Baby and Child - Overcoming Eating Difficult - Tips

Baby and Child - Overcoming Eating Difficult - Tips

EVERY child usually had a hard time eating. Often this makes the child's parents are worried nutritional deficiencies. Actually, all healthy and normal child who will not let himself starve. So, if you have checked the child is not sick, not teething, no thrush / yeast or digestive disorders, as well as the child continues to appear to be active and happy, so no need to panic children face action on this one.

Parents need to do first is find out the cause of the child refused to eat. If it does not find a physical disorder as above, then the cause is psychological problems. In general, children do not want to eat may be because some of the following:

* Children are still not skilled food processing.

* The texture of foods that are not in accordance with its development.

* Less pleasant dining atmosphere.

* Trauma to the meal.

* Bored with menus, etc.

Here are some of the symptoms the child is difficult to eat and possible solutions we can do for the child to return to normal appetite.

1. Removing the back with his tongue

If this is done by a child just learning to eat, age 6 months upwards, probably due to the organs have not been skilled mouth with food or children feel weird with food that is relatively new to him. Better food texture softened and remain patient feeding.

2. Spurt

Is exploring the possibility of small organs in the mouth. If your baby is 8 months and over, it could be because the food is too liquid. You can thicken the texture of food in order not to be ejected.

3. Suck / store in the mouth for a long time

You can stimulate your child to chew faster by keeping the food warm. Able to represent it in a larger bowl containing hot water / warm. Or divide into 2 portions, where 1 / 2 portion was served with a half portion of the other remains heated.

For children 1 year to over can be added as a side dish of crispy fried, nuggets, corn cakes, or maybe just fried onions so that children are encouraged to be more aggressive grind food in his mouth.

4. Shut up

This usually occurs in children aged 10 months-2 years. Possible cause is the desire to protest. Find out the wishes of children. Try to obey if possible, or explain the reasons if it wishes can not be met. With the language of love and consistency, then this period can be passed as well.

5. Picky eaters

You can process food that is not liked in interesting shapes, forms a soft as to be camouflaged among other foodstuffs, or combine with your favorite foods.

In addition, eat foods that are not like that in front of him with feelings of joy and expressions show how the joy of what you eat. Over time, your child may be persuaded.

Each time a child is difficult to eat may be different ways to handle it. Childhood can be difficult to eat up to 1-2 months. Parents are required to be patient, creative and consistent.