Limpopo Parents Trick Toddler Into Finishing His Food With ‘Happy Birthday' Song in TikTok Video

• A Limpopo woman concocted a cunning plan to get her son to eat the food he didn't want to finish
• The lady and her man pretended to celebrate a birthday and when the young man opened his mouth to sing along, the food went into his mouth
• Netizens appreciated the woman's clever skills and remarked on how difficult being a parent is
• The crafty mother told Briefly News that she uses various techniques to get her child to eat

A woman from Tzaneen and her man could not get their child to finish his food, so they devised a clever trick.

They pretended to sing the Happy Birthday song, and when he opened his mouth to sing along, they put a spoonful of food in his mouth! Netizens found this hilarious but the young bundle of joy was not impressed.

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Woman gets son to eat food with song

@phindilekhozamabona posted her video on TikTok, which over 715K people viewed. In the clip, the young champ seems hesitant to eat his porridge. His parents devise a cunning plan in a last-ditch attempt to get him to finish while feeding him food. Knowing their son loves birthday celebrations, they use this to their advantage.

They start singing the "Happy Birthday" song and when it gets to the part where it goes, "Hip, hip, hooray", the little man throws his hands in the air and says "hooray". Just as he opens his mouth, the mom throws the spoon into his mouth. Realising that he's been duped, he immediately cries his lungs out. The mother wrote a tongue-in-cheek caption:

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“When a person doesn’t want to eat, do not fight. Here’s a strategy.”

Woman tells Briefly News how she gets her child to eat

Phindile Khoza told Briefly News that her son will turn two in a few weeks.

"The trick worked because he finished the plate with only that trick. It was my first time trying it because he hardly refuses to eat his food. I also use other techniques. I sing and dance, create a cartoon character with his food or dish up on a plate with one of his favourite cartoon characters," she said.

Watch the video here:

TikTokkers react hilariously to video

Netizens in the comment section roasted the boy's love for birthdays and shared what their children would do in response.

Tiyandza Mokoena remarked:

“12 years from now in therapy: ‘I don’t like birthdays’.”

Tina Dlathu commented:

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“Do you see this thing of you liking birthdays?”

Marjorie12 exclaimed:

“My son would take them out of his mouth with his hand.”

Dipuo.Za wrote:

“Toddlers are so special. It takes so much skill to conquer.”

Asanda M got ideas.

“I’m doing this to my nieces and nephews.”

It's_baboe added:

“You know, parenting strategies are important.”

Umuzi exclaimed:

“The betrayal is real.”

Child caught eating polony roll

In a similar article, Briefly News reported that a Bloemfontein child was caught eating a polony roll from the fridge.

In the posted video, the young man is shown standing by the fridge with the polony in his hand. The polony packet shows bite marks and the mother revealed that she let him eat it to his heart's content.

Source: Briefly News