What should I do if my baby has a poor appetite?

Many children don’t like to eat. We often see this situation: when children eat, they either refuse to swallow the food in their mouths or run around. Parents have to chase them and coax them to eat, but they still refuse to eat. If this continues, it will lead to bad eating habits for children, making them eat less and become picky eaters, which will affect their physical development. So what should we do?

If parents scold their babies for not eating well, then the babies will be even more reluctant to eat. Even if they do eat, it will be like chewing wax, which is not only tasteless but also affects the absorption of nutrients. Forcing children to eat can easily cause indigestion and vomiting.

The shape of food will affect your baby's appetite. Chop the vegetables and make dumplings, or make them into cute little mice or rabbits and steam them for them. The nature of food and its impact on the baby's stomach and intestines.

The weather is dry in this season and babies are prone to getting angry. Some parents will give their babies persimmons and grapefruits to reduce internal heat. However, they do not know that these things are cold in nature and eating too much will cool the stomach. The baby's stomach and intestines are not as strong as those of adults, which can easily cause diarrhea, leading to loss of appetite in babies.

There are also fragrant sugar-roasted chestnuts and all kinds of nuts that children love to eat, but these things are oily and eating too much will cause bloating. Exercising more can promote appetite and absorption. For babies with small appetites, refuse snacks. If your baby has a small appetite, stop giving him all snacks and all flavored water.

Adding appropriate amount of coarse grains and eating more coarse grains will help digestion and absorption. Food is becoming more and more refined, which is not good for babies. It will not only pamper the baby's stomach and slow down gastrointestinal motility, but also affect the baby's chewing ability and tooth growth, making the teeth fragile.

In fact, sometimes parents should realize that children’s appetite is different from that of ordinary people. They are younger and eat less. So you can’t think that their appetite is poor just because they don’t eat that much. Don’t force them to eat, otherwise it will easily cause indigestion. You can let them eat some appetizing foods such as hawthorn.