Surely you’ve heard this for millions of time: “Mom, I don’t want
to eat this, I don’t want to eat that, either!” You are afraid that your child is
going to eat only macaroni and cheese for the rest of his life? Don’t worry!
There haven’t been recorded a case of anyone living with only eating one type
of food so far. Encourage the child to try new foods can be difficult, but you
can absolutely try these following easy steps.
It’s necessary to
serve new foods to your child
Instructions
1.
Minimize the child to eat snack before his main meals. If he isn’t
hungry, he’s not going to eat these new foods, which are usually not really
appealing to children.
2.
Only serve new dishes when your child isn’t get sick, tired or crying.
Naturally, at these times, he will be more stubborn than usual.
Don’t serve new
foods when your child is sick, tired or crying
3.
Only serve one new food item for each meal. Don’t try to introduce too
much new dishes as this may cause him disappointed. Be realistic!
4.
Build up a plan to serve new foods along with his favorite dishes. It’s
more likely that he will try and accept the food that way.
5.
Continuously serve new foods. According to statistics, children need to
be served new foods more than 10 times to try them.
6.
Allow the child to play with foods. The more they touch and smell them,
the more possible they will take them into their mouth.
Allow the child to
play with foods
Tips and Warnings
Encourage
your child to try new foods is good, but don’t force him. This can lead to the
child having pessimistic attitude towards these new foods for the rest of his
life.
