​What should I do if my baby is picky about food and doesn’t like to eat?

In our current lives, the baby's physical health is something that parents are very concerned about, but many children are picky eaters. Especially for babies who don’t like to eat vegetables, parents should also master some good methods to help them. A healthy diet with balanced nutrition will be beneficial to their physical development. Next, I will tell you in detail what to do if your baby is picky about food.

Parents need to understand the physical and psychological changes in their children: children are now in the first rebellious period.

As children's ability to move improves and the amount of knowledge and information they acquire increases, their psychology also changes dramatically. They hope to emphasize their existence by denying adults' orders and to show adults that they have strong abilities. Therefore, he wants to do everything according to his own wishes and does not want others to interfere with his freedom, which shows that he is very stubborn. Even a child who is usually docile and obedient will become naughty and disobedient at this stage, and will go against you in every way. In fact, this "rebellious period" is a normal phenomenon. However, children do not yet have the ability to judge right from wrong, nor do they understand the significance of eating to their growth.

What to do if your child is picky about food and refuses to eat

Parents must give correct guidance based on their children's physical and psychological development characteristics:

First of all, the primary disease needs to be actively treated. And if you use medicines and health products properly, your child's appetite will gradually recover.

Provide a fixed, protective, comfortable, and quiet place to feed or eat where your child can focus. Do not scold or lecture your children during meals; create a relaxed, pleasant and good dining atmosphere. Parents need to use dining tables, chairs and utensils that are appropriate to their age and culture based on the physiological characteristics of digestion and absorption of infants and young children. At the same time, eat at regular times, in fixed quantities and regularly. Do not arbitrarily change your child's mealtimes or meal sizes

What to do if your child is picky about food and refuses to eat

Parents need to master certain food preparation skills and nutritional knowledge. When cooking food specially for children, steaming, boiling, stewing and simmering are usually used. Frying, roasting and baking are not suitable. It is better to keep the taste light, without or using less seasoning, not too salty, and do not let children eat spicy and irritating food. Choose more dark green, red and yellow vegetables and fruits, so that they have color, fragrance and taste, which can attract children's interest from the sensory point of view. Under the control of nutrition and "total amount", the recipe can be flexibly adjusted according to the substitution relationship of similar foods, so as to properly take care of children's preferences for some foods.

Based on the fact that children are willing to participate in everything, encourage them to help adults with meal preparations. During the meal, parents should set an example themselves, use words to praise the food that their children are reluctant to eat, take the lead in tasting the food, and deliberately act like they are enjoying it with relish, setting a good example for their children and cultivating their children's love for eating all kinds of food. Don’t force your children to eat bitter or strange-tasting foods.

Encourage, guide and educate children to use spoons, chopsticks, etc. to eat independently, and teach them to learn "eating" skills and dining etiquette. When eating, pay attention to cultivating children's awareness of sharing with others, and thank the cook after the meal;

Arrange appropriate outdoor exercises according to the child's age characteristics and individual differences to maintain a balance between food intake and energy consumption. This not only allows you to breathe fresh air, promote blood circulation, and accelerate metabolism, but also allows you to sunbathe, effectively promoting the conversion of subcutaneous cholesterol into vitamin D, which helps calcium absorption, is beneficial to the development of bones and muscles, and maintains a reasonable weight gain;

Choose snacks wisely. It is necessary to arrange snacks for children in a reasonable and moderate manner, but you must choose the right time: it can increase children's interest in food and also help replenish energy. Care should be taken to avoid affecting appetite and meal size during regular meals. Snacks mainly consist of dairy products and fruits. Control of candy, sweetened beverages, and fried and puffed foods

Do parents understand the above-mentioned aspects and methods of changing their baby’s picky eating? Children's diet is very important. Only when their diet is healthy and nutritionally balanced can it be more beneficial to their body growth. So parents and friends, hurry up and prepare delicious and nutritionally balanced diet for your babies!