It is understood that usually after 4 months, the nutritional content of breast milk and formula can no longer meet the needs of the growing baby, in order to supplement the nutrition of the baby, parents must add supplementary food for the baby in a timely manner. But often mothers go to great lengths to prepare a variety of complementary foods for babies to try, but babies usually lick it and turn their heads and do not eat. In fact, there are many reasons why babies do not eat complementary foods, as long as the reasons are identified, and then targeted solutions. Reason one: do not know how to “eat” 4 to 6 months old babies, lip muscles and tongue motor ability has been more flexible, this time parents can start training them to eat rice paste, fruit puree, vegetable puree and other complementary foods. However, when they start to add complementary foods, some babies will habitually use their skilled sucking action to get food, but these new foods are not accessible by sucking, so babies will start to become impatient and push the food outward with their tongues. This is not because the baby does not like the taste of the new food, but because the baby does not know how to swallow the food. For parents, if they find that their baby is behaving in this way, they can be patient and feed their baby with a spoon a few more times. As long as the baby is given more time and opportunities to practice getting complementary foods, the baby will gradually get used to the way of eating with a spoon. Reason 2: Giving too much too soon Many new parents are eager to add food to their babies and tend to feed them too quickly and too fast. If you find that your baby is unable to swallow or has spilled food, remember to adjust the amount of food you feed each time and give smaller portions per spoon to make it easier for your baby to eat. Also remember to give your baby a break after feeding him or her complementary foods, and don’t do strenuous activities. Reason three: not to taste Some parents are busy because of work, often because of the convenience of the baby to eat a fixed taste of food, often eat, the baby will lack of freshness, easy to appetite. In order to stimulate the baby’s appetite, parents should be appropriate innovative food types according to the characteristics of each month of age of the baby. It is understood that many times, babies refuse a certain kind of food is not because they do not like the food itself, may be related to the form of consumption. For example, some babies do not like to eat pure rice paste, but if the rice paste with egg yolk or vegetable puree, the baby will like, parents may want to spend more time to discover the baby’s taste preferences. Reason 4: unpleasant dining atmosphere Babies grow up and gradually perceive the outside world, especially the emotions of mom and dad. When the baby refuses to eat complementary food, parents should not face loudly scold the baby or even the food shoved to the baby, to create a relaxed and pleasant dining atmosphere, such as giving the baby a small toy to play, while talking to the baby, tell the baby to eat, when the baby is in a good mood, it will be easier to accept the new food.