When going to the clinic, I often encounter some parents who consult their thin children do not like to eat. From the preliminary summary of the situation of some patterns, these thin children, a significant proportion of children do not like to eat or eat very little, so that parents are very annoyed. Do thin children mean unhealthy? What are the reasons why they don’t eat? How to make thin children grow some meat?
I have summarized some experiences, not necessarily perfect, parents selective reference. Different age of children, the characteristics are different, parents first to understand some of their characteristics.
A, the child does not eat N reasons
1, some people call children around one year old “do not eat the age”, this age of children, just beginning to transition from breast milk or cow’s milk to the taste of complementary foods added period, while their intelligence also began to develop rapidly in this period, they began to know the family, observe the outside world, there is a clear preference for eating food performance Therefore, it is normal for picky eaters to appear during this period. Therefore, it is normal for picky eaters to appear during this period.
2, after the age of three years old, the baby appears obvious picky eating, a common situation is related to the transition of complementary foods too slow or too fast in childhood. These children are divided into two extremes, part of the child loves to eat (the main food, do not eat or eat less vegetables), but parents do not pay attention to the child to eat milk, eggs, etc., the rural children are more common. Another part of the child only drink milk and his favorite one or two kinds of food, do not eat well and vegetables, urban children are more common.
3, not not eating: many parents repeatedly say that their children do not eat, do not eat anything, but let them keep detailed records of the child’s diet for three days, but found that the child is constantly eating snacks or drinking drinks.
4, little activity, no hunger. Today’s children, most of them are only children, children, parents always like to hold . Older children, outdoor active activities less, not enough exercise. Then, when the child is not hungry, parents make the child eat, and fill or chase feeding.
5. Too little time is spent on children’s meals. Nowadays, most of the young parents are double-income earners, busy at work, rarely have time to spend on cooking for their children, most of the time, the children and adults eat the same meals.
6, do not pay attention to the child’s sleep, children are playful by nature, many do not love to sleep. Parents do not pay attention to the child’s sleep time, so that children indulge themselves in play, and stay up late with themselves. Or to hold a lot of cramming classes for the child, and little rest on weekends, thus making the child overly fatigued, affecting development.
7, factors genetic: do not pay attention to genetic factors, the child’s parents are not fat, but require the child fat, although the child looks thinner than children of the same age, but did not reach the indicators of malnutrition.
8, ignore the pathological situation. Some thin and sick children, parents only pay attention to local diseases, but do not go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, thus neglecting some of the diseases affecting the development of the disease, delaying the condition.
9, allergic children, many children with allergies are thin, these children usually love to rub their eyes or nose, sleep unfaithfully, easy to eczema or hives when they were young. Severe snoring in bed, easy to recurring colds and even asthma, a sick to the hospital for injections.
Two, let the thin children love to eat
The following methods may help your child love to eat, parents selective reference, if you have a good method, I hope to write out in the message, for everyone to share.
1, hunger therapy. The so-called hunger is also a reasonable feeding. The child is not hungry not to feed, not chase after feeding, said full immediately after stop feeding. This looks simple, but it takes a lot of determination and patience to implement.
2, food diversity. Variety of food is the best way to arouse your child’s interest in eating. To find ways to make food for your child that suits their appetite, you can buy children’s recipes for reference. But pay attention to small infants to add complementary food can not be so, to follow the “from less to more, from thin to thick, from one to many” principle.
3, patience, parents must have such a situation, when the child refused to eat a certain food, parents usually persuade two or three times to give up. Someone has done a survey, when you patiently persuade the child 10 times, 90% of the children will not refuse. I have done this experiment for my children, it is effective, but it does require a lot of patience, but it does not seem to be suitable for long-term use.
5, know the psychology of children: children have a herd mentality, children eat, do not let him eat alone at the small table, let him eat with adults, or find a few small partners to eat together, so that the table is lively, is a psychological way to rebuild the baby’s desire for the table. If most children go to kindergarten, they naturally love to eat.
6, adequate sleep: many parents look at the child thin, only that the child’s appetite is not good, in fact, a considerable number of children are caused by lack of sleep. Therefore, the habit of training children to go to bed early is also the key to child development.
7, the right amount of activity: do not walk small children do not always hold, be sure to train children to crawl. Older children, in the case of not tired, more outdoor activities.
8, seek the help of doctors: the thin and repeatedly sick children, must go to the hospital to do some routine checks to see if the child has iron deficiency anemia, digestive system diseases, etc., and then for the condition of reasonable medication.
9, a small number of meals: some small appetite children, do not let him eat only three meals a day as adults, according to his hunger, you can add a few meals. But it is not easy to eat too greasy at night.
10, drink more milk, no matter how old the child is, to ensure a certain daily intake of milk, such as drinking milk allergy, can choose desensitized milk powder, can also be supplemented with nutritional powder, soy milk or yogurt, etc..
For children with allergies and recurrent respiratory infections or even asthma, it is important to seek treatment from a respiratory or asthma specialist, rather than giving the child fluids at every turn. At the same time, it is recommended to see a Chinese medicine doctor to choose some suitable Chinese medicine for the child’s situation, which is very effective in strengthening the body.
In conclusion, when your child is thin, first of all, don’t worry too much and don’t try to ask your doctor for some medicine to solve your child’s bad habit of not eating. In fact, the best way is to understand more about the characteristics of the child, reasonable feeding and diet, for the specific case to develop “meat gain program”, to note that thin does not equal sick, fat does not equal healthy. Although the child is thin, but as long as the sturdy, no bad habits, no disease, do not worry too much about his fat and thin.