How to treat a ten-month-old baby with poor appetite

Most babies around ten months old have a poor appetite. At this time, parents are particularly worried about their physical condition, because if they do not eat, they will suffer from malnutrition. However, no matter what kind of food is prepared, they cannot eat it because they cannot adapt well to these complementary foods. Today we will learn how to treat a 10-month-old baby with a poor appetite.

(1) Rice soup: Boil the rice until soft, remove the residue and add a little sugar. Rice soup is rich in water and easy to digest and absorb.

(2) Mung bean soup: Boil the mung beans until soft, take out the mung bean soup and add appropriate amount of rock sugar. Mung beans have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and removing summer heat. Taking them can not only supplement nutrition, but also facilitate the excretion of toxins, thus helping to reduce fever.

(3) Egg custard: Beat 1 to 2 eggs, add appropriate amount of warm water and steam until cooked. Egg custard can supplement protein and is easier to digest and absorb.

(4) Watermelon juice: Watermelon juice has the effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat and promoting diuresis, and can promote the excretion of toxins.

(5) Fresh pear juice: Fresh pear juice has the effects of clearing heat, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. It is suitable for children with fever and cough.

(6) Fresh apple juice: Apple juice contains a large amount of vitamin C, which can supplement the body's nutritional needs and neutralize toxins in the body.

You can first boil some hawthorn water for your baby to drink. If it is too sour, add a small amount of rock sugar. If your baby's stool is normal, you can give him boiled hawthorn. If you tolerate it well, you can try eating some raw hawthorn, but in small amounts. Even for adults, eating too much hawthorn will not be beneficial.

You can eat a small amount of large hawthorn pills to stimulate your appetite. The premise is that the baby has poor appetite or poor digestion. This is a commonly used medicine given to babies in Beijing Children's Hospital. It is relatively mild and safe. The mother of a friend of mine works at Beijing Children's Hospital. My friend’s baby is now over one year old and regularly takes Da Shanzhao Pills. The little guy loves to eat it.

Babies under one year old do not yet take rice as their staple food, so eating less of it as a complementary food will not affect their growth and development. After all, babies drink a lot of milk every day. As long as you eat, it's good. Don't take "eating less" too seriously. You can add more types of complementary foods to your baby at the right time, allowing your child to taste and accept more flavors, which is conducive to stimulating the development of taste buds and laying the foundation for your baby to not be picky about food in the future. You can also try to change the state of the food, giving your baby a little bit of liquid, dry, soft, or hard food. This will give your baby a sense of freshness and stimulate his appetite. It can also exercise your baby's chewing ability and promote the growth of deciduous teeth. You can also understand your baby’s favorite taste through his reaction. However, when adding dry, hard foods, start with small amounts and pieces.

It is normal for a ten-month-old baby to have a weak ability to concentrate and have difficulty eating. It is recommended to create a suitable atmosphere when the baby is eating, with few stimuli to distract the baby. You can put your baby in a baby high chair and sit at the dining table. The whole family can also eat around the table and everyone can talk about topics related to eating. This will help your baby develop a good habit of eating seriously.

This article introduces in detail what to do if your 10-month-old baby has a poor appetite. Parents can boil some hawthorn water for their babies to drink. If they feel it is too sour, they can add a small amount of rock sugar, which can stimulate their gastric mucosa and make them have some appetite.