What should I do if my child doesn t like to eat complementary food and doesn t like to eat

There are many reasons why babies do not eat complementary food, some parents are busy with work, often because of convenience, they give their babies a fixed taste of food, often eat, the baby will lack freshness, easy to lose appetite. Therefore, the baby does not like to eat, you can give the baby a proper change of other tastes, the baby likes, the food that interests is good.

When my baby was more than 1 year old, his appetite was not very good. The tricks have changed a lot, and he doesn't give face at all. Later, I checked some suggestions on the baby's eating, and some early education materials, summed up two points, first of all, to fix the baby's eating time, to the point of feeding, to help the baby develop the habit of eating at the time, Bao Ma must be ruthless, at first the baby is not cooperative, and then found that after the time I no longer give him food, even if he cries, can not eat, slowly he will eat when eating, will be full.

The second is to let the baby see other children eating deliciously, arousing his awareness that he also wants to eat. This is learned by watching Mika, Mika has several issues of themes that are specifically made for children who do not eat, many children in our community are watching, when the baby sees Mika and the children take the initiative to eat, he also follows and says to eat. I feel that Mika is very good, which can not only help the baby develop good living habits, but also save a lot of time for parents.

Give your child more vegetables and fruits, as these are similar to complementary foods. But be careful to give your child something good to digest.

8-9 months old baby, small hands become more flexible, choosing finger food is a good way to encourage children to eat on their own.

Complementary food is very important for babies after 6 months, don't think that the nutrition in milk is enough, complementary food not only provides nutrition, but also related to the baby's swallowing, chewing ability, and future speaking ability, and the introduction of allergenic foods is also easy to increase the risk of allergies. But some babies don't like to eat complementary food, what should I do if my baby doesn't like to eat complementary food? What are the reasons for not eating complementary foods?

1. Increase the types of complementary foods.

Some babies don't like to eat pureed complementary foods around 9 months, they will prefer slightly granulated or lumpy finger foods, or even adult foods.

At this time, you can try some other complementary foods for your baby, such as steamed buns, noodles, cakes and other pasta, thicker porridge or even rice, boiled soft carrots or cauliflower dices, etc.

However, it should be noted that salt should not be added to the baby's complementary food before the age of one.

At this time, there is no need to worry about the baby's chewing problem, it doesn't matter how many teeth you can chew and how many teeth you have, the baby is chewing with your own gums, and the baby must go through this period of excess, exercising your chewing skills and digestion ability.

2. Control the amount of milk.

The space of the baby's stomach is limited, and Changsha lactation promoter Luo Yu reminded parents that after adding complementary food to the baby, the milk volume should be controlled at about 600ml, and it is not too much.

In addition, arrange the baby's meal time, eat complementary food first, and then drink milk, don't make the eating time too scattered, you have to eat once in an hour or two, always eating, you don't feel hungry.

3. Increase the amount of exercise for your baby.

In winter, many babies will wear a lot, exercise will be very difficult, there is basically no exercise in a day, and the consumption of less food will become less.

Babies and adults wear the same thickness, do not need to wear too much, usually put the baby on the crawling mat, practice rolling and crawling, standing and walking, etc., let the baby do more exercise, not only will consume energy, but also let the baby become smarter!

4. Appropriate iron supplementation.

If the baby is pale, easily tired, and anorexic, it is necessary to suspect whether it is iron deficiency, and premature babies will be more prone to this problem.

In addition, if the baby usually eats not commercially available rice noodles with added iron, but eats rice porridge made at home, and is picky eaters and does not eat meat and eggs, it may also be iron deficiency.

If you find that your baby is deficient in iron, you can buy some iron supplements, and after 8-12 weeks of continuous iron supplementation, as long as you have a balanced diet, you can stop supplementing.

5. Eat happily.

Parents must let go of anxiety, do not insist on how much the baby must eat at each meal, and force the baby to eat too much. Keep your baby in a happy mood when eating, and give your baby the freedom to eat and not eat.

If the above are ruled out, or you still don't like to eat, it may only be a temporary loss of appetite, especially for older babies, the growth rate has slowed down, and for a while you just don't want to eat a lot, or you have just been sick, and your appetite will be bad. Parents should go with the flow and keep a normal mind, and the baby's appetite will definitely recover soon.