### Anorexia in children: What should we do to make our child eat? What is the cause of anorexia in children?
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Anorexia in children is the most common behavior disorder that can be easily prevented and at the same time it is easily caused but has the easiest way to treat.... The complaint that most mothers have when they go to the pediatrician is that my child doesn't eat even as much as a sparrow!... The mother says that she has used every method to make her child eat that if there was no problem, there would be no problem.. Like other behavioral disorders, factors also play a role. It causes anorexia in children and it is very important to find its underlying causes.
Methods of feeding children that are commonly used:
In any type of behavioral disorder in children, the details of the treatment should be fully explained....For this purpose, the pediatrician should be familiar with the usual feeding methods implemented by the parents....Children and infants find that eating time is the best opportunity to make excuses and get attention....The child understands that his mother is more worried that when he is breastfeeding or I eat such a particular food....Anorexia about these things....Parents are so careless that the child In front of them, he has feeding problems and they tell about their child's anorexia... It is a big success for a 2-year-old child who, while he is hungry and really wants to eat, forces his parents to play with him, sing to him, dance, crawl on all fours to make him happy to eat, another common way of not attracting children's attention is to eat... and all children do it... the child is playing with himself. .... He dips his hand in the food, spills some of the food on the floor... In short, he spills the food everywhere except in his mouth!
Prevention of children's anorexia:
Recognizing that most children are born with anorexia that meets their nutritional needs, prevention is easily possible.... A child's desire to eat certain foods and reject other foods should be dealt with rationally, and it is not necessary to force him to eat.
Methods for treating anorexia in children:
As long as the wrong behaviors are implemented, the child will have a problem with eating.... The worst thing is to recommend intensifying the use of force and forcing the child to eat.... The parents need to understand that the problem is with them, not the child.... It is a fact that when the child is away from home for a while and is not influenced by the parents, we describe some eating as normal.. Anorexia:
### 1- When the child is weaned:
If he refuses to eat, the best way is to first feed the child from the breast or a cup so that he becomes more polite and then give him the new food, and if he still avoids eating, try these methods again after a few days. At this age, like older children, you should not use caressing, bribery and punishment methods.. Change the anxiety from the mother's voice and face.
### 2- It is not necessary to encourage every child who finishes his food....
It should be understood that the child eats whatever he wants... encouraging the child after eating is as stupid as encouraging the child to play.
### 3- Do not use indoctrination to feed the child because he will be disobedient...
Don't stop the child from doing what he likes because he hasn't eaten... this way the child learns that eating is a task and if he doesn't do this task the house cat will!
### 4- Don't give the child another food between the main meals...
Of course, if the child has no problem eating and eats enough, there is nothing wrong with eating fruit or milk between meals... But if he doesn't eat, don't give him anything else and he should understand that he has to wait until the next meal... The answer is that you don't feed him until the next meal.... No child stays hungry.. He eats himself..
If you still haven't managed to get rid of your children's anorexia, you can get help from **Dr. Esadi, pediatrician in Mashhad** ..