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Suggest Ways To Increase The Appetite In A Child
Hi, my son is 16 months old. He is very cheerful in nature in general. But when we want to eat him something solid he does not want to eat and starts to cry and resist. It is very difficult for us to feed him as he is not at all interest to eat anything. What will be the remedy to increase his appetite ?
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Hi dear
Welcome to the HCM,
His appetite is good but he is not well trained for chewing.
He does not want to exert in chewing, he just want to suck only (which is quite easy for him) and he is quite tuned to it.
We have to take lot of pains for training of this child.
Repeated frequent small feed to be tired like dal rice, mashed banana.etc so that he can develop the taste of such eatables.
Try to reduce the bottle feed/ milk.
Hope the query is answered.
thanks
Welcome to the HCM,
His appetite is good but he is not well trained for chewing.
He does not want to exert in chewing, he just want to suck only (which is quite easy for him) and he is quite tuned to it.
We have to take lot of pains for training of this child.
Repeated frequent small feed to be tired like dal rice, mashed banana.etc so that he can develop the taste of such eatables.
Try to reduce the bottle feed/ milk.
Hope the query is answered.
thanks
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