After 6 months Breast milk alone cannot be enough for a baby's nutritional needs. Children below 5 years should be regularly feed to prevent malnutrition. But you can testify that it is not easy to make a child eat.
The issue is they don't want to eat and most often the problem is they prefer eating non nutritious sugary stuffs like toffee, sugary drinks etc. which doesn't help their growth. The stomach size of children is small if they are allow to eat these things it gets full and the child is satisfied but no beneficial nutrient is gained.The last thing to do is beat your child or force the child to eat. if you do so you cause the child to overeat leading to obesity, you also make the child cry and cause emotional pains and
1. The best thing to do is to stop the child from eating the sugary, non Nutritious, unhealthy foods. So s/he doesn't fill the stomach with junk food
2. Have a lot of patience, do your best to pamper the child to eat good food. Don't leave them to eat what they want . Also don't get angry and deprive them food.
3. Give the child rewards for eating nutritious foods. Do not reward them with non Nutritious foods. Parents make this mistake by giving sweets to children as a reward or when when a child is crying.
4. When dealing with a much older child tell the child the truth. Let them know the sweets they want is not Nutritious and won't let them grow well, it is not good for their health and can make them sick.
5. Make eating time a Funtime. Make food into creative things to attract child
6. You can use a favourite bowl and cutlery. Most children will love to eat in a decorated bowl, or a bowl shaped into something the child likes eg. a fish shaped bowl, etc.
7. Children are fond of colours. Make their food colourful add vegetables like carrots, fruits like apple, mango
>>>.....All the best in feeding you child Nutritiously......<<<
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