A child has a bad appetite: how to fix the situation?

A child has a bad appetite: how to fix the situation?

"My child eats badly," these words can be heard from most parents. Of course, I want every mom or grandmother, so that their baby had a squeezing appetite, and the child did not refuse everything cooked, not realizing that the child simply could not eat all that he would like to adults. Some do not even try to find the reason why the child does not eat, believing that it is just another whims. As a result, adults force the child is that it is categorically impossible to allow.

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Causes of child failure

Above the question why the child does not eat, not only parents break their heads, but also specialists, such as nutritionists and psychologists, who, in turn, identified several main reasons for a child's failure.

  1. The child may refuse to go to the table, if there were already attempts to feed him by force.
  2. Many parents do not even notice how much snacks make a child per day. After all, to treat the baby with something delicious, such as cookies or candy, and possibly yogurt an hour before meals, parents are considered the norm. And about the fact that the baby interrupted his sweets appetite, few people think.
  3. It is not worth paying attention if the child disappeted the appetite during the disease, and even more so forcing him to eat him. As soon as the baby begins to recover, he himself will ask to eat.
  4. Psychologists claim that the child, seeing a big portion, subconsciously believes that it is a lot and eat it all. Therefore, he can refuse food at all.
  5. Sometimes parents are busy with their affairs and do not pay due attention to the kid. A child in such a situation may refuse meals to attract attention to his person.
  6. Often in adults because of the stressful situation may have the abyss of appetite. But for some reason they do not think at all that the child is also a person, and his body is inclined to the same reactions on the problem as in adults. The child may have a stress situation due to moving or appearing in the family of younger children. Perhaps the baby is in kindergarten or school. In short, the little man has its own world, where there are problems too.
  7. The child's appetite can abyss and due to the presence of parasites in its body.

The child can eat badly or to abandon meals and for many other reasons. Therefore, the task of loving parents is to understand the reason and eliminate it, and not forcibly feeding the baby.

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The consequences of the rapid feeding of a child

Before making the kid to force a portion of dinner, parents and grandmothers should be learned, which can lead the forced feeding of the baby.

  • The child eats badly - parents force. As a result, complete disgust appears to all food products and a peculiar reflex is produced. With all subsequent forced feedings, the child will have vomit reflexes, which will lead to an even greater problem.
  • Each person has the rate of eaten by him per day, and if it increases this norm, it will be a strong load on the digestive system, which will lead to violations in the body. By side effect will be diarrhea or even dysbacteriosis.
  • The child's body can get used to the use of food. But after a while, parents will face such a problem as overweight. And from such a diagnosis, nothing good should not be expected.

Problems from the fact that the child is forced to eat forcibly can be reflected not only in its physical condition, but on psychological. Psychiatrists noticed that children who were fed forcibly, there is no "me", and sometimes they themselves do not know what they need, and waiting for tips from parents and loved ones.

I can not, I do not want, I will not

Solving the problem of a bad appetite in a child

First of all, the closest must understand the reason why the child does not eat, and then you can resort to small tricks.

  1. Pass analyzes for the presence of parasites.
  2. I'm going to pour small portions and after the child ate everything - praise him. Very soon he will start asking the additive.
  3. Do not leave a child one at the table. It is better to eat the whole family and show the baby with all your appearance, what a delicious dish.
  4. You can only give anything delicious after meals, and in no case for snacks.

The child does not eat Do not get upset. After all, the parents sometimes under the word "does not eat" mean that the baby does not eat the one that he wants. But the little children need quite a bit.

How to increase your child's appetite. Komarovsky.