8 Ways to get your Loveable & Beautiful Child Eating

Nothing is more irritating and discouraging than spending hours preparing, cooking, and serving a meal only to have your child refuse to eat it. However, as much as we would like to control our child’s food intake, doing so leads to big power battles, mealtime meltdowns, and stress for everyone. Children’s eating habits are erratic, unpredictable, and all over the place. That’s why it’s critical not to go into mealtimes with a plan, but instead to focus on what you CAN and SHOULD manage.

Parents are responsible for the meals:

What is offered?

When it’s offered?

Where is it served?

Children are in control of:

Whether or if they eat?

How much they consume?

When we become upset and discouraged by picky eating, we might frequently turn to strategies such as:

Bribery: “If you take just one more mouthful, you can have chocolate.”

Shaming:”Your elder sibling usually finishes his lunch, so why can’t you?”

Punishment: “No TV for you tonight since you didn’t eat all of your lunch.”

Forcing:”You can’t go play until you’ve eaten two more bites,” the boss says.

Distracting: “You may watch TV or play on your phone while eating your supper.”

These may provide short-term relief, but they can have a long-term harmful impact on our children’s eating and nutrition. Although these approaches are immensely tempting, especially when you see your child finally eat a fair piece of their meal . As a consequence, viewing your child through your “short-term feeding lens” (“I just want him to finish his dinner!”) really sets your child up for failure in the long run. Over time, children lose faith in their bodily hunger cues and become less intuitive, depending more on external cues to tell them what to eat, and their fussy eating habits worsen. DONT Worry me and my team will help you in changing your and your child’s habit .

1. SELF FEEDING -DO NOT PRESSURISE

1. Allow your child to self-feed and eat at their own speed during meals

2. Provide a wide range of foods in reasonable portions

3.give them control over whether and how much they eat

4.Make an effort not to hover over your kid

5.Sit back and converse with the entire family, including your child

If you approach mealtime as “family bonding time” rather than “get my kid to eat time,” your child will feel less pressurised and will be more willing to try new or previously rejected items.

2. GET KID INVOLVED IN FOOD PREPERATION

Involve them with the purchasing, preparation, menu planning, cooking, serving, cleanup and packing there own lunch boxes Yes, incorporating your children may make the process longer and sometimes more frustrating, but the advantages are enormous and well worth it. Serve dishes family-style (almost like a deconstructed dinner!). Place all of the items on the table and allow your children to create their own supper. This allows you to remain in command of what is served while still giving your children a sense of freedom and power.

3. No Distractions while Eating

There will be no toys at the table and no eating in front of the television this also applies to parents—no phones at the table! Many parents rely on screens or toys to divert their child into eating two or three more bites, but this is counter-productive and can exacerbate the problem (as well as develop an annoying, difficult-to-break habit!). Distractions such as screens and video games interfere with a child’s capacity to self-regulate and tune in to their appetite.

4. Serve small portions in start

Too large of a portion of any food, immediately become turned off and don’t eat as much.

5.Use Colourful Utensils For Eating

Use micky mouse or favourite cartoon utensils so they feel like playing with them and eating as well.

6.DO NOT GIVE TOO MUCH MILK OR JUICES

No more than 500mL (two cups) of milk should be given to toddlers and children each day. Try half a cup at each meal (or immediately after), leaving room for another half cup before night if it is part of your routine. For hydration, water should be the sole beverage supplied between meals. Juice includes extra calories and sugar that youngsters do not require; it fills them up while providing little nutritious benefit. Did you know that a 250 mL (1 cup) juice container has six teaspoons of sugar in it? If your youngsters consume juice, restrict their intake to no more than 125 mL (1/2 cup) each day and dilute it with water (and offer at meals with food).

7.CONTROL THERE SNACKS

Rather to snacking being a random free-for-all in between meals, there should be a defined snack time where one or two items of the parent’s choice (such as yoghurt and fruit or cheese and crackers) are supplied. Toddlers and young children must be given the opportunity to develop an appetite for meals; otherwise, they will not eat much and will find it difficult to acquire self-regulation. This not only disrupts family mealtimes, but it may also have a long-term impact on a child’s nutritional intake and general relationship with food.

8.Introducing new food, previously rejected food to the kid

For unexpected or previously rejected meals, try a “trial plate.” It frequently works beautifully!! Try out the test plate! Try putting a testing plate next to your child’s regular plate or bowl. This is meant for items that are strange, frightening, or “unappetizing.” Children are not required to consume or even taste the meals on this plate, but they may touch, sniff, mash, stack, lick, or taste and politely spit them out. It’s a safe and enjoyable way to experiment with food without actually eating it. And it puts children one step closer to finally embracing them! The second alternative is to simply separate the things on their plate. Some children dislike having their foods contact, therefore a split dish might also work nicely. Recognise their bravery. Parents frequently commend their children for trying new meals or consuming specified quantities. Over-praise during meals, while well-intended, conveys the incorrect impression. We want our children to eat instinctively and to develop a taste for a range of foods in their own time. Instead of applauding, recognise and praise your child’s bravery while attempting something new, such as “That was incredibly brave of you to try the broccoli tonight!” It will build their confidence and raise the probability of your youngster trying new meals in the future. I hope these remedies helped you in finding new ways to deal with your babies hunger , and like many other parents you too will become a part of a happy parenting community .