The child does not want to eat: how to be? Photo: Getty
The most common reasons for the child's refusal to eat
First of all, parents should understand thatfeeding should bring pleasure to the child, and not flour. All the food that the baby was eating through strength is not absorbed well. If every lunch or breakfast is like a battle for the next eaten spoon, and until the food neurosis is short-lived. You do not want the child to have a strong rejection of any food? So before you have to eat, find out the reason for refusing food. What could it be:
- The child constantly interrupts the appetite with sweets, biscuits and other sweets. Let's all delicious only after the main course.
- Bad feeling. If the baby's teeth are chopped, the throat hurts or the temperature rises, it's not until dinner, and you need to think about the treatment first.
- Nutritional neurosis. This problem arises because the child is constantly being forced to eat what he does not want. Characteristic signs of neurosis: crying at the sight of food, the desire to escape and hide from parents who are forced to eat, vomiting. With this problem it is necessary to consult a doctor who can provide competent help.
- The child is not hungry. If he did not walk, did not spend his energy on moving games, or the previous feeding was only recently, perhaps he just did not have time to get hungry.
If you could find out the reason for refusing food, finding a solution to the problem will be easy.
What if the child does not want to eat?
In all cases, where the cause lies in any disease, it is better not to take independent actions and turn to the pediatrician. The rest will help some simple rules:
- Feed the baby always at the same time, andbetween meals do not give anything that cuts off your appetite. His body will get used to it, and you yourself will notice that the baby sits at the table more readily at the appointed time.
- During meals, there should not be anything distracting: cartoons, books and other entertainments do not belong in the kitchen.
- To increase the interest of the baby to food, manifestmiracles of serving. Use beautiful bright dishes. Cut and create from the products of little animals and fairy-tale characters. Interestingly decorate the dishes. The child himself will not notice how all this beauty will disappear in his stomach.
- Connect children to the selection of products in the store and to cook them. What kind of baby will refuse to try what he himself cooked with his mother.
Each child needs his own approach. Having thoroughly studied the nature and characteristics of your child, you can come up with other ways to increase his appetite. And pay attention: if it seems to you that the baby is eating a little, but he is developing well and gaining weight, while being cheerful and active, that means he needs enough food. And perhaps, there are no problems with poor appetite in your case. Read further:
