text | Little Bookworm mother
"My baby is reluctant to eat complementary food, what should I do?"
"My grandson is almost one year old and doesn't like complementary food, so I'm so worried!"
"My baby cries as soon as he feeds complementary food, what should I do? ...
Backstage often receives consultation from parents, many of which are about the baby's not like to eat. For babies, eating well is a big deal, and parents should pay attention to it.
Next, Little Bookworm mother and everyone look for reasons why the baby doesn't like to eat. How can the baby fall in love with eating?
Baby doesn’t like to eat, the reason may be hidden in these details
As a nanny and a mother of two children, the little bookworm mother thinks that the baby doesn’t like to eat, and most of the reasons behind it are caused by improper feeding. Based on the knowledge learned and feeding experience, I will tell you about the reasons why the baby doesn’t like to eat, which may be hidden in these details to see if you have any hits?
①The baby is already full, but the parents think that he doesn’t like to eat
"Baby eat one more bite, and then take another bite. "Have you ever done such a thing? In fact, each baby has a different appetite. Some babies get full after eating half a bowl, while some babies have to eat a big bowl to fill.
A few bites of babies with a small appetite actually fills their stomachs, but parents think that the baby is not full yet, and it is one bite to eat. As a result, the baby can only cry and resist, but parents think that the baby's behavior is a sign of not loving to eat.
② The food type is single for a long time, and the food characteristics do not meet the baby's chewing ability
Some babies are over one year old and still eat single-flavored rice paste, while some babies are already fed adult meals, larger pieces and harder meat dishes at seven or eight months old.
The food characteristics do not meet the baby's chewing ability for a long time, and it will also affect the baby's enthusiasm for eating and the actual amount of eating.
③There are too many snacks after meals, and the baby has no chance to try to eat by himself
Some parents see that their children don’t eat much in their main meals, so they add extra meals after meals, giving their children some fruits, biscuits, snacks, yogurt, etc., so that their children will always feel hungry and lose interest in eating in their main meals.
In addition, most families are fed by parents. If the baby wants to try to grab food, he often blocks the parents as soon as possible. Stop.
Parents have always been feeding, even chasing or coaxing them to feed, even if the baby wants to try, they will be blocked. In this way, the child will not learn the skills of eating, and the child may think that eating is the parents' business, which will lead to a rebellious mentality about eating.
How to make the baby fall in love with eating?
After finding the reason why the baby doesn't like eating, We can crack one by one and find the corresponding solutions. After personal experience, parents do four small things in the daily feeding process to make their children eat and be in good health.
The first thing: do a good role as parents, encourage and guide
Many parents worry about what the baby eats and how much they eat every day, worrying that the child will get hungry if he doesn't eat, so they chase after the child to feed the food. To be honest, when I was a mother for the first time, I also did it. This is how the baby eats two bites less at a meal, and I feel extremely anxious.
After reading the book "Encyclopedia of Natural Nursing for 0~6 years", I understand that the role of parents should be done correctly: Parents cannot simply "control" their children's meals, but should observe their children's needs and give correct guidance and encouragement.
Whether to eat, how much to eat, and what to eat requires encouragement and guidance from parents, but most of them are the children's own business. Once parents can clarify their roles and responsibilities, the eating atmosphere will improve, and it will not be easy to have forced feeding, and the baby will eat better and enjoy it more.
The second thing: Respect the baby's belly
Every baby has a different appetite. We must respect the baby's belly. The child has the final say.Since the baby's stomach is only as big as his fist, don't put a lot of food on your baby's rice bowl.
We can prepare a set of children's tableware, divide the food into small portions, first serve as small portions as big as a fist, put them in the dining bowl, and continue adding if the baby wants to eat it after eating.
Don’t let your baby eat all the food on the plate every time. Parents just need to give their children enough nutritious food and provide it to them at the right time. The specific amount of food is up to the baby himself, and parents should accurately obtain the signal that the baby is full.
The third thing: observe the small signals of "hungry" and "full" of the baby
Babies during the confinement period can know their food and clothing. Parents should learn to observe the small signals of "hungry" and "full" sent by the baby. When the baby shows excitement when he sees food, and opens his mouth in front of the spoon and actively licks the food when he actively sucks the food, it means that the baby is hungry and needs to eat.
When the baby sees food, his lips are pursed, his mouth is tightly closed, or when he sees a spoon near him, his face turns around elsewhere and spits out food, it means that the baby does not want to eat.
Parents need to pay attention to the signal that their babies want or don’t want food, adapt to feeding, and gradually help their babies develop healthy eating habits.
In addition, the baby's growth curve should be observed regularly. If the baby is fed properly, the growth curve will be within the normal range. If the baby's weight and height growth rate drop significantly, excluding physical reasons, it is caused by improper feeding nutrition or long-term inability to eat enough.
The fourth thing: Diversified food, encourage babies to eat by themselves
When the baby is 5 months old, he begins to enter the taste sensitive period. Therefore, after adding complementary food to the baby, it is necessary to gradually enrich the types of foods and let children try various foods with different flavors to promote the development of their taste.
At the same time, as the baby's chewing ability develops, parents should not be lazy in the process of making complementary foods, and they need to change the methods and types of foods from time to time. On the premise of ensuring balanced nutrition, you often change the patterns of food and need to spend more time on the shape of the food.
In addition, some babies just don’t like their parents to hand the spoon in front of them and reject solid food. They may prefer to do it themselves. Parents need to understand their baby’s preferences. At this time, parents can prepare an extra set of tableware to encourage their babies to eat by themselves.
At the end of the writing, Xiao Shuzhu's mother wanted to tell her parents: feeding the baby to eat requires tacit cooperation and cooperation between parents and babies. Parents should guide them patiently and must not force them.
