-I won't have breakfast!
-I don't feel like eating!
-Should we order from outside?
-I'll eat later, I'm not hungry...
A few of the endless dialogues between mothers and children... Your child may not want to sit at the table on time, refuses to eat food, or prefers junk food instead of home-cooked meals. Disordered eating is a situation experienced in many homes. Even though it may cause tension from time to time, you can overcome it and take control. Research shows that children with adequate and balanced nutrition have higher school success. My advice to mothers who want to feed their children regularly:
Be planful. Being planned and scheduled will help you in the meal plan of the house, as in many other matters. Program your weekly meal menu on Sunday and hang it on your refrigerator so that your child knows what will be eaten that week and that there is order in the house. Get to work according to your weekly plan, do your shopping, and have your materials at hand. If your meal is left to the last minute, it may be inevitable for a large pizza to arrive at your door half an hour later. If you are a working mother, make a 2-course meal on Sunday and put it in your fridge. You can make things easier by putting meatballs, stuffed wraps and stuffed meatballs in your freezer.
Sit at the Family Table. Every evening, family members should be together and watch television. Let them have a pleasant meal by hanging up and chatting. Breakfast, lunch or dinner are good opportunities to teach children positive eating habits. Prepare your children's favorite foods according to their tastes. For example, instead of frying the potatoes that many children love to eat, you can bake them in the oven, and instead of cauliflower dish, you can bake cauliflower fritters in the oven.
Keep your grocery shopping under control. Remember that you will eat whatever you buy at home. Remember that foods bought to keep at home will be consumed quickly. Instead of junk food, buy fresh and dried fruits and nuts in your home and put them in front of your children where they can easily reach them.
Let them choose their own main and snack meals. Let your children decide what and how much to eat. Give it a chance. Respect their personal food preferences and tastes. Give them the opportunity to politely decline food they do not want to eat. This is a way of teaching them how to make decisions when choosing food. Children like foods they participate in the planning and preparation of. Encourage them to try new foods without forcing them. Trying new foods is like trying new hobbies. This increases their knowledge, experience and skills.
When chosen carefully, snacks replace the food groups your child neglects to eat throughout the day. During the growing age, milk, buttermilk, kefir, cheese sandwiches, fresh and dried fruits, nuts, etc. are consumed as snacks. It is appropriate to consume foods.
Keep track of what you eat at school and outside. If the school has a cafeteria, you do not need to worry too much. He will eat several types of home-cooked meals in the dining hall. However, if there is a canteen where schnitzel, sausage, potatoes, etc. are sold, I recommend that you prepare healthy sandwiches for your child from home, as well as offering fresh fruit and milk. You should prevent your child from eating fast food outside as much as possible. Therefore, have him come home after school and eat at home. Eating something a little different once or twice a month in social occasions such as birthdays etc. will not disrupt your regular diet.
Set an example. Remember that the best role model is yourself. Remember that the child of parents who do not eat leeks or drink milk and express this will be prejudiced against these foods and refuse to eat them.
Finally, have a good time by trying to communicate without arguing or criticizing at mealtime, so that your child can live life. so that they can acquire positive eating habits that will last throughout their life.
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