First, the influence of forced feeding of young children 1, may lead to suffocation. Asphyxia is the most common and dangerous hazard of forced feeding. When a child doesn't want to eat, he may fill his mouth or try to spit it out, which will lead to trouble when you force the spoon to feed.
2. Inappropriate nutrition Even if you force-feed your child, he will not be able to get nutrition in an appropriate way. If you want your child to get nutrition from food, let him eat carefully.
Forcing children to eat will make them hate food. 3. Food will be spit out. When you force your child to eat, it is easy for him to spit it out or throw it away. Because the child is unwilling or he is full, it will be difficult for you to feed him successfully.
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4. Initiate negative associations By force-feeding, you may make children associate food with negative tears, screams and threats. Because of this, children may not have a positive relationship with eating, and even hate food.
Second, how to avoid picky eaters? 1 Provide different foods If you want your child to enjoy meals, you should provide different kinds, textures and tastes of food for him to try. Children need to discover their likes and dislikes. You can help them by introducing new food flavors and combinations.
2, changing the texture of food, sometimes changing the taste of food can also change the child's perception. For example, if children don't like fruit, you can change the fruit into smoothies, because strange food can usually arouse children's interest.
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3, participate in the preparation of meals, children like to play, so if you let him participate in the process of making meals, in addition to increasing interaction and emotional connection, it can also improve children's interest in food and be willing to try.
4. Set an example by yourself. Children like to imitate you, no matter what you say or do. Therefore, as long as you are not picky about food and try everything, your children will easily learn from you and try all kinds of strange foods.
5, limit the intake of snacks Sometimes children are picky eaters because they are not hungry, so basically no matter how delicious food you provide, even if he loves to eat, he may not want to eat. So limit your child's snack intake, or simply don't provide it.