The baby is picky and refuses to eat, Alyssa Chia relies on 4 tricks to solve the problem of the century

How can children eat well? This is a century-old problem that almost every parent encounters when raising children. Refusal to eat, picky about food, anorexic, under-eating, gluttonous… Some mothers even say that they are about to suffer from depression because of their children\’s meals, and they want to beat their children every time they eat! In the second issue of \”Mom is Superman 3\”, Alyssa Chia had to take care of Bubba and BO Niu alone for 48 hours. Bubba, who was originally unhappy with eating, left her strict dad Xiu Jiekai and started a \”mother-daughter\” battle with Alyssa Chia. Dinner table war”! The cute Bibba is sitting on the children\’s dining table and chair, wearing a special dining scarf. When Alyssa Chia asked her if she wanted to eat Cai Cai, she said \”no\” after dodging her eyes! Bibi was unwilling to eat the vegetables, so Alyssa Chia first used coaxing methods to demonstrate in person, pretending to take a bite, and told Bibi that these dishes were cooked in chicken soup and were delicious. Unfortunately, Bibi still had a \”disgusted\” look on her face. Under the stalemate, Alyssa Chia seemed to be losing her patience. In the end, Alyssa Chia resorted to the ultimate trick – to move out the teacher Coco from the kindergarten (Bibaba would be more frightened and panicked when hearing the teacher\’s name), and learn from her to call her by his name. She was so scared that Bubba cried, and she ate obediently! Alyssa Chia used both soft and hard tactics to finally eat these dishes, but the whole process was not very smooth. It turns out that eating for a two-year-old baby is really a headache! The problem of the century, 4 tips to solve the problem. 1 year old is a critical stage for children to start eating independently. If parents want their children to fall in love with eating, they must know these 3 key points: find the right period of children’s desire to eat, add complementary foods too early and the children will not accept it. , too late will cause the child to lose the ability to chew. Make the right food and let your children have the desire to eat. Choose the right tableware to let your children feel the joy of doing things. ■The first step: start with the complementary food itself to discover the food to which the baby is most sensitive: parents can add a new type of food to their child every week to ensure it is fresh and delicious (including appropriate softness and hardness), and pay attention to the child\’s reaction to the food. Discover your child’s food preferences. Frequently changing food dishes: Some parents blindly pay attention to food nutrition, but let the dishes remain the same for a long time, which makes the children lose their sense of curiosity and appetite, and over time they become less fond of eating. Therefore, parents should pay attention to food diversity and cooking methods, and pay attention to the shape, color and nutritional combination of food. If your child really doesn\’t accept a certain food, you can substitute it with a food with similar nutritional value. Reasonable mix of meat and vegetables: Many children don’t like to eat vegetables. You must know whether your baby likes to eat vegetables is a “taste” developed from childhood. If you don’t pay attention to the feeding of vegetable puree when you start to add complementary foods, then the child will naturally be unfamiliar with the taste of vegetables. . Secondly, another reason why children don’t like to eat vegetables is that their chewing ability has not been developed well since childhood. They eat too much soft pasta, porridge and rice, and are not used to the fiber in vegetables and feel unable to bite. It is recommended that parents steam or boil the vegetables and let the baby eat them when they are cold. Vegetables and meat can also be mixed together to make vegetable pancakes, dumplings, vegetable rice, etc., which not only ensures a balanced food, but also prevents children from rejecting the food. ■Second tip: Encourage children to grasp food with their hands through complementary foodsFood: Children under 1 year old still need adults to cooperate with them when eating. However, parents can encourage their children to eat food with their hands, such as bread slices, fruit sticks, cooked vegetables, etc., put them in a bowl that the child can grasp, and let him grab and eat. Don\’t always feed him because he is afraid of staining the floor. Rice. Make food shapes more suitable for children to eat on their own: for example, they can be made into slices, strips, blocks, and other cute and interesting shapes suitable for children to grasp, to guide children to eat on their own. Prepare food appropriately but not in excess: Excessive food may make the child lose his appetite or make him feel embarrassed, so try to make the food into small portions and give another portion after one portion is eaten. And give the child a little less at a time to avoid causing psychological pressure to him, and to prevent him from stuffing everything into his mouth at once and choking. ■Third tip: Start with the choice of tableware. Just imagine, if the child’s “eating tool” is turned into a “toy” that is convenient, easy to control and available for them to play with, it will arouse the child’s desire for the process of “mealing”. , can make the originally boring meal become endless fun. The unique curved design of bowls and spoons is easy to grasp: children around 1 year old have imperfect finger movement development, so the shape of dining bowls and plates must be designed with an easy-to-control arc for easy grasping; the spoons also need to be designed with special shapes that they can grasp. angle. Bowls and spoons are colorful and attractive: Ordinary tableware that is not intended for infants and young children is not only inconvenient for children to use, easy to break and knock over, but also has a rigid appearance that makes it difficult to attract children to eat. In contrast, tableware with rich colors and contrasting color splicing is obviously more attractive to them and makes babies feel happier physically and mentally. The editor once published \”A bowl caused a quarrel between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!\” The article \”1-year-old baby uses the wrong tableware and eats the poison one bite at a time\” contains a guide for selecting tableware made of various materials. You can review it. ■Fourth tip: Start with the dining environment. If the place where children eat is crowded and noisy, it will also affect their mood while eating and distract the children from eating. Use a special dining chair to fix the dining place: Starting from the introduction of complementary foods around 6 months old, add a dining chair that can fix the child so that he can get used to not leaving the dining table casually during meals. Do not develop the habit of children eating and playing at the same time. . Try to make the whole family eat together: Try to make it a habit for the whole family to eat at the table together when the meal time comes. This is also the best dining environment for children. Make eating a good time for parent-child interaction: The interaction at the dinner table can make eating a good time for parent-child communication. For example, talk about some fun things you will do with your children after eating. After older children can talk, you can ask Ask him what he likes to eat today, what he doesn’t like to eat, what he wants to eat tomorrow, etc. Special reminder: 1. Parents should often eat food that they think is nutritious in front of their children, and constantly praise the food to arouse their interest in the food. 2. Children should not eat any snacks one hour before eating, and do not drink a lot of water in the first half hour. Only by letting the children feel hungry can they eat smoothly. Most babies have a preference for their mothers, which is veryIt is a normal and common phenomenon, because from an early age, the mother can meet all the baby\’s life needs, and with the joint efforts of the father and mother, the baby\’s preference for the mother can be reduced: 1. If the father is only given the opportunity to express himself, Let dad do the things he doesn\’t like, such as cleaning up the baby after eating, and leave the \”good errands\” to himself, such as telling bedtime stories to the baby, playing games with the baby, etc. Then in the baby\’s heart, dad will always be there. Not as good as mom. The mother should insist on leaving the baby for a few hours once every one to two weeks, and let the father take over the baby. Do not show any worry or reluctance to the baby, and do not go back to check on the baby midway. Let other family members play with your baby when they are around. If you are not around when your baby needs help, your baby will be more likely to accept help from other family members. 2. Let the baby differentiate between different education methods. Everyone treats the baby differently. This does not mean that the method is not good. The baby will not recognize these differences immediately because the baby is used to how the mother does it. Mothers should support and recognize these methods so that their babies can receive different education methods to enrich their lives. 3. Compliment and trust other family members. If you don’t trust other family members’ educational strategies, your baby and family will feel it even if you don’t say it. The baby will also become distrustful of these family members, and the family will consider the mother\’s feelings and stop taking care of the baby in their own way, and the baby will become even more alienated from family members other than the mother.