I asked her about her child's diet and immediately understood what the problem was.
Her son is the standard for almost all children who don't like to eat:
Grandparents chased after me, and my sister brought me some snacks from time to time. My mother used all kinds of tricks, but in the end she couldn't. Father directly threatened: "If you don't eat, I'll close the dark room for you!" "
As a result, in such an environment, children are more disgusted with eating and feeding, more and more interested in snacks, their spleen and stomach are worse, and their ability to absorb nutrients is reduced. In the long run, it will definitely lead to malnutrition, physical retardation, poor immunity and colds at both ends every three days.
You know, these seemingly loving actions of adults are actually hurting children, which will lead to the disorder of children's whole body function and even anorexia. It is understood that many children with developmental retardation are caused by improper feeding by their parents and failure to help them develop good eating habits.
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Children don't like to eat. You made these mistakes.
To solve the feeding problem of children, we must first reflect on which behaviors are wrong. Only by finding the reason can we analyze the solution. According to the analysis of most families, there are roughly the following reasons:
First, there are too many snacks stored at home.
If there are all kinds of snacks at home and the child is within reach, then he will definitely choose to eat snacks first. After all, children are different from adults and will comprehensively measure nutrition and health. They only feel it through taste buds, and I eat everything delicious.
Undoubtedly, those desserts and puffed foods with various additives are so delicious that even adults can't hold their mouths sometimes, let alone children. But these foods are the most destructive to taste buds. When you taste more delicious food, you are naturally not interested in original and nutritious food. Therefore, snacks are the first offenders.
Some parents like to feed their children when they see that they are hungry. This way is also not desirable, it will make the stomach full all the time, lose hunger, lead to gastrointestinal peristalsis and secretion disorder, and have no appetite at dinner.
The second is to trick children into eating and playing.
In order to let their children eat more, many parents will unprincipled promise their children various requirements, such as eating while watching TV, playing with toys, or even eating snacks and chasing their children to feed them.
What's more, even coaxed and deceived: "Baby, after eating these mouthfuls, mom will take you to Wanda to buy a car." However, after dinner, I just made an excuse and fooled around. In this way, you lose your authority in front of your children.
The third is to constantly urge you to eat quickly and eat more.
Eating needs a good mood. Some parents will keep urging their children to eat more, "eat quickly, eat quickly." As everyone knows, this will affect the child's mood. He doesn't want to eat at all. He will even refuse to eat if you rush him.
Not only do they urge their children to eat fast, but some parents also like to let them eat more. In their view, eating a little after each meal will expand their stomachs and make them eat more later. This is very bad for children's health.
The fourth is to threaten children to eat.
Some men have little patience. As long as the child doesn't want to eat, the solution is simple and rude. By scaring the child, the child can eat helplessly.
There are also some methods that mothers learn that seem to be quite effective. For example, if you don't eat, you will be locked in the room until the child cries and says,' Mom, I'll eat, don't lock me in the dark room? "
This method is effective in the short term. Children can't beat adults and can only eat food they don't want to eat, which will make him even more disgusted with eating. When he is old enough to resist, you can't control him.
The fifth is to paste the food and feed it.
Some parents, when their children are over two years old and can chew food, are worried that a bite from their children will lead to indigestion, so they still use complementary food and paste the food with a cooking machine, or parents help their children chew and feed it to their children.
The consequence of this is that the child's mouth becomes lazy, and his stomach becomes lazy, and the functions that he should have will gradually deteriorate. In the long run, his ability to eat will be reduced.
Sixth, improper food preparation.
Some parents pursue highly nutritious food and give their children a lot of meat, eggs and milk, but eat less vegetables. High protein will overload the gastrointestinal function and cause indigestion.
Give your children stimulating food, such as ice cream and spicy food. Eating too cold food will make the blood vessels in the gastric mucosa contract, affect the secretion of gastric acid, and cause harm to the delicate stomach of children. Too hot or spicy food will cause different degrees of damage to children's oral mucosa, esophageal mucosa and gastric mucosa.
Seventh, lack of trace elements or lack of exercise.
Zinc deficiency can also cause changes in taste and reluctance to eat. Calcium deficiency will affect children's absorption of nutrients. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully observe whether the child lacks trace elements. You can go to the hospital for testing, or you can look at it carefully through the appearance. For example, zinc deficiency can look at the child's tongue coating, and the tongue surface protrusions are mostly flat or atrophic.
Children who lack exercise, because of lack of exercise, have lower metabolism, indigestion of gastrointestinal tract and poor appetite.
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What happens when children don't like to eat?
Some parents don't care much about their children's diet. They eat if they want, but they don't. On the other hand, some parents try to force their children to eat every day. Whether children like eating or not has a lot to do with their personal characteristics. Children who eat less will definitely fail to keep up with nutrition, which will not only have an impact on physical development, but also have some symptoms in behavior.
First, the height and weight are not up to standard.
This is my cousin's son, as mentioned earlier. Because of bad eating habits, children's lack of nutrition will lead to their height and weight not reaching the standard.
According to the investigation results of children's physical development, the Women and Social Welfare Department of the Ministry of Health organized relevant experts to study and formulate the reference standards for the growth and development of children under 7 years old in China.
Height (length) standard value of boys under 7 years old (cm)
Weight standard value of boys under 7 years old (kg)
According to this standard, my cousin's son is two years and three months old, with a height of 85CM and a weight of 10 kg. According to this standard table, even the standard value has not been reached.
Of course, this data is not an absolute standard. As long as the child has no abnormal symptoms, parents need not worry too much. Some are related to genetic factors, and some children grow up quickly behind their backs.
Second, emotions and behaviors have changed.
Malnutrition can also lead to emotional changes in children, which requires parents to observe more carefully, and some are not obvious and easy to be ignored.
For example, some children used to be lively and like to talk, but recently they have become inactive and unresponsive, which requires parents' attention. It may be that children eat too little protein and iron food and lack nutrition in this respect. Then we should pay attention to making more high-protein and high-iron products for children, such as meat, dairy products, animal blood and eggs.
For another example, some babies will easily forget, their eyes will be frightened, they will not concentrate when playing with their children, and they will not enjoy themselves. Maybe the children lack B vitamins. You can add some animal livers, soybeans, nuts and so on to your baby's diet.
Children who lack vitamin C are characterized by being quiet, somewhat withdrawn and unsociable. It is suggested to increase foods containing vitamin C, such as tomatoes, oranges and apples.
If children grind their teeth at night, their hands and feet twitch and wake up easily, it is a signal of calcium deficiency. It is necessary to supplement vegetables, dairy products, fish floss, shrimp skin and other foods in time.
There are also some children, whose mood changes quickly, their temper is big and they are sloppy. This may be because eating too much sugar can easily lead to "sugar-loving mental irritability." Therefore, it is of great benefit to reduce children's sugar intake and sweets, not only for now, but also for later adults.
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How to cultivate children's good eating habits?
In the process of raising two children, the biggest headache for parents is eating. If you don't develop good eating habits when you are young, you will continue this unhealthy eating habit in adulthood and adolescence, and even affect your health in adulthood.
Therefore, it is very important to learn how to help children develop good eating habits. Combined with some experiences I learned in the process of raising children, I summed up the following treasures for your reference.
First, let the children eat by themselves. Generally speaking, children around the age of two should train themselves to eat with a spoon, which not only exercises their basic living ability, but also enhances their interest and sense of accomplishment in eating. You can wait for the child to stop eating and add a few more mouthfuls. Moreover, letting children eat at the dining table is a good example for children. He will feel that he is a member of the family, establish a sense of rules, and accept what he eats more easily.
Second, don't eat snacks. Don't hoard snacks at home, as long as there are, children will be eager to try and stop. Eating snacks will reduce the desire to eat. And most of these snacks are unhealthy. Therefore, it is very important not to put snacks where children can see and touch them at home.
Third, encourage children to chew more. Chewing slowly will make children feel the sweetness of food. In the book Miracle of Mindfulness, it is emphasized to chew more and experience the beauty of the present. So are children. If he is eager to finish eating and get off the table quickly, he will not feel the beauty of eating at all, but will take eating as a task.
Fourth, don't breast-feed your child before midnight. Give children regular meal time. Children can't control their desires. When they suddenly want to eat, they will shout, I'm hungry. Actually, it doesn't matter if you are hungry for a while. When it's time to eat, letting children eat with adults will make him more appetizing and delicious. There is also a sense of family responsibility and honor.
Fifth, don't deliberately emphasize that children are unwilling to eat. The more you emphasize it, the more you will form a bad hint. Children will think that I really don't like it. I just don't like it. This will consolidate his misconceptions more and more. Therefore, it is correct to treat children in an encouraging way. More affirmation and recognition will make him feel more fulfilled.
Sixth, let children participate in cooking. Mobilize children's enthusiasm and guide them to participate in food production. Take children to the supermarket to buy ingredients, and let them participate in the whole process of washing, cutting and cooking. When children realize the fun of making food, they will be more interested in eating food.
Seventh, increase children's exercise. Exercise is very important for children to have a good appetite. I often take my children out to bask in the sun and participate in various sports. When children exercise a lot, it will promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase the secretion of gastric juice, have a better natural appetite and taste delicious.
Eighth, let the children eat happily. The mood of eating is also very important. Parents should not be too impatient, avoid beating and cursing, maintain a pleasant dining atmosphere, and communicate with their children more about which foods are delicious, nutritious, smarter and more beautiful, which will make them more interested in eating and better digest and absorb.