Hallo ibu-ibu... Masalah picky eater ini sebenernya masalah yg biasa banget pada anak usia balita. Kalo menurut artikel2 yg saya baca, kebanyakan anak picky eater ini karena melihat kebiasaan makan orang tua dan pengasuhnya. Kalo pengasuhnya gak suka sayur, makannya milih2, biasanya anak yg diasuh juga punya kebiasaan yg sama.
Atau pengasuhnya mau yg instan aja (bubur saring biar cepet makannya), makanan fast food yg gurih2, ga pernah makan buah, ga suka telur dll, biasanya si anak juga taste-nya berkembang seperti pengasuhnya. Jadi kalo ahli gizi kebanyakan melihat masalah picky eater ini lebih ke masalah psikologi anak, dan pemberian vitamin penambah nafsu makan itu hanya cara sementara mengatasinya. Cara yg lebih cocok adalah dg sistem coba terus mengenalkan berbagai variety makanan dan menciptakan suasana makan yg menyenangkan. Ada sedikit artikel ttg picky eater dari http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/nutrition/kids_picky_eating.html Kids' Picky Eating: Natural or Learned? Kids' "picky eating" is a common complaint among parents, many of whom worry that their children's nutrient intake suffers as a result. According to a recent study, fussy eaters may actually fall into two distinct groups – one unwilling to try unfamiliar foods and the other unwilling to eat a variety of relatively familiar foods. Children classified as neophobic – those unwilling to try new foods – tend to score higher on measures of anxiety than other kids. They often have mothers who are also reluctant to try new foods, according to this new research published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Researchers suggest that "food neophobia" may be either a relatively stable personality trait, or a somewhat natural part of childhood that kids grow out of as they age and encounter more foods. In contrast, picky eating – being unwilling to eat many different familiar foods – is reportedly not so much a personality characteristic as a development from life experiences. This pickiness could reflect a genuine dislike of the scorned foods or an effort to resist parental attempts at control. In the new study, children who scored high as picky eaters were more likely to have mothers who felt they did not have enough time to eat healthfully and lacked a variety of vegetables in their own diets. This new study, combined with past research, suggests the following advice: Don't assume that children will grow out of picky eating. The number of foods kids like does not change much from the age of two or three to age eight. In fact, new foods are often more likely accepted at age two to four than at four to eight. Don't hold off a wide variety of foods, assuming children are too young. To establish enjoyment of good eating, offer a wide variety of healthy foods. Surprisingly, babies are often offered more vegetables as baby food than they receive as toddlers. Later, vegetables are restricted by dislikes of mothers and other family members, frequent complaints that preparing vegetables takes too much time, and unfounded beliefs that children don't eat particular foods. Finding quick-fix ways to serve vegetables benefits everyone and should be a priority. To broaden your children's tastes, let them watch you enjoying many different healthful foods. Children are far more likely to decide they like foods when caregivers show enthusiasm for those foods. In one study, if caregivers simply ate foods without comment, the positive impact was much less than when they enthusiastically consumed the foods. To further reduce the chance of picky eating, don't let mealtimes become a power struggle. Behavior scientists see control issues promoting picky eating at least, in some children. Let there be a division of responsibility: parents and caregivers should decide what foods are offered and when. Kids should have sole responsibility for deciding how much to eat. This teaches them to use internal hunger signals to eat only what they need – something many adults raised in the "clean your plate" style find difficult. Finally, as you implement all these ideas, be patient. Some aspects of individual personality and personal food preferences, as well as normal childhood behaviors that kids do outgrow, can be involved in fussy eating. Do what you can for them. Then make sure their fussiness is not keeping you from healthy eating. *By Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN American Institute for Cancer Research <http://www.aicr.org/index.html> Reproduced with Permission* On 4/2/08, Ella Zuyuna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Trims banget infonya.. > Kalo boleh tahu Vitamin curfos tersebut berupa syrup ya....dan produksi > mana??Apakah bisa beli diapotik??? > Anak saya makannya susah banget dan nggak pernah ditelan gitu.Tapi saya > tetap berusaha semaximal mungkin.Semenjak saya kasih vitamin doyan > makan,susu,camilan.Umurnya 2 thn BB 12 makan 3 x,Susu 900 blom ketambahan > camilan.Ini saya pengen ganti vitamin. > > aryani gani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Mba Ella.. > anakku jg tergolong anak susah makan..dari umur 10bln makannya susah > banget,maunya bubur saring aja itu pun susah banget harus dibujuk2 sampai > sekarang 2taun 4bln..udah dari sebulan lalu mogok makan n susah minum > susunya.Saya coba kasih vitamin curfos utk menambah nafsu makan dan > sekarang lumayan lah dah mau makan walaupun nda banyak..dulu saya berprinsip > tidak mau kasih vitamin tambahan behubung banyak yang bilang itu bukan jalan > keluarnya but akhirnya saya kasih juga karna dah hopeless banget > hehhehhe..saya sih engak tau nafsu makannya karena vitamin atau emang dia > udah mulai mau mencoba makanan tapi sampai sekarang vitaminnya masih saya > kasih... > ok deh mbak ella ini sekedar sharing pengalaman aja..moga bisa > membantu..:)ed, 2 Apr 2008 02:38:14 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; balita-anda@balita-anda.com> Subject: > [balita-anda] vitamin> > Dear parents> > Ada ndak para parents disini ngasih > anaknya vitamin nafsu makan nutricomp caloric ama vitasigi > yunior.Sayakepengen banget ngasih buat anak saya umur 2 > tahun.Mohon sharingnya donk,dan kalo ada vitamin nafsu makan selain diatas > namanya apa ya..> > Tx> Ella> > > ---------------------------------> You > rock. 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