What should I do if my child doesn't like to eat? What is the reason why my child doesn't like to eat?

Parents must be deeply troubled by the problem of children not liking to eat. Children who don't like to eat not only fail to get the nutrition that is beneficial to their growth, but also cause a series of consequences and symptoms such as spleen and stomach disorders and slow physical development. Therefore, it is particularly important to cultivate children's habit of loving to eat. Today, I will share with you how to cultivate children's good habit of loving to eat.

Recipes for meals that kids don’t like

1. Anorexia in children (no appetite):

3 qian of hawthorn and 1 qian of chicken skin, add half a bowl of water and cook until done. Eat before meals, twice a day for three consecutive days. It has the effect of stimulating appetite and aiding digestion.

2. Cook porridge with brown rice

People often put raw rice or raw glutinous rice in an iron pan and stir-fry it over low heat until the rice turns dark yellow and slightly burnt. They then use the burnt rice to cook porridge, which helps stop diarrhea and promotes digestion. Babies only need to drink the rice soup from the porridge, and the effect is usually good.

3. Make yam paste for your baby

Wash and peel the yam, cut it into small pieces and put it in a grinder. Add some water and beat it into a paste. Then put it in a small pot and boil it, stirring while boiling. Feed your baby half a bowl of it once a day when he is on an empty stomach. It can play a good role in regulating the spleen and stomach, and it also has the effect of stopping diarrhea, nourishing the lungs and kidneys. Children who are prone to sore throats and ear pain are not suitable for eating yam.

4. Chestnut Soup

Take 3 to 5 chestnuts, shell them, mash them, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and cook them into a paste, then add a small amount of sugar for seasoning, and feed the baby on an empty stomach, 1 to 2 times a day. Chestnut paste also has the effect of regulating the spleen and stomach and stopping diarrhea.

How to avoid the habit of not eating

1. [Can you still eat well if your eating habits are not fixed?]

Children have irregular eating habits, no fixed eating time, and their eating time is extended or shortened. The normal gastrointestinal digestion pattern is disrupted, and the child will not eat obediently;

2. [Malnutrition, is it caused by parents?]

One-sided pursuit of high nutrition, giving children meat, eggs and milk without restraint, damaging the gastrointestinal tract and causing indigestion;

3. [Too many snacks, no feeling of hunger at all]

Eating snacks constantly, eating non-stop, and eating a lot, leads to gastrointestinal motility and secretion disorders; high-calorie drinks, ice cream, chocolate, etc., keep blood sugar at a high level without feeling hungry;

4. Can you still enjoy your meal when the eating environment is so bad?

Poor eating environment, playing while eating, or parents teasing or scolding while eating, so that the food center of the cerebral cortex cannot form a dominant excitation focus;

5. [The guidance method is wrong. I refuse to eat it even if you ask me to.]

Parents pay too much attention to their children's eating, which makes them rebellious and use refusal to eat as a bargaining chip. Parents should relax their children and let them eat more easily.

6. [With less exercise and poor digestion, can you still stay calm?]

Lack of exercise, reduced metabolism, and failure to strengthen gastrointestinal digestive function;

How to develop a habit of eating

1. Start with habits

According to the actual situation, relevant measures are determined: 1. Develop the habit of children going to bed and getting up at regular times; 2. Encourage children to actively participate in exercise and various game activities to ensure that children have a good mood; 3. Control snacks, strictly follow three meals a day and two o'clock, and never let children eat snacks randomly; 4. Combine encouragement with role models. 5. Hunger method. If all the above methods have been implemented and the body is not sick, if the child is really unwilling to eat, it means that the child is really not hungry. There is no need to force it. Let it leave the table, play with building blocks, read picture books, etc., so that the next meal will be delicious.

2. Change the method to stimulate appetite

1. Talk about the harm of not eating. For example, if you don't eat well, your health will be poor. If your health is poor and your resistance is reduced, you will get sick. If you get sick, you need to see a doctor, get injections and take medicine. When children hear about injections, they will be afraid and will naturally eat well. 2. Positive encouragement. If your child is anorexic or picky about food, you can use the behavior of the person the child admires or likes the most to stimulate the child's appetite. For example: "Do you like the police uncle? Do you want to be a policeman? Eat well and have a good body so that you can be a policeman when you grow up." If the child wants to be a policeman, he will eat smoothly.

3. Give your child some restraint

If a child refuses to eat well, it is not okay to let her eat or feed her. Practice shows that forcing her is helpful for these children. The method is to set a time limit. When eating lunch and dinner, there are cartoons VCDs that children like to watch after meals. Children are required to finish eating 5 minutes before the VCD is played, otherwise they cannot watch it. Children usually finish eating on time for the cartoons they like to watch. Sometimes, if there are no cartoons, they can use a toy or a book that she likes. She is willing to cooperate for the things she likes.

Since this method is mandatory, the law enforcement must be strict. When there is no reason to talk, it is right to let children be restrained.