What to do if your nine-month-old baby doesn't like to eat

We often say that babies change every day, and this refers to babies under one year old. Before one year old, the baby's main food is mother's milk or infant formula. As the baby grows older, the nutrient solution they need is gradually increasing. Simple milk and milk powder are no longer enough to support the baby's healthy growth, so the baby's complementary food should be added. Nine months is an important stage in a child's development, but in this stage, many babies don't like to eat. So what should you do if a nine-month-old baby doesn't like to eat?

When the baby reaches 9 months old, the stomach capacity increases and the secretion of gastrointestinal digestive enzymes gradually improves. Although dairy products alone are nutritionally comprehensive, they are liquid after all and cannot meet the needs of babies' rapid growth and development. At this time, semi-liquid or paste-like foods should be added, and gradually transitioned to soft and solid foods, so that the baby can gradually enhance his chewing ability and prepare for weaning.

The stomach and intestines of a nine-month-old baby are still very tender, so when processing complementary foods, be sure to process the food into a paste to facilitate the baby's absorption and digestion. For some fruits and vegetables that are difficult to process at home, such as apples and carrots, you can choose bottled paste foods that are processed on the market. For example, a 9-month-old baby can start with easily absorbed apple and banana puree. After adding 2 to 3 bottles, you can switch to mixed vegetables to allow the baby's gastrointestinal function to adapt to the new food.

Babies aged 9 months should be fed porridge, and side dishes should be added to the porridge. These side dishes need to be processed, otherwise, it will be difficult for the baby to swallow. The following are methods for making vegetable puree, fish puree, minced meat, pork liver puree and shrimp puree for your reference when making them at home.

To make vegetable puree, first wash the vegetable leaves (such as greens, amaranth, cabbage, etc.), remove the stems and tear the leaves into pieces. Soak them in boiling water for a while, then pick them up and put them in a metal strainer and scrape or squeeze them with a spoon to mash them to filter out the vegetable puree. If you don't have a metal strainer, chop the vegetables finely with a kitchen knife. As your child gets older, the puree can be chopped coarser. Finally, stir-fry in a pan over high heat.

The above are the methods that can be taken to deal with a 9-month-old baby who doesn’t like to eat. The bodies of nine-month-old babies have gradually developed, and the digestive organs and taste buds in the body have also begun to react. The reason for not liking to eat is that parents did not find the taste that their children like when cooking. Therefore, through our introduction, we hope that everyone can find food that babies like, increase their baby’s diet, and ensure their health.