How do you find this two baby? Is it like you want them to bring home...we feel the same way. I really love to see a huge baby that's why I'm started things/ ways to make my first baby this healthy.But I still make sure that my baby are in the proper weight and not to exceed that cause her some disease. I research on some additional information that could help every mothers that are experiencing a hard time feeding their babies...here are 10 tips that might help you.
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1. Don't defer authority.
“Don’t ask your child what he’d like to eat,” Dietz advises. They’ll say “gummy worms” or “ice cream.”
Instead, tell them what’s on the menu and that there will be no substitutions.
2. Don't offer too many choices.
Making hot dogs for one kid, mac ‘n’ cheese for another and a “grown-up” meal for Mom and Dad will drive a home cook crazy.3. Set limits.
The worst thing for a child is not knowing the limits or having ones that constantly change, Dietz says. Every kid needs boundaries, so stand your ground when it comes to what your child eats. If on Monday you proclaim “no fast food,” don’t go to Burger King on Friday. It sends mixed messages and kids quickly pick up on that ambiguity.
4. Expose kids to an assortment of foods.
“One mistake parents make is not exposing [their kids] to a wide variety of foods and flavors from an early age,” Tringali Piho says.Start small and build on each success. Forgo the white-bread PB&J; offer up cucumber and hummus on whole wheat instead. Your kid’s taste buds might surprise you both.
5. Don't worry they’ll go to bed hungry.
Hunger can be a persuasive learning tool. Next time your children refuse to eat what you’ve prepared, tell them: “The choices are to eat it now, later or nothing at all,” Schmidt says.6. Don't make excuses for their eating habits.
“If kids are labeled as picky, they’ll act that way,” Schmidt says.Instead, be persistent. Offer up the despised foods as many times and in as many forms as possible. Broccoli hater? Try it steamed, roasted, baked in a quiche, chopped up with a low-fat dip or served with veggie sticks.
7. Don't worry that they’re not eating enough.
When a child has consumed only three graham crackers all day, it can drive a parent to force them to eat. “There’s no quicker way to get a child not to eat than by forcing him or her to eat,” he says. Even if your child has barely touched food all day, don’t worry.
8. Don't disguise healthy foods.
Would you recognize zucchini if it showed up only in muffins or cookies? Sneaking extra veggies into prepared products isn’t bad, but it’s important to offer them in their natural state too.“If we keep those green veggies under wraps all the time, children will never choose them in their true [form],” Schmidt says.
“If we want to change children’s relationship to food, we have to get kids involved in cooking, gardening and grocery shopping,".
9. Don't offer rewards or bribes for eating.
Bribery is another trick nearly every parent uses – but shouldn’t.
“Don’t reward children for eating foods they don’t like by giving them junk foods,” Dietz says. That means not dishing out ice cream because they’ve finished the spinach.
10. Keep trying.
“Parents need to repeatedly introduce new food before accepting that their child doesn’t like it,”. A scrunched-up face or barfing noise doesn’t mean game over.
