Male baby, 6 months old. He weighed 5kg at birth, had a good appetite after birth, and his parents fed him on demand. During the physical examination, the doctor said the baby was too fat. The parents are confused: do they need to lose weight even for such a small child? Will they lose weight when they can walk? Answer: The standard weight of a child at birth is 3kg, and it increases by 0.7kg per month in June, which means that the standard weight of a 6-month-old baby is 7.2kg, and this child is obviously overweight. Being overweight means that the child usually eats a lot, and eating a lot means that the spleen and stomach are heavily burdened. If this is the case for a long time, it leads to damage to the spleen and stomach, which affects digestion and absorption, resulting in over-nutrition or incomplete nutrition and a series of clinical symptoms with different manifestations, such as indigestion, bad breath, diarrhea, constipation, sleep disorders (crying at night, teeth grinding, prostration, easy to wake up, easy to move, etc.), and even leads to a decrease in physical fitness and recurrent coughing and wheezing. Obese children have a higher cardiopulmonary burden and have a higher chance of becoming obese again in adulthood than normal children. Therefore, children of young age should also maintain a normal range of weight and not be obese. The child is now overweight, stools are thin and smelly, which is caused by over-eating and not digesting properly and over-nutrition. Feeding time should be extended (about once every 3-4 hours), feeding volume should be reduced, and night milk should be gradually stopped at night. Gradually add complementary foods. The addition of complementary foods is generally arranged for children aged 4-6 months. This is a period of taste sensitivity for children, and children should be allowed to try various foods as much as possible, otherwise it will result in partial eating. The principle of adding complementary foods is from less to more, from one kind to many bells, from fine to coarse. We should not pursue speed when adding foods, and consider adding new foods after children have adapted. Female baby, 18 months, 9kg The child’s appetite has not been very good since the addition of complementary foods, and her weight is not up to standard. The parents were very worried and tried to feed the child in order to focus on growth: watching TV or playing with toys and sneaking a bite when the baby was not looking, or chasing after her with rice. This situation lasts about 1.5-2 hours per meal. When the parents visited the clinic, they said they did not understand why their child was losing weight instead of gaining it, and seemed to be more prone to illness than before. Answer: The child’s low weight and aversion to eating are obviously related to the parents’ improper feeding practices. The child is physically telling his parents: Mom, Dad, Grandparents, this is the wrong way! It is human nature to look for food, and newborns have a foraging and swallowing reflex at birth, so as they get older, don’t they know how to eat? Obviously not. Then what causes the child does not want to eat? Long-term unreasonable feeding damaged the spleen and stomach, the body diet stagnation affects appetite, day after day nutrient absorption is insufficient or incomplete will lead to wasting. The solution to this child’s problem is simple: hunger! Parents’ confusion ensues: my child is already thin, and if he doesn’t eat again, he will be even thinner? When children are hungry after physical exercise or play, parents may have found that children will sweep away the food, then this child does not want to eat, it can only mean a problem, that is, she is not hungry, there is a buildup of food in the body. The development of children’s eating habits is also very important, children within 2 weeks of age hand coordination is not strong, parents can take the way of feeding, but must not force or threaten, the child does not want to eat and then stop; 2 weeks of age children can begin to learn to eat on their own. Meals should be eaten at a fixed time and place, 20-30 minutes per meal. Children who can coordinate their movements remove food after the time and give it again until the next meal. Male baby, 3 years old. The child has had thin stools for 1 month, with 3-5 daily rows, smelly, with undigested food and milk flaps, and pooping after eating and drinking. Recently, he vomited twice, the contents of the stomach, in large amounts. Usually parents force to eat (not allowed to leave the table after eating) and give 240ml of milk at night before going to bed. Sleeps restlessly at night, grinds teeth, tosses easily, and even cries. In the morning, his mouth stinks. The parents took it seriously and treated the child at several western hospitals. The antidiarrheal medicine and probiotics have been taken for more than 20 days, but no significant effect has been seen. The parents are very confused: what is wrong with the child? Why is it not good even after taking medicine? Answer: The child’s diarrhea, vomiting, bad breath, and sleep disorder at night are actually caused by food accumulation. When food enters the body, it is digested, absorbed and transferred by the spleen and stomach, and then turned into refined substances that nourish the organs and maintain normal life activities. Improper diet leads to the spleen and stomach can not be digested and absorbed properly, stagnation in the body, which in turn further affects the function of the spleen and stomach, forming a vicious circle. The stagnant diet is a foreign body to the human body, the body has the function of excretion, and there are only two ways to excrete the accumulated food: either vomit out or poop out, so the child appears vomiting, diarrhea is the performance of food accumulation. There is a classic saying in Chinese medicine: “If the stomach is not in harmony, the sleep is restless”, which means that if the stomach is not comfortable, the sleep at night is not good. This child’s nighttime sleep disorder is more related to drinking milk before bedtime, which is not properly digested at night and stagnates in the body; bad breath in the morning is also evidence of overfeeding. To give a simple example, most elderly people are willing to choose thin rice for dinner instead of white rice and roast pork for the simple reason that eating too much at night makes them bloated and sleepy, and a child’s spleen and stomach are weaker than the elderly, just that he does not express the discomfort. Children should have good eating habits when eating, including the following: 1. fixed time to eat; 2. children over two weeks of age eat on their own, not forced, not enticed, 20-30 minutes per meal, remove food if you can not finish, and give the next meal; 3. two hours before bedtime do not eat, including fruit, milk or milk powder; 4. parents grasp the amount of food eaten when eating on their own, children’s favorite foods can not be excessive; 5 . intermeal food (snack between meals) with a little fruit, milk, cookies, etc., should not add sugar, chocolate and other high-sugar diet.