The long months of waiting for the baby have passed, and now you can pick it up, hug it and kiss it. Young parents are faced with many problems associated with the growth and development of the child. Often, mothers and fathers panic because their child is not active enough or too excited; that the baby sleeps for a long time or cannot sleep at all; and ate a baby eating poorly - this generally becomes the main problem.
Before studying encyclopedias and running to doctors, young mothers should realize that each newborn needs individual food needs. Many factors can affect his appetite. This is the activity of the baby. His physical development, temperament and even time of year, high air temperature in the room - all this can easily affect the fact that the baby is eating poorly.
If the child refuses mother’s breasts, then it is worth looking for a reason in mother’s nutrition. Everything that a woman eats influences the taste of breast milk, and the child very subtly feels any change in the taste of milk. Mom should avoid spicy foods with spicy seasonings and garlic. Children really do not like the smell of cigarettes, and the taste of breast milk from them becomes unpleasant and bitter.
If a baby is eating poorly , mother should check the condition of her nipples. If they are flat and retracted, then it is extremely difficult for a baby to eat normally, and he can completely abandon his chest. In this situation, you need to apply the technique of stretching the nipples, often put the baby to the chest. Perhaps the reason for the flat shape of the nipples and their density lies in the fact that mom has a lot of milk. Before you feed your baby, you need to express the breast so that it becomes soft. Try to avoid cracks on the nipples - this makes feeding very difficult. Lubricate them with a special cream that does not dry the wounds (so they will heal faster).
In general, everyone knows that breast milk is a guarantee of good health and the proper development of the baby. Try to keep the natural feeding longer. If the baby is eating poorly, try to put it to the chest more often. Eliminate from your diet anything that could negatively affect the taste of milk. Sweet too should not eat much. Try to keep walks in the fresh air longer - they contribute to good sleep and good appetite.
Do not panic simply because the child is eating poorly. What to do - you can decide by checking the correspondence of his body weight to age. Poor appetite can be considered a problem only when a lack of body weight will occur. One way or another, the pediatrician will tell you the norm at one age or another, because doctors very often encounter complaints of mothers about poor appetite and low weight of their child.
However, during a medical examination, it often turns out that fears are in vain. Pediatricians take into account the concept of harmonious development of the child. In other words, the weight should correspond to the height of the baby.
At the same time, if a very small child eats a mixture or breast milk poorly, parents are not advised to relax. Weak appetite in a newborn can be a symptom of such a dangerous disease as bowel obstruction. If a baby at the age of three months has become ill, it can be assumed that he has dysbiosis.
As for older children, do not succumb to the harmful opinion that for proper development, children need as much as possible. If you force the baby to eat everything that they put on the plate at all costs, this can cause serious problems in the future. For example, a child at a subconscious level may develop an aversion to any food. It may happen that the child will even vomit when trying to eat. The digestion process may also be disturbed, and this will cause chronic dysbiosis, diarrhea. The opposite potential problem that can arise if children are forced to eat through power is obesity.