Why a child does not eat well
Why a child does not eat well
It happens that the baby, who used to be with pleasureate any dish prepared by the mother, suddenly completely lost the appetite and interest in food, turning away from the spoon. Instead of trying to persuade a child, to invent various tricks and tricks - if only a child has swallowed another spoonful of food, try to understand the causes of poor appetite.
The most common deterioration in appetite and loss of interestto food arises in children after they become a year and a half. Making a baby is a force unproductive and wrong. It is best to think calmly and look for the causes of the spoiled appetite. Conditionally they can be divided into several groups. Physiological causes of poor appetite: - child ill - the baby's teeth are chopped - hot weather - untimely or too large volume of lure introduced - the baby has changed the energy needs of the body - child eats less food than you offer it; - child burned with food or a hot spoon (cup) inthe previous feeding - the baby was fed up with a monotonous diet - the child was offered for a long time the mashed dishes, without promptly teaching him to chew the food. For psychological reasons, one may include: - Feeding the baby violently; - Overly obtrusive food offer; - Mom's exit to work, unusual for the crumbs its absence at home - the reaction of the child's organism to a stressful situation (the period of adaptation to the kindergarten, to the school, after the illness), - the appearance of a new member of the family (brother, sister), nanny, - stay on visit, - adaptation period and to a new place of residence (in case of moving) - family conflicts. Very often the behavior of the baby, interpreted by the parents as a refusal to eat and loss of appetite, is in fact not at all so. After all, the daily diet calculated by the manufacturers of baby food and scientists may differ from the actual needs of each particular child. For example, if there are not enough walks and physical activities in the baby's day schedule, the lack of appetite for a baby is due to the fact that he simply does not have time to get hungry properly between meals. In the book "Your baby from birth to two years old" American pediatrician U. Sears says that child intuitively chooses the products mosttasks of its development and growth for today. For example, you might notice that sometimes your baby enjoys eating one product (bananas, apples, kefir, etc.) for a while, and then sharply requires something else. W. Sears writes that children do not balance their diet of nutritious substances within 24 hours, but within a week. For example, one day they eat more vegetables, the other - fruits, then - cereals, meat, etc. ... Also, as a rule, children prefer to eat often and little by little. And such a diet is considered the most useful for a person.
