Why doesn't the baby eat?

As parents, the most troublesome thing is when the baby refuses to eat. We are worried and anxious, fearing that the baby's nutrition is not enough but we don't know what to do. First of all, for the problem of the baby not eating, the most important thing for us as parents is to confirm the reason why the baby does not eat. If conditions permit, we can check the baby so as to find a targeted eating habit that suits the baby.

Cause: From a medical point of view, there are two main pathological and physiological factors for anorexia in children.

One is that local or systemic diseases affect the function of the digestive system, reducing the tension of gastrointestinal smooth muscles, reducing the secretion of digestive juices, and reducing enzyme activity;

The other is that the central nervous system is affected by various stimuli from the internal and external environment of the human body, causing the regulation of digestive function to lose balance.

Children's long-term picky eating and partial eating can cause the lack of trace elements in the body, especially the trace element zinc, which is determined to be important in taste metabolism. Zinc deficiency can cause taste loss, thereby causing loss of appetite or loss of appetite.

Warm tips: 1. Failure to add complementary foods in time during infancy: During the critical period of adding complementary foods to infants, the baby is not given appropriate exercise, which causes the chewing ability to lag behind that of children of the same age.

2. Bad eating habits: The baby is picky about food, has a partial diet, or eats too many snacks before meals. It may also be that you force the baby to eat when he doesn't want to, causing the baby to rebel.

3. Deficiency of vitamin B and trace element zinc: Deficiency of B vitamins and trace element zinc can cause a decrease in the baby's taste function and gastric mucosal digestive function.

When you find that your baby is not eating, the first thing to do is to see whether the baby does not like to eat because he is picky about food or does not eat because of anorexia. Parents can choose some staple foods that the baby likes and add some complementary foods to feed the baby. In addition, you can also give the baby some food or fruit that helps digestion, such as apples or hawthorns, but remember not to eat on an empty stomach.