Health tips: many babies have the habit of picky eating. Their parents' indulgence makes them accustomed to it. But sometimes the baby's appetite is poor. When mummy adds supplementary food to infants, try to change varieties as much as possible, such as pig liver and tomato nutritional rice flour, fish and vegetable rice flour, chicken vegetable rice flour and so on.
In summer, when it is hot, we will obviously feel that we don't like to eat. Because our baby has a strong metabolism, it is easy to sweat, and the digestive function is reduced. Therefore, a series of symptoms such as anorexia and dyspepsia will appear. At this time, it is necessary for the mother to make appropriate adjustments and supplements on the diet, so as to help the baby get through the hot summer successfully.
Four reasons for anorexia in summer
1. When the temperature is too high, the baby is particularly prone to sweating, especially in high humidity and low wind speed. No matter how much sweat the baby has, it can not effectively release the heat stored in the body. At this time, he will feel chest tightness, dizziness, nausea and loss of appetite.
2. In the high temperature season, the baby's perspiration amount is three times of the normal temperature. A large amount of sweat is excreted, which makes the body lose a lot of water, salt and vitamins, and causes imbalance of water and salt metabolism. At the same time, the chloride ion required for gastric acid is also reduced, so that the acidity of gastric juice is reduced, and the digestibility is reduced. In addition, if a large amount of drinking water after thirst will dilute gastric juice, affecting the baby's digestive function.
3. The high temperature in summer makes the body lose a lot of water and condense the blood; while the body's heat dissipation also transports more blood to the capillaries which are highly expanded due to the rising temperature, so that the blood in the body is concentrated on the body surface. In this way, the digestive tract will not get more blood and anemia, so that the secretion of digestive juice is reduced, thus affecting the digestive function.
4. In hot weather, the digestive enzyme activity of baby's gastrointestinal tract will be significantly reduced, leading to the decline of digestive function.
Four principles to enhance baby's appetite in summer
1. Eat more heat clearing and dampness removing food
Summer is hot, moisture gradually Sheng, should give the baby to eat some heat clearing and dampness food.
Momordica charantia: has the effect of relieving heat and detoxification; watermelon: can relieve heat and dampness; plum: has the functions of detoxification, eliminating vexation, relieving diarrhea and relieving cough; tomato: it has the function of clearing heat, detoxification and relieving thirst; cucumber: can clear away heat, promote water and relieve heat; mung bean: can clear away heat and detoxify.
2. Give baby more warm boiled water
Infants get 800 ml of water a day from milk and other foods, but they need 1100-1500 ml of water in summer to meet their body needs. Therefore, the mother should give the baby drink warm boiled water, can play a dual role in relieving summer heat and constipation.
3. Let baby eat less cold drinks
Some mothers like to give their babies drinks and cold drinks in summer, and they think these are good products for relieving summer heat. But too much cold drink will dilute gastric juice, stimulate gastrointestinal tract, make peristalsis hyperactivity, shorten the residence time of food in the digestive tract, thus affecting the absorption of nutrients. Moreover, most drinks contain higher sugar, which will make the baby's appetite even lower. Therefore, mummy must control the baby to eat drinks and cold drinks, infants under 6 months old should be absolutely fasting cold drinks.
4. Diversified diet
As the baby's appetite is poor, mummy should try to change varieties when adding supplementary food to infants, such as pig liver and tomato rice noodles, fish and vegetable rice noodles, chicken vegetable rice noodles, etc. Older children can eat more fish, shrimp, bean products, fresh vegetables. Food should be low in fat and light in taste. In addition, vinegar can be added in the garlic paste to increase the appetite.