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Why Is The Baby Not Accepting Any Kind Of Food And How To Recognize A Baby's Likes And Dislikes?
Sir,
Greetings, I am a father of 1.2 years old baby girl. I have a query, baby is not accepting any food happily, we need to force her everytime, are we doing something wrong or is there any way by which she will have food happily, I understand there might be problem of likes and dis likes but how to recognise what she likes?
We try to feed her anything before testing she turns face in opposite direction, doesn't get ready to accept anything (solid food or liquid food).
Kindly suggest some resolution to this problem.
Greetings, I am a father of 1.2 years old baby girl. I have a query, baby is not accepting any food happily, we need to force her everytime, are we doing something wrong or is there any way by which she will have food happily, I understand there might be problem of likes and dis likes but how to recognise what she likes?
We try to feed her anything before testing she turns face in opposite direction, doesn't get ready to accept anything (solid food or liquid food).
Kindly suggest some resolution to this problem.
Fri, 20 Dec 2013
Hi Dear
Welcome to the HCM,
Weight of your child at this stage is appreciable from your end to explain the things better.
If the child is gaining weight regularly as related to the age of your child then it means,what ever calories are required by the child, he is getting.
she will feel hunger only when her body demands.
Many times child reacts to overenthusiastic and overzealous feeding and in results always says no to feeds even she is hungry.
Please give him some space so that he can feel the hunger.
she may like to feed in friends house.
She may start feeding whenever they are fed with peer group etc.
Iron and multivitamin supplementation may also help.
Deworming to be considered.
Expose her to sun daily for hour or two
Hope the query is answered.
Thanks
Welcome to the HCM,
Weight of your child at this stage is appreciable from your end to explain the things better.
If the child is gaining weight regularly as related to the age of your child then it means,what ever calories are required by the child, he is getting.
she will feel hunger only when her body demands.
Many times child reacts to overenthusiastic and overzealous feeding and in results always says no to feeds even she is hungry.
Please give him some space so that he can feel the hunger.
she may like to feed in friends house.
She may start feeding whenever they are fed with peer group etc.
Iron and multivitamin supplementation may also help.
Deworming to be considered.
Expose her to sun daily for hour or two
Hope the query is answered.
Thanks
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