most of the time my wife is there to look after our 16 month old baby when I cook, but there are occasions when she's not. Usually in those cases I sit her in h

most of the time my wife is there to look after our 16 month old baby when I cook, but there are occasions when she's not. Usually in those cases I sit her in her high chair next to me in the kitchen, and entertain her by giving her kitchen ustensils to play with, like a whisk, a funnel, a wooden spoon, or sometimes I sacrifice food by giving her a raw carrot for instance. As I cook I make her try the food as it goes, and I narrate what I do, try to make it interesting, sing etc. And I make sure to, as much as possible, do everything that requires two hands as fast as possible (cutting vegetable and meats) so that if she ends up getting frustrated and wants to go in my arms, I can hold her with my left hand whilst I cook with my right hand. We do that a couple time a week at least and 90% of the times it goes well. There has been the occasional time where she was in a bad mood and crying and I had to use both hands for cooking, with no other choice that to let her cry for a while, but mostly it's alright.