Porridge - "slimy muck", soup - "nasty liquid", kefir - "sour and tasteless": the list of vagaries of a small tyrant can be infinite. Parents arrange performances, act out performances, promise gifts in order to shove a favorite child with a couple of spoons of useful oatmeal or cottage cheese - but, alas, with varying success. Child psychologists assure: there are easier ways to achieve the desired result.
Rule one - do not fight. It is not necessary to forcibly push food into a crying baby, to place menacing ultimatums or frightening terrible punishments - this is fraught with neuroses, eating disorders and impaired appetite. Give the baby the right to choose - within certain limits: this approach is much more effective.
Rule two - cunning. Unfamiliar or unloved products can be masked in dishes, served in small portions or whimsically decorated. Which child can stand before curd ice cream, colorful hills of vegetable garnish or cheese figurines?
Rule three - reduce the importance of eating. If the child refuses to eat - he is simply not too hungry. Put the plate aside and release the "nehochuhu" from the table: a hungry child will sooner or later eat his portion with pleasure. The secret is only one - each time to offer exactly the dish that caused the protest: no compromise in the form of cookies or favorite bananas.