Appetite of your child? How much food my child needs?
Appetite of your child makes you worry?
How much food my child needs? This is one more question that arises in parent’s mind everyday when they server them any of the meals. How much food my child needs?This question also pops up when people enquire and compare their child with other children.
How much food my child needs?
Healthy eating habits and stress free childhood is an indicator of healthy parenting, in the world of parenting.
The appetite of young children can change from one day to the next.
Parent’s mindsets while serving food to their child:
As parents or caregivers, you decide:
- What kind of food we serve to our child. : As mother it becomes tough to choose between the healthy food that we want to serve to our children and whatever he eats.
- What time of day are we serving food. As mothers, we just always look for a chance to feed our children. Feeding children is a full time project for any mother.
- the place where the food will be served: that is a trick point. For most of the mothers, it is wherever child sits to eat. But honestly, especially in toddlers case, they never sit in one place, long enough to finish their meal.
Your child decides:
- among all the food that is served, which ones are worth eating. And which are not appealing and can be rejected by showing tantrums.
- how much should I eat: they also decide how hungry they are and what amount of food is ok for them.
How much food my child needs?
We will get the answer by trying the following ways which will increase your child’s appetite, and make you happy parents.
- Start feeding your child in small amounts and let them re-ask if needed. Your child will respond according to his need.
- Occasionally, your child will starve and eat a lot. So, give him the second serving. This way he will not see full plate at a time.
- He will eat less when not much Hungry. This is normal. If your child is not hungry, do not pressurize or bribe him to eat or to finish the meal.
- Do not serve many munching in between, that reduces his craving for food at the time of meal.
- If your child is active and happy then there is nothing to worry about. A starving child will not be active and happy throughout the day.
- During the meal time if your child denied eating, please take away the food. Do not ask or pressurized him for eating for another 1-2hours. He will surely eat the next time you offer him.
- Timely eating will also help in knowing the answer to your question.
- If you still have any questions about your child’s development or hunger, talk to your doctor.
Happy childhood is every child’s right.
All the best wishes to you on this amazing journey. This will surely give us easy life.
If these tips help you in finding your answer, please comment. You can also comment, if you are having any other questions related to parenting.
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