What to do if the baby doesn't want to eat complementary food?

There are many babies who are very picky when they just start to add complementary food. They may not be satisfied with the food prepared by their mothers. At this time, they will not eat, but if they don’t eat, they will feel hungry and cry. Therefore, it is necessary for mothers to master some tips to let babies eat complementary food. So what should I do if my baby doesn’t want to eat complementary food?

After the baby is 4 months old, breast milk alone can no longer meet the baby's growth and development. It is necessary to add complementary foods. Anemia in children is closely related to insufficient nutrition. If the anemia is severe, it needs to be treated with drugs. When adding complementary foods, feed small amounts and multiple times, and eat foods that are easy to digest.

For babies, complementary foods are new things. Sometimes babies will push food out with their tongues, which may be because they do not know how to swallow food. If they hold food in their mouths without swallowing it, it may be because they are not hungry. Sometimes babies eat slowly because they are gentle in character, and sometimes babies cry and refuse to eat because they are not feeling well or are tired and want to sleep.

Generally, you need to feed your baby with milk powder first when you wean him/her off. You just need to feed him/her with milk powder and then slowly add complementary food.

Complementary food is a complete and balanced nutrition, which is very important for growing children. Especially the nutrition provided during the 0-year-old stage, which lays the foundation for the baby's lifelong health. In the infant stage, breast milk is of course the most ideal food for babies, but as the baby grows day by day, starting from about four months, breast milk or infant formula alone can no longer meet the baby's nutritional needs. Therefore, during this period, in addition to the original breast milk or infant formula, the baby should also be given some solid food, which is what we call complementary food. Complementary foods include rice cereal, muddy food and other homemade foods. At the beginning, you can give your baby some easily digestible paste food, such as rice noodles, fruit puree, vegetable puree, egg yolk, etc.; then you can give your baby some semi-solid food, such as soft noodles, etc. The food you give your baby must be small pieces that are easy to digest and chew; as the baby grows older, slowly add solid food to the baby, but the solid food should not be too hard, so that the baby will have difficulty chewing.