Understanding your baby

Many new mothers try to give your baby when you add a supplementary food, regular touch babies \"antifeedant\" problem. Some mothers think babies don\'t like to eat these foods, it is no longer his (her) to eat. In fact, baby \"refuse to eat\" is a reason.
Physiological reasons
Before adding supplementary food, baby has been \"sucked\" breast or formula milk, liquid food, and in the 4-month-old baby when you need to add supplementary food, baby by spoon food in your mouth and then Pappy \"swallowing\". For the baby, \"suck\" and \"swallow\" are the two very different things, need to be a gradual process of learning and adaptation. He wants to try tongue fruit mud, rice flour, mashed vegetables and other food to the mouth rear, then swallow. The habit of sucking baby, at the time of milk out of the tongue is top. Therefore, the baby food at the first half eating solid food \"spit\" is quite normal, should give him a few attempts, let baby slowly learning this skill. Sometimes a mother when you make your own food, food characters too heavy or excessive tastes, may also cause the baby refuses to eat. Heinz first stage of infant nutritional rice flour and bottled baby food taste pure, single varieties, not easily lead to baby\'s allergies, the most suitable for the growing baby.

Psychological reasons
Many mothers in the baby is too hungry and even restless when you attempt to add supplementary food, refused to eat for vulnerable babies, even crying, more mother forced the baby eating, after several babies see the bowl and spoon will instinctively objectionable. Therefore, supplementary food add timing is important, it is best to choose to not eat or after nursing two infants between mother and baby got better add supplementary food. Start from 1 spoon, until the baby wants to eat more later when increasing feed volume, generally after a week or so the baby can get through adaptation period. After the baby adapt, gradually increasing the variety of complementary food, train baby\'s ability to adapt to a variety of foods, from childhood to develop good eating habits. If the baby refuses to eat, can also be a few days or 1 week and try again. As long as the mother has the patience and skills, the baby will be able to successfully master the skill of eating solid food for future successful transition to eat adult food to lay a solid foundation.

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