Why does a five-month-old baby have a poor appetite?

Every mother will pay special attention to her child when the baby is young, especially a five-month-old baby. Sometimes the baby will have a poor appetite. Not only will he not drink much milk, but he will also lose weight. When this happens, the mother must pay attention to it. It may be that the baby has digestion problems or has no appetite. In this case, the cause must be found. Let’s learn what to do if a five-month-old baby has a poor appetite.

When the baby has a loss of appetite, the mother should first pay attention to whether the following situations occur:

1. Disease and trace element deficiency

Your baby may have a loss of appetite due to physical discomfort, oral diseases, zinc deficiency, etc.

4. Poor physical and emotional condition

If the baby is not active enough, the food has not been fully digested and he does not feel hungry. The baby is too tired or overexcited and wants to sleep during meals or has no appetite, which affects his appetite.

Two tips to stimulate your baby's appetite

1. Supplementation of trace elements: Babies often show symptoms of slow growth, loss of appetite, dull or even loss of taste, poor healing of skin wounds, and susceptibility to infection. If your baby has any of these symptoms, you should take your baby to the hospital immediately. If he is deficient in zinc, etc., supplementing with trace elements can fundamentally treat the disease and increase appetite.

2. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the use of spleen-strengthening and appetite-stimulating drugs is related to the poor spleen and stomach function of children. For treatment, spleen-strengthening and appetite-stimulating drugs can be taken, such as Xiaoerkang and Xiaoerxishi syrup. Some Chinese patent medicines also have this effect. At the same time, parents can also take their babies to a Chinese medicine practitioner for massage, which is also very effective.

Through the above introduction, we understand the situation of five-month-old babies having poor appetite. After such a situation occurs, mothers must pay attention to it, especially to actively find the reasons why the baby has no appetite, and then carry out targeted treatment and conditioning according to the situation. If the baby has such a situation for a long time, it will affect the baby's development.