8888]

VS - I'm not that interested that I would invite a family I don't know for a meal. I have enough trouble finding time for the people we do know and want to invite.

But I will carry on observing... this mother and her children/nanny are out and about in the neighbourhood all the time...

[Kewcumber]

perhaps I am blessed with a gifted child who generally only gets yoghurt all over his face which is swiftly dealt with with a once over with a flannel.

Would spoon handling abilities come under Gifted or Talented?

[love2sleep]

Love the idea of a "trival things that we find shocking but wish to gossip about" section?

[itati]

Why will you carry on observing?

Just because you might not do something with your child doesn't mean it is shocking if someone else does. It is their business, not your!

[Kewcumber]

of course love2sleep - it would require a companion section "very important things of great importance which I wish to debate politely"

I guessing one would be much fuller than the other...

[julesrose]

That would be great Anna - you could observe discretely for a few weeks and post up everything you see! We could all get shocked and suck air through our pursed lips. Then one day one of us will realise....oh my god...it was me all along...

[Kewcumber]

I'm really perplexed by the number of you who really genuinely wouldn't look at a seven year old being spoon fed anything for any reason (other than inability) and not at the very least think

"How odd"