What to do when your baby is teething and refuses to eat

If your little one is teething and refuses to eat, you can adjust your child’s diet, medication, and pay attention to oral hygiene in order to improve the symptoms. 1. Adjust the child’s diet: when a small child is teething, try to let the child eat liquid and semi-fluid food. These foods do not need to be chewed and will not cause irritation to the oral mucosa. Parents can also appropriately enrich the variety of the child’s diet to increase the child’s interest in food. 2. Medication: If your little one refuses to eat during teething, it is possible that the teething is too painful. If the pain is more serious, you can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen and so on, as prescribed by the doctor. 3. Pay attention to oral hygiene: pay attention to oral hygiene in the process of teething of small children. Usually, you can let the baby drink more warm water, which can avoid food residues left in the mouth, preventing the occurrence of inflammation. There are other clinical methods to improve the situation of little baby teething and refusing to eat. Parents are advised to consult a professional pediatrician or nutritionist.