What should I do if my five-month-old baby has a poor appetite?

All mothers want their babies to eat more, but for a five-month-old baby, the child is still young, the food intake is small, and the gastrointestinal function is not complete. If the diet is not well taken care of, the baby will have a poor appetite. If it is serious, indigestion and other conditions will occur. Therefore, when the child has a poor appetite, you must take the initiative to find the cause and then carry out targeted conditioning. Let's learn about it below.

(1) Infants and young children should get enough sleep to give their brains a rest. The brain development of infants and young children is not yet complete, so they need special protection when they are not active. If you get a good sleep, your appetite will be good; if you don’t get enough sleep, your appetite will be poor.

(2) Infants and young children need appropriate activities. Some infants and young children are held in the arms all day long and sit all day without any chance to move, which is also one of the reasons for loss of appetite. Engaging in outdoor activities in fresh air promotes blood circulation and metabolism, and helps digestion and absorption of food. If infants and young children have proper activities, they will have a good appetite, but of course, they should not be overly excited.

(3) Infants and young children should eat at certain intervals. Weak or sick infants have poor digestion ability and can eat small meals frequently with shorter intervals between meals. If infants and young children can eat at regular times, they will feel hungry at the right time and their appetite will not be a problem. Developing the habit of regular feeding from an early age can avoid eating difficulties in the future. Children who like to eat snacks are always in a state of neither hunger nor full, and it is impossible for them to have a good appetite. It is harmless to eat a piece of candy or chocolate after a meal; but giving children snacks before a meal, even a small piece of biscuit, can affect their appetite.

The above is what to do when a five-month-old baby has a poor appetite. Do not force the child when he does not want to eat, otherwise it will cause harm to the baby's stomach. You can give the child some rice soup at ordinary times, and you can also give the child small steamed buns of various shapes, which are easy to arouse the child's interest. You can give the baby more water at ordinary times.