I always feel lucky because Q Bao is very cooperative in diet. Although she doesn't like vegetables very much, she usually cooperates to eat all the vegetables as long as her mother asks. From non-staple food to adult food, there is no difficulty in successfully breaking through the customs. At first, I thought that the non-staple food stage was handled well, and the children were not picky about food.
I continued this method until Doudou began to eat non-staple food. I want to say that the successful experience of copying must be correct! As a result, I forgot the biggest variable → every child is different!
Doudou will eat vegetables when she has no choice, but as long as she starts to eat with us, she will only eat what she likes. Almost whenever she touches a dish, she just chooses to spit it out instead of touching it. If she eats them wrong, she must spit them out!
In fact, picky eaters are human instinct. Mom, I don't eat some food myself. Everyone said, I don't like fish with good nutrition! If I wasn't her mother today, I wouldn't push her at all. I can eat whatever I like!
But she is my daughter. For her health, I really can't turn a blind eye to her picky eaters.
After reading some parenting guides, some experts suggested that we should start with encouragement and don't force/hide (referring to chopping up and mixing food that children hate). Encourage children to try every meal, first a little, then more. Some children have a keen sense of taste, especially the bitter taste of dishes, which will avoid eating!
I agree with this statement, so I'll try first. At first, I used a separate plate to hold food. Sure enough, after seeing Doudou eating what he wanted quickly, the food didn't move at all!
No matter how much you give, she remains the same. It's no use encouraging her. If you tempt her to eat, she will vomit. I can hardly see her taking the initiative to eat vegetables except corn kernels!
It's no use beating her. Tell her emotionally how nutritious the food is. She doesn't understand yet. I'm deadlocked with her because of my mother! I was furious to see her throw up and play the piano for a second after dinner (well, I hit her a few times)
Every meal is like this, just eating. Is it necessary to be so unhappy?
It means that the place where she finished eating seems to have been bombed, and I seem to be able to put this down. As long as she didn't throw it on purpose, I can clean up the mess calmly.
The child was born by herself. The most important thing is to hope that she has a happy childhood. Although eating is good for her, she just hates it, because it is really not worth hitting her or affecting her mother's mood!
So in the end, I finally found a way to live in peace and share it with my mother who has the same troubles. Maybe you can try. Your vegetable pickers can eat some food!
It is said that there are three treasures, ginseng, mink and wurass in the northeast.
When my family eats peas, there are also three treasures: brown rice balls, pork floss and seaweed pine.
I know that processed food is not as nutritious as natural food, so it is better to eat less! But these three things are the closest to the natural formula I have found so far, with little seasoning and not too many additives!
Besides, mom, I added it at the right time & let me explain it to you first.
Give opportunities:
My family seldom gives snacks except at mealtimes. Eat breakfast at 8:30, lunch at about 12:30 and dinner at 18:00. Fruit is given after meals, and there is almost nothing to eat outside dinner time.
Therefore, in the first 5 minutes after each meal, when children are hungry, they will choose their favorite food first. At this time, I will quickly pick up the rice and fill it myself.
After about 10 minutes, their eating speed will slow down, and the rest are almost all things they don't like.
I will ignore it first, stand up and deal with my affairs (such as cutting fruit or washing dishes after meals, but I will pay attention to their situation from time to time to avoid them choking). As long as I'm away, usually they will continue to eat more and get the second acceptable food on the plate.
After washing the bowl and cutting the fruit, I returned to my place. At this time, there were almost dishes left on the plate & some rice, and the children began to want to eat or not, so I took out these three treasures and added them.
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How to add:
Give only a little at a time & one kind, at most two kinds, and chop up the dishes on the plate, stir the things added evenly, make sure that no matter how she scoops them, she scoops out the dishes she doesn't want to eat, and return them to the children after stirring them evenly, and explain the rule that "only eat with a spoon".
Although the two of them can use spoons, they are not perfect and can't accurately scoop only the food she likes. So as soon as the spoon bites, some food will be mixed in. It's not much, but at least she has eaten.
Remember to stay with her and carefully supervise whether she uses a spoon. Just grab it with your hand and tell her to close the bowl at once, which is probably how it is executed.
Sambo introduction:
Organic colored vegetable brown rice balls:
Brown rice balls taste like tiny rice cakes. Each color of brown rice balls represents a raw material, and the ingredients on the package look simple. Organic brown rice, purple sweet potato, black rice, black corn, red rice flour, pumpkin, purple yam, yellow sweet potato, cauliflower and matcha powder.
Add a spoonful at a time, the amount is not much, but every spoonful of children has a crunchy taste and is highly accepted. After mixing the dishes, because it is stipulated that only spoons can be used, Doudou is resigned to scoop them into his mouth, and the dishes that were originally intact on the plate are gone. Even if the amount is small, it is better than not eating them.
At the bottom left of the picture below, she finally can't eat any more, and her food intake is obviously reduced. Although I didn't eat it all, I was very satisfied with my mother. I told you I was born by myself. Eat food for her own good, not to dispute with her. The joyful atmosphere is the most important!
Occasionally, I have to be busy with something I have to do. What if the child can't take care of it? I will also give them some brown rice balls as snacks, because it is not easy to scoop them up, so it takes some time. At the same time, scooping in this way will also have the effect of training to hold a spoon. Well done!
Baby crispy:
Some experts say that some young babies may be relatively sensitive to taste, and many dishes are bitter to eat, which makes them dislike eating. Then let's try to cover up the taste of food. This is the role of baby dental floss.
This is a simple additive I have found so far, which says "tomato slices" and "green coconut spinach slices" are added. For mothers who hate eating vegetables at home, this is a feeling of extra points. At least some vegetables can be added (although I know natural food is the best).
Every time I just add a little, mix all the vegetables and rice well, and the peas will keep eating like plug-ins.
Jane relaxed:
This kind of seaweed sesame crispy bibimbap friend should be impressed by all mothers, and I love it myself. It's just that there are many additives in the general market. This is the product I saw in a women's clothing and children's shop, and the content is acceptable.
However, compared with the above two models, it has a little more additives, so I use the least, sprinkle a little and mix well, and the taste of the rice will be upgraded immediately!
I also know that this method of stealing food is not suitable for a long time, so even if Doudou doesn't understand it at present, I always tell her that eating food will be beautiful and nutritious, and I show her the food with relish.
Although she hasn't paid the bill yet, it's even bigger than when she just wanted to eat three treasures at first and refused to eat vegetables! I can accept mixed food silently, and the situation has really improved. I believe that one day, she will slowly accept pure food (one day)
In addition, for children who don't like vegetables, I will add fruit to her to increase her fiber intake. Usually fruit is sweet, but many children who resist vegetables like to eat fruit. Mothers can try it in another way, and they don't have to tangle with vegetables.
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The above is my sharing. At present, it is a good magic weapon to fight against picking magic beans. Of course, if your mothers have good dance steps, please share them with me. Parenting is to defeat the magic baby at every stage and constantly exchange killing skills! For the sake of children's health, mother can't lose. Let's cheer together!