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Many parents complain that their child just doesn’t eat enough. The amount of food a child can ingest varies from individual to individual and whenever child do not enough at one mealtime or just don’t eat at the appointed hour, they usually makeup for it at the next meal and have their extras happily. The thing that really matters is that your child is growing physically and mentally at least at an average rate. If your child consistently misses his or her milestones shown on the growth charts for more than a month, you may need to consult a doctor about it.
Other big complaint is about feeding children who are picky eaters and would not look at food, until they get whatever they are insisting for. While forcing your child to taste and eat new foods may not work, you may add new foods to his diet as special servings to make sure that he gets a balanced diet. You may even allow the child to choose items he would like to eat from the nutritious foods list. Some children like to have a particular snack or food repeatedly and continuously for sometime and suddenly lose interest in it altogether and try some other new food.
You can make sure that your child gets a balanced diet by making lists of things that he eats and doesn’t eat and use the combination of things he likes well enough to provide him with proper nutrition. All children, no matter how much they hate eating, love food that is served beautiful and tastes delicious. Be sure to keep the right amount of food on the child’s plate and do not force him to finish everything on the plate, if he is not hungry. You can make eating a food a game where the child is served and has to eat one tablespoon of each kind of food for each year of the child's age but allow him to stop when he feels that his stomach is full.