What to do if your eight-month-old baby refuses to eat complementary food

When the baby reaches a certain age, parents will start to prepare complementary foods for him, because only in this way can the baby be provided with comprehensive nutrition for his body, which can benefit his growth and development. However, some babies are still resistant to complementary foods even at eight months old. At this time, parents need to understand the most effective way to deal with it and make the baby fall in love with complementary foods.

The iron content in breast milk is very low, and the iron in egg yolk is difficult to absorb. You can give your baby some pork liver and supplement vitamin C to help absorb iron. Jujubes contain vitamin C and iron and can be eaten by babies. Babies with anemia have a poor appetite, which is one of the reasons why your baby is unwilling to eat complementary foods. If the iron deficiency is severe, you can give your baby some iron supplements such as ferrous sulfate, which is very effective. Supplement continuously for more than 40 days. In addition, you can also eat some foods that can stimulate appetite, aid digestion and promote growth and development, such as large hawthorn granules, children's lysine inositol vitamin B12 oral solution, children's digestive chewable tablets, etc. You can also take some foods that increase the body's digestive enzymes, such as compound pancreatic enzyme powder and complex vitamin B. These can be taken without any side effects. The above types can be chosen according to your baby's condition. Let me add two more words. In addition to anemia, another possible reason why your baby doesn't like to eat complementary food is that the complementary food is too simple and the baby is tired of it. Pay attention to the diversity of complementary foods and don't eat the same kind of complementary food every day. You should combine meat and vegetables in different ways for your baby to eat so that he won’t get bored and will be interested in the meal.

Because if the baby doesn’t like to eat complementary food, it may be due to some physical reasons, or the prepared food cannot attract them. Therefore, when facing this problem, parents must understand why the baby resists complementary food, so that they can truly help them solve the problem fundamentally.