21/12/2025
When your child starts being "picky" when they approach 1-2years old (or even older), it is still very important to move forward with their food intake. 🤔
A healthy, developing brain and body needs a variety of nutritious foods in the right proportions to enhance a child's growth, immune function and mental health. 🧠🫀🫁
As an infant grows into a toddler, milk becomes a supplement and not the main event. Breastmilk continues to be beneficial; but the right foods must be introduced and continued for optimal health. 🤱🥑🥚🥦🥔🥕
The bottle is swapped for cups and glasses as they become ready to manipulate and coordinate pouring and sipping, while avoiding spills. 🍼🥛
Food handling such as chewing, grinding, swishishing food in their mouths improve oral motor skills and helps the teeth, jaw and mid-face bones to develop.🦷🦴
Eating and meals become social events where they learn table manners and social graces. They also serve as opportunities to teach a toddler and young children about good nutrition and making healthy food choices.
What children learn while they are young will serve as the foundation and basis for their future behaviors and memories with you.
Help cultivate a good relationship with food, after all "we are what we eat" 😋
If you suspect your child has food intolerance, food allergy, food aversion or eats non-food objects (pica), approach your child's doctor for consultation and further advice. Let's help the future generation learn to eat better and healthier. 👶🏻🧒🏻👦🏻👧🏻🧑🏻
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder is an eating disorder characterized by avoidance of specific foods and/or restriction of food intake.
This JAMA Patient Page describes avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and its risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment strategies.
https://ja.ma/3L9TSpv
