What happens if the child doesn't want to eat?

Whether a child’s diet is normal is directly related to their growth and development. Families must let their children develop good eating habits from an early age. However, many children will have a poor appetite or irregular meals. At this time, we still need to find out the specific reasons and find ways to prevent and improve them so as not to affect the health of children. So why do children not want to eat?

1. The beginning of children’s independent consciousness. This kind of autonomy can appear when eating, dressing, bathing, before going to bed, etc., and the baby is unwilling to be manipulated by others (feeding is also a kind of manipulation).

2. Children eat too many snacks and are not hungry. If children eat snacks all the time, they will naturally not be able to eat when it is time to eat. Although it is necessary to give snacks, they should not be given in excess, especially junk food should be avoided as much as possible. This can prevent children from eating too many snacks and putting the cart before the horse and not being able to eat the main meal.

3. Normal development slows down and the food requirements also decrease. This situation will occur around the end of the child's first year.

4. The child is in a playful mood, such as hitting toys, building blocks, tearing paper, throwing things, etc., and is unwilling to stop.

5. Since the baby's swallowing function is not as perfect as that of adults, some foods, such as long-stemmed vegetable leaves, will get stuck in the throat and cause discomfort or vomiting. Or if the baby has been scalded, "cold", or choked in a certain time, the child will have a memory of it, which will make the baby reflexively refuse to eat.

6. There are too many distracting people or things in the dining environment.

7. When you are sick, tired, in a bad mood, or just woke up, you may not want to eat.

8. The food is not to the baby’s taste, or is too salty or too bland, or the dishes are always the same. Babies like new things, but if they eat too much of the same food, not only will the baby lose his appetite, but adults will also protest.

9. Failure to develop good eating habits and playing while eating is not good for gastrointestinal digestion and does not allow the baby to taste the delicious food.

Through the above introduction, everyone is clear about why children are unwilling to eat. Whether it is a life-threatening condition or bad eating habits, family members need to pay close attention to it. If it is a pathological cause, it needs timely and correct treatment. It is also necessary to regulate the child's stomach, improve digestive function, and improve appetite so that the child can develop faster and better.