To help the child to normalize appetite, it is necessary to understand whether the reasons of unwillingness lie is in the medical plane or in pedagogical. Most often there is the second and mom should change only the attitude to the mode and ways of feeding as the problem will be solved by itself.
Practically every second child of preschool age suffers from small appetite. To tell more precisely, not he suffers from it, and parents. And most often the grandmother who is ready in all possible ways to push an excess spoon in a mouth to the kid. Experts are sure that this spoon indeed superfluous because children intuitively feel how many and what they want.
Whether there is a reason for concern
Anyway, but it is impossible to neglect categorical unwillingness of the child to eat food too. At least, it is necessary to establish the cause of "the gone hunger strike". Doctors claim that most often children badly eat with the fragile, thin-boned constitution of a body. The pale, transparent skin color is characteristic of them. These children are rather mobile, but show absolute indifference to food. In that case you should not torment either yourself, or the child and to allow it "to peck" more often exactly so much how many will accept an organism. For own tranquility and health of the child it is better for it to give children's vitamin complexes in addition.
The concern of mom is quite justified if starvation of the child is caused by disorder of food behavior. About presence of that the systematic vomiting having the psychogenic nature testifies. As reaction to violent feeding it can become involuntary over time. It is a complex problem which the children's psychologist or the psychiatrist will help to solve. Much less often the reason is in neurobiological disorders of a brain. As a result of an imbalance of certain substances in which control over digestive activity of an organism is lost. The child does not feel either strong hunger, or appetite. In all other cases the small appetite of the kid demands pedagogical approach to solution of the problem, and mom can quite cope with it.
Simple councils for the solution of a complex problem
The main thing, it is necessary to accept the little person as the personality with the flavoring addictions and not to impose it a diet and tastes at discretion. Sometimes parents shift meal time in connection with leaving for work or the household chores started inopportunely. It seems to them insignificant that the child is offered to eat for an hour sooner or later. But he is not able to do it, without being hungry, indulging a whim of adults. And, on the contrary, if suddenly there was a wish to eat out of the set mode bread without soup, then it is worth showing flexibility and to concede to the kid. Sometimes the reason of loss of appetite at the child is even more banal. On a table there is always some food and often it is sweets: candies, cookies. Perhaps, sausage or cheese sandwich is more useful, but if them to give 1-2 times a day between three main meals. The habit to constant uncontrolled having a snack brings in result to the fact that the child cannot be fed with a normal hot lunch. It is good if the family feast with pleasant communication becomes tradition where at everyone the place and a lunch approximately in at one time. Children are not able to reconstruct quickly therefore psychologists recommend to parents to notify the child on the forthcoming meal, minutes for 20-30 in advance. It will allow to be adjusted on meal. To some children the water drunk several minutes prior to food helps to tempt appetite. If the age of the child allows, then it can be involved in preparation of a lunch. It by all means will cause desire to try with own hand prepared dish. When the child at a table does not eat moreover and is capricious – it speaks about the shortage of parental attention rather. Psychologists advise to give it any more during the day and in any way not at dinner. If the kid knows that after a meal mom will read him the book or will play with him an interesting game, then hardly he will want to play for time at a table. Children are very impressionable, and even the insignificant quarrel of adults can spoil appetite during a lunch. The family feast has to take place in quiet relaxed atmosphere. Parents should remember that it not the place for a showdown and discussion of office problems.