PICKY EATERS

PICKY EATERS

 Being a mother of a six year old kid I have experienced problems especially when it comes to food.

Attracting always towards junk and denying for healthy meal is always being an issue.

As a result of which kids nowadays like mine suffers from iron deficiency anemia and low

Vitamin D levels.

The more I force him to eat the more he refuses. One day I decided him to take him to pediatrics to discuss and Dr. replied: as a human being he will not stay hungry for a longer period of time and will eat when he feels like.

I was literally not satisfied with this answer and I decided to put my effort to make the food healthy and attractive and stop forcing him.

So I applied few tips to make him to eat as follows:

1)  STOP FORCING TO EAT

The first advice for all mums is to stop forcing the kid to eat. The more you push them to eat the more they refuse.

2) FAMILY STYLE

Sit like a family and share the meal and make at least one of your child’s favorite meals.

3) DISTRACTIONS

Media distractions like cell phones or television will distract him and he will not eat.

4) MAKE FOOD ATTRACTIVE

Adding spices to the food will make food attractive for them and they will enjoy the meal.

5) ADD VARIETY

Add variety to your child’s meal. Giving same kind of food will make it boring and he will refuse or don’t show interest.

6) MAKE YOUR KID A CHEF

Some kids are very interested in helping you with cooking. You can give the, small task like stirring, picking herbs from garden, counting ingredients. This will make their interest towards eating their self-made food.

HOW TO SATISFY YOUR PICKY EATER

What I did was I added variety to my child’s meal

Instead of giving him junk I started making food which is healthy and does not sound like junk.

HEALTHY PIZZA

Like if a kid demands for pizza I made a whole-wheat dough at home topped with fresh veggies and cheese that’s a healthy option I guess instead of ordering pizza from outside.

If a kid refuses to eat egg for breakfast why not go for a French toast (bread soaked in whisked egg and shallow fried.

Instead of giving sugar start using organic honey.

There’s always a healthy substitute.

Reduce the intake of milk. If your child takes more milk he will not eat food.

CUT the sugar intake .If you give more sugar they will not eat.

If your child likes bake food go for it.

Start baking healthy cakes like bake healthy cake with oats and fresh fruits.

CONCLUSION:

So instead of forcing kids to eat, make the food attractive and healthy which will make them to eat by themselves. If you have any concerns regarding your child’s health visit a pediatrician.

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