What to do if a two-year-old refuses to eat?

It is an issue that parents need to pay close attention to when their children do not like to eat. If a child does not eat all the time, it will cause malnutrition, which is not conducive to the child's growth and development. Also, if a child does not eat, the child's body will become very weak. Therefore, parents must find out the reasons why the child does not eat and prepare some food that the child usually likes to eat and is relatively delicious and nutritious.

1. Start with habits

According to the actual situation, formulate relevant measures: 1. Cultivate the habit of children going to bed and getting up on time; 2. Encourage children to actively participate in exercise and various game activities to ensure that children have a good mood; 3. Control snacks, strictly adhere to three meals a day and two points, and never let children eat snacks at will; 4. Combine encouragement with example. . 5. Hunger method. If all the above methods have been implemented and the child is in good health, but still does not want to eat, it means that he is not really hungry. There is no need to force him. You may let him leave the dining table, play with building blocks, read picture books, etc. Then he will be able to enjoy the next meal.

2. Change the method to stimulate appetite

1. Talk about the dangers of not eating, such as not eating well will lead to poor health, and poor health will reduce resistance and cause illness. When you are sick, you need to see a doctor, get injections and take medicine. Children get scared when they hear about injections, so naturally they will eat well. 2. Positive encouragement method. If your child is anorexic or picky about food, you can use the behaviors of the people your child admires or likes the most to stimulate his or her appetite. For example: "You like police officers. Do you want to be a policeman? Eat well and stay healthy so that you can become a policeman when you grow up." If the child wants to be a policeman, he will eat smoothly. 3. Induced selection method. Children are young and can be easily misled by adults.

If children don’t like to eat something such as eggs, and you ask them, “Do you eat eggs?” most of them will answer “No”. If you ask, "Eggs are very nutritious. Children will grow taller if they eat them. Do you want to eat one or two?" the child will immediately say, "One." For example, when eating celery, you can use "The cannon is coming! Boom, the cannon exploded in the baby's mouth!" to lure the child to open his mouth and eat the celery as if it were a cannon. After he finishes eating, you can praise him and encourage him to eat more next time. 4. Improve cooking methods. To create a dining scene, kindergartens should train nutritionists and let them learn more about cooking techniques so that they can make things that children are reluctant to eat look, smell and taste good. This will make children want to eat it as soon as they smell it and like it at the first sight. Giving children a feeling that the food is delicious will make them unable to resist the temptation and eat it even if they don’t like it. In addition, it is important to choose ingredients when cooking. Rice cooked from good rice is crystal clear and fragrant, which can easily arouse children's appetite. Choose fresh vegetables, which are not only nutritious but also easy to cook into delicious, fragrant and complete dishes.

Children may not like to eat because of calcium or zinc deficiency, or lack of various trace growth ingredients, all of which can cause children's eye consciousness. Another thing is that if a child has symptoms of indigestion, he or she will not like to eat. At this time, parents can give the child some medicine to help digestion. If it really doesn't work, go to the hospital for a check-up.