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Parenting Tips: Everyone dreams that their child eats food happily. But children are often naughty and it is a very challenging task to control naughty children. Children often insist on eating the same type of food and refuse to eat anything or do not eat enough food, in such a situation you will find it very difficult to prepare food for your child. Feeding any healthy food to such children may seem impossible, but it is not impossible. If you follow the tips given below, you can prevent your children from throwing tantrums at mealtime.
Because of this, children shy away from eating
Doctors say that children grow rapidly in the first year, but after that their growth slows down and they start eating less. Loss of appetite is common during this period. Often the child does not feel like eating due to sore throat, diarrhea, headache and fever. However, after some time the child's diet improves.
There may also be a problem of constipation.
Certain medications like antibiotics can also affect appetite. Apart from this, constipation causes bloating in children and they do not want to eat. Swelling, itching and pain around the gums during teething also causes the child to be fussy about eating.
Instead of scolding or beating the child, encourage him like this
Do not fulfill demands
Do not prepare food every time the child asks for it. This will spoil the child's habit and he will not be able to learn to eat anything new.
Set a time table
Try to feed your baby at the same time every day. This will become a habit for them and they will feel hungry as soon as they see food.
Keep away from phone and TV
Keep the child away from the phone and TV while eating. Let them concentrate only on eating. Even if they eat less, it will affect their body.
don't force it
You should not force your child to eat. Doing so can make them lose interest in eating completely.
Let the child enjoy the food.
Give your child some colourful and differently shaped foods every day. This will make them enjoy food.
Do not replace food with milk
It is often seen that when a child does not eat food, milk is given to fill his stomach. Even though the child drinks it easily, milk cannot be used as a substitute for food. Milk provides nutrients like calcium and protein to the child, but it reduces the child's appetite and he avoids eating. So try to give food only at mealtime and milk at milk time.