REASONS WHY YOUR CHILD IS PICKY-EATING AND HOW TO STOP PICKY EATING IN YOUR CHILD

Oh! my 4-year old won't eat? Have you been battling with fussy or picky eating?
In this postyou'll understand the possible causes and how to permanently stop picky eating.his post is for Mothers and aspiring ones.
Does your child pick on food, shows little interest in eating? Or you.have a.picky eaterre’s every reson for you to be disturbed about that, mum.
The number of parents having to deal with picky eating is becoming uncomfortable these days. Women often complain of Children ,who, refuse to eat foods at stages where they are supposed to, for normal growth and functioning of the body.
Often, Picky Eating or eating very little by children can be stimulated by a various number of factors:
1.Neophobia :Isa Marrs, a pathologist and mother said that children have tendency of being more repulsive to new foods usually in their eighteenth month and if handled carefully can e corrected.
2.Sensitive Taste buds
Some children have very sensitive taste buds that react sharply to bitter taste thann other children. It is therefore important to watch your child’s reactions during feeding to know your next line of ation.
3.Food Allergy
Some children tend to be allergic to some types of food than others.  Your child can even have a narrow choice of fiods and neglect others. They may eat a lot of these favs and neglect others, but your responsibility is to help them mix their food well.You’ll get to know how soon.
4.Unhealthy motivation
Children tend to emulate what they see around them. Parents, guardians and nannies tend to show them most things they display unknowingly. Hence, for the sake of your child, try to eat those foods they appear to dislike.
Teach your child to like all types of foods.
That they dislike a particular type of food at first taste des not mean it cannot be thei favourite.
5. Eating Disorders
Studies have shown that between 25%-40% of children have eating disorders and 80% of special needs children have feeding disorders.
Constipation is fast becoming a source of influence to children’s decisions on eating.
Sick children also have reduced appetite for eating. So, be sure of what is actually wrong before prescribing meals.

So, teach them to mix  a lot of food well. HOW?
1.You can include these diets into your family meal plan and take it together as a family. It serves as an encouragement when both dad and mum are eating the same thing to kids.
They’ll love to taste what their parents are eating. There have been lots of testimonies from this method.
2.Break Large meals into small units
This is a point where most nutritionists disagree about what is right and what is not. Some believe that breaking meals can make a picky eater in the long run while this technique has helped a lot of kids improve on their feeding.
Children need to eat or get refreshed regularly, somme hourly, or 3 hours basis.
So understand what works for your child and maximize this strongpoint.
If breaking meals is acceptable by you, ensure you have a food flask around with your child. And don,t discourage your child’s frequent eating at all; It could reshapen their feeding habit overall
3. Never rush a new food into the schedule
As I have said, Children have a tendency ti be neophobic that is resisting new things, food etc.
So, If you discover a new type of food your family may love, introduce it slowly into your family diet.
Slo and steady here, surely wins the race.
Do not try to act out the short-order cook.That is, cooking two separate fods; one for yur chikd and the ther for you and your husband.
It’s wrong. It discourages the child mst times, and what otains is a bad picky eater—remember no one wants to eat in isolation
4.Reduce Junk and promote Healthy foods
Junks are foods that do not contribute  any nutritional value to yiour child.
Hence, try as much as possible to reduce them to the barest and fill up their spaces with nutritious short bites and delicious food.
5.Experts advise that children should ot be given bribes for eating.
Never give incentives for eating good food.
It is detrimental to their health
And eat as a family.
It encourages the child.
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