What to do if your four-month-old baby has a poor appetite

Many babies suddenly don’t like to eat when they are three or four months old. No matter how you coax them, they just won’t eat. The children are so young and you don’t know what to do. Many mothers are at a loss. In fact, many three or four-month-old babies will experience this situation. This is what we often call the milk aversion period. Generally, it will be fine as long as this period passes. During this period, mothers can try the following methods, which may be helpful.

First of all, you can make the milk powder dilute, or add some glucose, rice flour, fruit juice, etc. to the milk powder to adjust the taste of the milk powder. Do not force the baby to breastfeed at this stage. Let the baby eat as much as he can. It is best for the baby to eat only one brand of milk powder. The formulas of various brands of milk powder are different, and the baby's gastrointestinal function is not yet perfect. Constantly adapting to milk powder with different formulas will increase the burden on the stomach. But you can also insist on breastfeeding. If the baby doesn’t eat in the morning, you can feed him in the afternoon. If the baby doesn’t eat today, you can feed him tomorrow. After this stage, the baby will naturally like milk powder again.

Secondly, you can take appropriate zinc supplements. Zinc supplements can help restore the sensitivity of taste buds and thus increase appetite, so you can give your child some zinc gluconate oral solution. At the same time, you can give your baby appropriate Chinese patent medicines that strengthen the spleen and stimulate the appetite, such as children's digestive tablets, children's food granules, etc.

Mothers can cultivate their baby's eating habits from an early age and let their baby have good eating habits, which is very beneficial. If the baby doesn't like to eat, slowly start adding complementary foods to teach the baby not to be picky about food, and let the baby slowly adapt to a variety of foods. You can make the food look better for the baby, which will be more attractive to him.