In the process of taking care of the baby, as the baby grows up day by day, complementary foods will be added. However, during the process of adding complementary foods, some mothers will find that some babies are resistant to vegetables. Some babies are very picky eaters. Faced with this picky eating phenomenon, many mothers are very anxious.
If the baby is always picky about food, it will be very detrimental to the child's body's nutrient absorption. Therefore, to solve the problem of picky eating and make your baby fall in love with vegetables, you need some skills to solve the problem of picky eating. To make your baby fall in love with vegetables, you can try the following aspects.
1. Seize the sensitive period of the baby's taste buds
To solve the problem of baby's picky eating, we must seize the sensitive period of the baby's taste buds. This period is very important for babies. Generally, the specific time period is around 6 months to 1 year old. During this period, the baby's sense of taste begins to develop. If he doesn't like to eat vegetables, it is relatively normal. Parents need to be more patient and put some effort into cooking.
Some vegetables have a special flavor. You can chop them into smaller pieces or cook them longer to avoid overpowering the smell. Gradually, children will fall in love with these vegetables. When adding them, pay attention to adding only one type of vegetables each, so that children can slowly adapt to them, and this will solve the vegetable problem well.
2. Use more encouragement to increase children's self-confidence
When babies eat vegetables, the attitude of parents is very important. Don't always try to use threats, or scolding and giving up. It is recommended to use more encouraging methods, which can give each vegetable the characteristics of a fairy tale, and then slowly induce children to eat it on their own initiative. For example, you can say: " the little white rabbit loves carrots the most. If you take one bite of the white rabbit, take one bite."
Find some dolls that your child likes or parents who can set an example and take a bite first. In this way, children's desire to eat can be greatly stimulated. When children make concessions and actually eat vegetables, parents should also encourage their children and affirm their behavior.
3. Pay attention to visual guidance
When babies eat vegetables, parents should be guided by the colors and shapes of the vegetables. For example, the color matching can also stimulate the baby's eating. In particular, the color should not be too dark, so that the food can be appropriately transformed into the shape they like. Many tools today have corresponding models, so it is very simple to do it.
4. Make a slow transition when making vegetables
Really make a slow transition when making vegetables, from the earliest foam to lumps, and then slowly start little by little. If your child doesn't like to eat a certain vegetable, you can chop the vegetable into small pieces and mix it with other vegetables to make the child better accept it. When pairing, you can mix some of the foods you like and those you don’t like. If the child is older, you can make stuffings out of vegetables that the child doesn't like to eat, and then mix them with other foods, and the child will slowly accept them.
5. Invite children to participate in the cooking process
When children are older, you can invite them to participate in cooking together. This can stimulate their appetite very well, because the children will be more interested in knowing that the food is made by themselves. Another advantage is that it can exercise the baby's hand muscle flexibility and improve hand-eye coordination. For example, helping parents wash vegetables, peel beans, etc.
Adding complementary foods to children needs to be done slowly, and parents should not be too impatient all the time. When eating vegetables, the child will have an adaptation process. Pay attention to the baby's meal situation and make reasonable adjustments. At the same time, you should also pay attention to the selection of ingredients and pay attention to certain ages of your baby, so that you can well solve the problem of picky eaters who don't like vegetables.
