Almost every mother is faced with the problem of a child's lack of appetite. Kids enjoy sweets with pleasure, but healthy foods often do not arouse any interest in them. Do not rush to scold your child and force him to eat soups, vegetables and other food products that every body needs. Use your ingenuity and a little cunning.
Instructions
Step 1
All children love to watch cartoons and listen to fairy tales. Surely, your kid has his own favorite fairy-tale characters. Take advantage of this when preparing a meal for your baby. Absolutely all products are suitable for creating an edible hero. For example, you can easily create a cute bear out of a cutlet. Add any pasta and you have a funny face with curls. You can make facial features with olives, carrots, tomatoes. If you experiment a little, you will effortlessly make your favorite character, fabulous animals, and extraordinary landscapes or even still lifes on a child's plate. The kid will definitely appreciate your work.
Step 2
Another method of improving a child's appetite is play. Invite your child to make a hero from a fairy tale on a plate on their own. A character can be famous, but you can come up with your own magical character. To create a children's masterpiece, use the food that the baby is going to eat. Be actively involved in the venture, the child may need your help in creating individual details. After completing the task, invite your child to taste his creation. The child will not only be full, but will also receive an additional portion of good mood.
Step 3
If you don't have time for culinary fantasies, use another method. As you eat, start telling your baby his favorite story. Shift your child's attention to the foods you have prepared for them. Turn your story into a little game. For example, a spoonful of soup can become a wagon, which must go into the tunnel, the role of which will be played by the baby's mouth. Turn a piece of bread into an airplane. Play bunnies with your child, whose favorite dishes are cabbage and carrots. There are a lot of examples of such games, gradually you will be able to come up with new games for your child without additional thought.
Step 4
Here are some tips. It is very easy to make lizards, crocodiles, tree trunks or leaves from cucumbers. Pasta can play the role of hair or tree crowns, they can be used to make funny characters, for example, curly dogs. The main advantage of vegetables and fruits is that it is very easy to cut various parts from them. From eggs and tomatoes, you can make a mushroom meadow, funny ladybugs. Thanks to your cunning and the child's imagination, you can create whole edible fairy tales, thanks to which the baby will be full, and you will not worry about his appetite.
