What is the reason for baby\’s loss of appetite?

Many mothers have recently talked online about the problem of their children’s decreased appetite. The problem of loss of appetite will appear from time to time in the weekly exchange problem. Regarding baby anorexia, the manifestation is loss of appetite. There are two main factors: one is the baby\’s improper diet causing digestive dysfunction; the other is the influence of the external environment, which causes the digestive function to become unbalanced. Many babies usually have pathological experiences before developing anorexia. That is to say, you have had colds and fevers, vomiting and diarrhea, upper respiratory tract infections, repeated fevers or even pneumonia. Many of these pathological factors will cause the baby to be weak and have gastrointestinal discomfort. In turn, intestinal peristalsis slows down and the digestion time of stomach contents is lengthened, resulting in loss of appetite. Improper diet can also cause loss of appetite in babies. For example: adding complementary foods too late; consuming too many sweets; too many daily snacks; unreasonable arrangements during complementary feeding or obsessive behaviors. Adding complementary foods too late may be a problem that many mothers and fathers are not aware of. We say that artificially fed babies can add complementary foods after 4 months, while breastfed babies can add complementary foods at about six months. But there are still many babies who have passed six months or even eight months without adding complementary food to their babies because the mother\’s milk supply is sufficient. When the child\’s overall nutritional status is poor, or the supply of breast milk exceeds demand, adults come back to add complementary foods to the child, only to find that the child simply won\’t eat. At this time, parents will think that their children just don\’t like to eat complementary foods. Who knows, it\’s not that the children don\’t like complementary foods, but that the child\’s sensitive period for complementary foods has been missed by the parents. Children\’s development in all aspects has its own rules, and there are also critical periods for adding complementary foods. If the child is not properly exercised during the sensitive period of complementary food, the baby will be unsatisfactory in all aspects such as chewing. When you think of adding more to your child, you rush to do it, making the baby unable to adapt for a while, and the baby will resist. After consuming too many sweets, many parents will relax and not control their baby\’s diet, especially sweets. If a child eats too much food with high sugar content, the blood sugar will rise, which will stimulate the brain and remind the central nervous system of eating that it feels saturated and will not want to eat, resulting in an anorexia reaction. It is undeniable that there are too many snacks in daily life. Parents of our generation may not have good enough control over baby snacks. On the one hand, young parents inevitably have to buy some snacks themselves. Inevitably, children will see it and become greedy. Therefore, parents give their children a taste from time to time. But this point slowly became out of control. The child was not allowed to cry, and eventually the parents compromised. Especially for children in the weaning period, many will be obedient to them in order to prevent them from crying. Unreasonable or coercive arrangements for complementary feeding. Some parents find that their children like to eat certain foods and will allow them to eat more. Or parents know which foods are high in nutrients from various aspects, and then force them on their children regardless of whether they like them or not, causing children to have a rebellious mentality. In addition, when it comes to feeding children, there are many coaxing threats, such as: If you don’t eat, your mother will not like you! After you have a good meal, mom will take you to play somewhere! These are not conducive to the development of a normal eating atmosphere in children and further lead to tension in the parent-child relationship. In this case, the childThe child cannot experience pleasure from eating, and then develops an aversion to eating.