Why did the child eat poorly?
There are a lot of reasons for poor appetite , but the most common ones can be listed in the following list:
- Physiological ailments and diseases. It's no secret that when a person is unhealthy, the appetite disappears by itself, and in medical practice this is the absolute norm. In addition to the disease, babies have a physiological process: teething, which is the main reason that an infant does not eat well and is often naughty.
- Unpleasant, monotonous or unusual food. Porridges, vegetables and cutlets from turkey, steamed - useful, but, unfortunately, not always tasty food. This is known to both adults and children, and if the first eat such a meal, because it is necessary, the latter begin to actively resist. If you are faced with the fact that the child is very poorly eating, for example, carrots, then it is worth making dishes that do not have this vegetable or it will be unrecognizable. In addition, you need to pay attention to the variety in the menu. Judge for yourself, if every morning to feed the child with the same porridge, then whatever appetite he had, but after 5-6 days he will refuse it.
- Quite another thing is with babies. If your baby is only on mixture or breastfeeding, then giving up food can talk about physical ailment or problems with the staple food. In the latter case, you need to analyze the food: for artificial persons - a mixture (perhaps, it was replaced by another one), for those who are eating the breast - the ration of a nursing woman.
- Frequent or uncontrolled snacks. If delicious cookies and sweets lie in the apartment wherever possible, then this is one of the main reasons for the reluctance to eat porridge or soup. You just have to take the sweets away, and your child will immediately have an appetite. In addition, it is worth paying attention to the household, it's not a secret that grandmothers are always ready to feed their grandchildren and grandchildren. Sometimes even a small piece of home-made pie, eaten before dinner, can seriously discourage the desire for food.
What should you do if the child is not eating well?
However hard it was, psychologists recommend leaving the crumb alone and not forcing it to eat. Forcible pawning in the mouth of food will only lead to additional aggression from the side of the baby, spitting out food, and possibly hysterics.
If a child does not eat well, many are interested in how to raise his appetite so that it is effective. And here too there are some interesting rules:
- more walk with a crumb in the fresh air, and if the weather permits and there is a possibility, take food directly under the open sky;
- try to cheer your child. Psychologists have long proven that the appetite largely depends on the mental state of the baby. And this is directly confirmed: telling stories about airplanes that fly into your mouth, or jumping around the child like a bunny, children with great pleasure eat, than when they are shouted or punished.
- stimulate the appetite of the baby. For this, a teaspoon of melted butter or honey is perfect. In addition, sometimes thirst does not let the feeling of hunger open. Therefore, you can try to give a child before eating 100 ml of boiled water.
In conclusion, I want to note that only patience and imagination will help you feed the baby, even if it does not start right away. In this case, one should never resort to threats or punishments. such actions will always lead to negativity on the part of the child, not only to the actions of the parents, but also to the process of eating.