Reasons for poor appetite in babies

A baby's poor appetite is a headache for friends who have just become parents. Because the baby's poor appetite will lead to insufficient nutrient absorption, which can easily cause the baby to suffer from malnutrition or poor development. So what exactly causes babies to have poor appetite? I hope mothers can understand it well so that they can regulate their baby’s appetite problems in time.

1: Feeling unwell (e.g. teething, vaccination, illness, etc.)

Method: If the baby is teething, you can use a nipple with larger holes to drink milk to reduce the pain caused by sucking. Or mix milk powder with other foods such as cereal, rice flour, etc. into a milk paste and feed it with a spoon.

Reason 2: Curiosity leads to inattention and playfulness.

Method: When breastfeeding, it is best to avoid noisy sounds or things that may distract the baby so that he can concentrate on eating.

Reason: Physiological aversion to milk, poor appetite, aversion to milk for more than 2 months, and poor development of weight and height.

Method: You can supplement your baby with special vitamins, or ask your doctor whether to use appetizers to adjust gastrointestinal function and increase appetite.

Reason 4: The sense of taste begins to develop, and the baby lacks interest in milk with the same taste and wants to try new flavors.

Method: Do not force feeding as the baby may resist. It is best to provide complementary foods with a variety of foods and different flavors.

So what should I do if my baby has no appetite and doesn’t like to eat?

Steps/Methods

1. Massage:

Massage the spleen meridian on the inside of both feet. Acupoints: Yinbai (Jing point of the spleen meridian), Dadu (Ying point of the spleen meridian), Taibai (Shu point and Yuan point of the spleen meridian), Gongsun (Liao point). The source of the spleen meridian is on the feet, so massaging these acupoints can fundamentally improve the child's weak spleen and stomach condition.

2. Take a bath before meals:

In the early morning and evening of summer, let your baby go outdoors for some exercise. After playing and burning calories, the baby is still in an excited state. If you give the baby a comfortable bath first to soothe the baby's mood, just like adults after soaking in a hot spring and relaxing their whole body, their appetite and mood will naturally be as good.

3. Chiropractic:

Massage the baby's spine from head to tail on both sides, the so-called "pinching the spine" therapy: it can adjust yin and yang, regulate qi and blood, harmonize internal organs, dredge meridians, and strengthen the body. It is most effective for malnutrition, indigestion, anorexia, diarrhea and constipation. It is best to do it early in the morning or 1 hour after a meal, once a day, with a course of 6 days.

4. Eating habits:

You should have a reasonable diet, mainly consisting of foods that clear away heat and detoxify and are easily digestible. Stay away from sugary drinks and limit cold drinks and desserts.

5. Supplement probiotics:

A proper amount of probiotics is like an "appetizer". It can break down the large molecular proteins and fats in food and help children digest and absorb them. .

6. Say no to snacks before meals:

If your baby has a small appetite, stop giving him all snacks and all flavored waters. All flavored waters are bad for the stomach, especially within an hour before meals. Do not give your baby any snacks.

7. Add coarse grains appropriately:

Occasionally eating whole grains and mixed grains, such as corn porridge, sweet potato porridge, black rice, millet (the most nutritious and spleen-strengthening), and various beans and nuts are good choices.

8. Eat a diverse diet:

Many babies don’t like to eat vegetables, so you can chop the vegetables into pieces and make dumplings, or make them into the shapes of cute little mice or rabbits and steam them for them.

Through the article’s introduction to the causes of babies’ poor appetite and related solutions, I believe parents will know how to deal with babies’ poor appetite. Only by finding out the cause of the baby's poor appetite as soon as possible can we find a solution as soon as possible, so that the baby can grow up healthily and happily and parents can rest assured. I hope the methods provided in this article can help parents who are troubled by this problem.