Food is more than just fuel though. We use it as a way to socialise from early on. Doing BLS, your bub sits with you when you eat and you sit and chat to them when they are eating. If you spoon feed, you are also interacting, chatting to bub. Even earlier on, breastfeeding or bottle feeding you hold bub, catch their gaze, chat to them, rub them.

You can't get away from the social aspect to it. If you look at breastfeeding, breastmilk has natural pain relievers in it plus the comfort of a hug and the closeness- so this is a natural way where food is linked to comfort or healing. If you get sick, food can help you get better (if it provides whatever you are missing).

So, i don't think food is just a fuel and i don't want it to be just a comfort, it's working out the middle area.