One of the most common problems that small children in the small children are in general, when they are there when they are Used with food. The time of food or dinner can be tortured when small people refuse to eat their foods.
Lucy -apon It is a child’s diet expert and the author of the book Final Wizard for Children’s NutritionAnd in the statements collected GlassThe six things we should never do, and the six things to face these situations always explain what to do.
Not the child’s tags
Try to avoid phrases like “It doesn’t eat because it is very special with food” When they hear it. Children can learn about this and get it in, and before you realize, you can tell a child not to eat something because it is special.
Do not insist too much
Communication is not easily observed, but has a huge impact on how children learn About food And his experiences in eating.
In a study of parents’ behavior during the meal, parents ask their children to eat an average of 17.5 times for food, in some cases they reach 30 or 40 notes to eat.
These impulses often cause more pressure on the baby and more difficulties when eating. Multiple languages (excessive, insistence, encouragement or admiration or any phrase or language tries to control or control the child’s diet). Studies show that these factors, eventually, increase the probability of being offered Selected power behaviors.
Do not take foods
Label like food like ‘Good’ or ‘bad’, ‘healthy’ or ‘crazy’, ‘garbage’ or ‘bad’)) If they eat small children, they will lead to believe that they are ‘good’ or ‘bad’.
Studies show that Children feel guilty When they eat foods that say ‘bad’. Such a language can create confusion, unnecessary fear or useless approaches and behaviors towards food.
Do not control some foods too much
It is also important to avoid excessive control of your child’s access ‘Bad’ food. Although some limitations are beneficial, research shows that excess control can lead to more food or unhealthy approaches than these long -term foods.
You can establish healthy limitations for age without looking for excess control. For example, If your child asks cookieLet him know that his next snack will be a fruit, but let him know that the cookies get another day.
Do not deny sweets if food or dinner is not over
If you plan to offer ice cream after dinner, do whatever it is Whether or not your child ate, Or ‘reached’ or not in terms of behavior. Research shows that combining food behavior can lead to ‘reward’ or ‘punishment’ with food for elderly children or adults.
Do not ‘sell’ for its benefits of food
Don’t try to convince your child to eat something He is ‘healthy’ or ‘good for him’. These ideas cannot be understood with the nuances and critical thinking of small children.
His brain is not enough for this type of rationality. Children can also get this type of language As a pressure on eating that food, it will reduce your interest in eating or reduce the pleasure of food.
Control the distractions
Prevents seeking a screen Your child learns About Food: It is very difficult to pay attention to the food on the table or when the screen is distracted.
TV or mobile food slows down: Many parents should advise them to eat because they are distracted by their children. In addition, they make children more difficult Pay attention to the signs of hunger The body is satisfied with the effort to process many emotional impulses.
It is convenient
It is difficult to focus on a task when you feel uncomfortable, which is especially true for children to eat. If your child is constantly concerned, Try to get up from the chair, He sits on the knee or relaxes on the table, checking his position while sitting. Make sure they have a personal space when they eat.
Let him use
It’s all about starting Food with an empty plate All options for food are available in the center of the table. You can choose what your child is in every meal and how much they reach their food (self -service as possible).
Be careful with beck
One method of eating or cutting excess, of course, can change the control of appetite in small children. Parents of children who eat poorly They accept petitions of many options Motivated by concern that their children do not eat enough.
If these options are significantly reduced by the main meal, You will have to limit them.
Keep quiet
A stressful environment It is not prepared to eat the body, but the opposite is the opposite. We need to be in a peaceful position and be cautious to eat, increase stress or avoid situations that stimulate our fighting or airplane response.
Stress reduces our hunger The brain is difficult to get into the new information, and there is nothing better when eating.
In the world of your child, leading to stress or stress in eating Rejection Or an exaggeration of the food provided.
Use the joint language
“We eat” or try phrases like “We can put some peas on our tray”, Instead of using a lot of languages that are centered on children, this can increase the pressure on the child.
(Tagstotranslate) Health (T) Food (T) Children
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