Girlfriend Xiaobai complained in the WeChat group: "My daughter now likes to eat in her mouth for half a day without chewing or swallowing, we have to spend almost an hour every time we feed, hey!" ”
It turned out that Lily, Xiao Bai's 1-year-old daughter, had developed a bad habit of liking to carry rice, and sometimes urging it, not only had no effect, but even she would directly spit out the food. This can make Xiao Bai sad, after all, because of this habit, the daughter's meal is very small, and her weight and height are basically not up to standard.
After another girlfriend in the group, Qingqing, saw it, she rushed to urge Xiaobai to take the child to the hospital for examination, she said that her son had a bad appetite because of the lack of zinc and iron, and liked to eat.
Listening to Qingqing's suggestion, Xiao Bai took her daughter to the hospital for examination the next day. However, when the doctor saw the test data and the eating habits on weekdays, he directly pointed out: "The child is not lacking in trace elements, but the problem with your parenting method makes her chewing ability insufficient." Listening to the doctor's conclusion, Xiao Bai was very confused: "But since she can eat complementary food, we pay attention to ah, every time will cook the food very badly, and now it is also like this, should not affect the chewing?" ”
"It is because you cook the complementary food too soft and rotten, she does not have to chew well, so that the chewing ability has not been improved by exercise, and now with age, the hardness of the food she eats is getting harder and harder, of course, she will not chew," the doctor explained in detail.
At the same time, the doctor also suggested that the subsequent meals can be slowly, from a relatively soft to hard stage, exercise the child's chewing ability, and gradually correct the bad habit of containing rice. After listening to the doctor's explanation and advice, Xiao Bai learned that she originally thought that she could make the child digest better, and she had always maintained the method of cooking the complementary food very soft and rotten, which actually harmed her.
Many parents who have experienced feeding their children should have been troubled by his bad habit of loving to eat without chewing or swallowing, right?
According to the big data survey, in the investigation of the reasons affecting the nutritional intake of the baby, the bad eating habits are second only to the disease and the unreasonable diet. Among the bad eating habits, the love of rice is among the best.
Baby always eats and can't swallow?
When cui Yutao, a well-known parenting expert, talked about the feeding problem of children, he stressed that when children can eat complementary foods, they not only need to pay attention to nutritional balance, but also pay attention to the texture and softness of complementary foods, because they are likely to directly affect the cultivation and improvement of children's chewing and swallowing ability.
The reason why experts attach so much importance to the ability to chew and swallow is because it will directly affect the baby's subsequent eating habits, oral health and so on. An important reason why the baby always eats and does not swallow is that his chewing and swallowing ability is too weak, he is not used to chewing food, and he does not know the process of swallowing food. This also reminds parents that starting from the time the baby can eat complementary foods, do not let him eat liquid food or too soft and rotten food all the time.
Of course, in addition to the reasons for the great impact of chewing and swallowing, if the baby's eating state is not good, such as just waking up, eating other toys that attract his attention and television, etc., these will make his eating concentration is not strong, unconsciously containing food.
There is also physical discomfort, such as colds, gastrointestinal abnormalities, toothaches, or lack of trace elements such as iron and zinc, which will also make the baby have a poor appetite and have a meal. Parents should find out in time and go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.
How to let the baby fully grasp the ability to chew and swallow? Phased feeding is key!
Exercise, improve chewing, swallowing ability, according to human development, when the baby has the action of biting up and down, it means that he has the ability to chew food and can start targeted exercise. And it is worth noting that 6 to 12 months is a critical period!
First: Train your baby to crush or bite off food, which can be between July and September
As the baby gradually gets used to complementary foods, chewing and swallowing ability to improve, the complementary foods at this stage can be gradually diversified and the hardness can be harder than before, if the mud can not be processed with the fruit rotten, appropriately leave some fine particles to improve his bite force.
There is also the fact that at this time, the baby has entered the teething stage, you can bite some dried fruits, grinding biscuits, etc., stimulate the gums, improve the chewing ability at the same time, promote the eruption of deciduous teeth.
Second: 10 to 12 months still focus on improving biting and chewing ability
When the baby has reached 10 months, although he cannot eat foods that are too greasy or indigestible, he can also start to eat some soft solids, such as steamed eggs and lean porridge. These slightly chewy foods can help him exercise, improve his ability to bite and chew, and also promote the ability to swallow the thickness of food.
In addition, at this time, the mother can also let the baby take a small spoon to practice eating by himself to exercise his hand-eye coordination and self-care ability.
Third: 12 months focus on swallowing after chewing
As the deciduous teeth gradually grow and the foods that can be used become more complex, there are higher requirements for the ability to chew and swallow. Therefore, parents can start to feed him dumplings, rice noodles, vegetables and fruits with more fiber, vegetables and fruits, coarse grains, meat, etc. Exercise the ability to chew and swallow by increasing difficulty.
Pillow Parenting Message:
As Professor Li Meijin, a well-known psychologist, said: "The problems that appear in children are actually the reflection of parents' problems or wrong parenting." "Even if it is just a simple matter of eating, when it is found that the baby has a meal-containing condition, it should be paid attention to, and it should be treated in time and corrected according to the doctor's advice." Of course, if you can use scientific and reasonable parenting methods from the time your baby is still young, you can effectively avoid it!
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