When a year later, the baby pushes the baton with a handclock, refusing to take it into his mouth, most parents do not give it meanings. When a year and a half, a small sun will persistently straighten all the solid pieces of food, and then most of the mammies do not worry.

And only when in two years it turns out that already grown fastening does not hurt food, because of what he has to give only rolling and grinding masculine foods, here the panic already begins. Why so often does the child have a chewing reflex today? How to restore it and teach the baby to chew?

In order not to face a similar problem and do not walk on children's doctors with complaints that your child does not know how to chew, think about it as early as possible. If you at 2-3 years old do not dispose of the baby with a small motility of hands, it is difficult for him later. Similarly here. If you do not develop a chewing reflex in 6 months, then you will bite the elbows too late. When, at what age does the child begins to chew? Everything happens gradually.

• Half a year

Chewing reflex wakes up in infancy, by 6 months. If at this age you give your breath drying, the ram or the same teeth, what does he start to do with it? Many believe that in this way he scratches their guys, but, as it turns out, this is not the only reason that makes the baby send all the solid objects in the mouth. So he learns to make the first chewing movements. And this moment is very important not to miss, because after a couple of months, when your crumb will turn into a funny bunny with two front teeth, it will be very difficult to chew. Therefore, try to be the first skills to acquire before the first teeth.

When the crumbs in the mouth are already greater than a pair of teeth, he will again try to chew ahead with swallowing and sucking. And again, if you lose this moment and not to support the chewing reflex, the child will be happy to refuse this "work" and will swallow soft and liquid purees and kashkas.

• Two years

By this time, the baby must definitely learn to actively chew (let him not always be obtained) solid food. And if he does not want to chew to this age, know: you need to take action. After all, at this age, solid food contributes to the correct development of the dental system, the exercise of chewing muscles and normal salivation, without which there will be neither self-peculiarization of the oral cavity, no normal digestion.

So the development of chewing reflex at the baby should occur. The task of parents is to help him in this difficult business. And if the situation develops so that in 2 years he does not hurt solid food, it is necessary to identify the cause of this phenomenon as quickly as possible and try to correct the situation.

Why doesn't the child chew

Kroch may refuse to make chewing movements for various reasons. Some of them can be easily eliminated, but others are problematic because it will be later late to correct them. The reasons for the fact that already the grimber-karapuz is bad or completely refuses to do this, most often the following factors become.

1. Wrong feeding. This happens if the mother, too taking care of his baby, is afraid of entering hard food into the diet, referring to the fact that he can choke. The predominance of liquid, puree food is the first and most common cause of this phenomenon.
2. Nonformation skills In infant age. This happens if half a year of the child had labeled rams and teethers, and in the year he was not injected into the diet, which could be sown.
3. Laziness. Some kids are too spoiled and lazy: yes, they just too lazy to chew. Especially if they know that according to their first demand (whims), the mother will replace the solid piece of soft mashed potatoes. You will find a couple of tips in this case in the article :.
4. Hyperactivity. Sometimes the child refuses to chew for the simple reason that he has no time to do: he is always spinning, it does not sit in place, runs, he always needs to run somewhere. Read :.

These are the most basic reasons why the child does not boost food. Analyze your own situation, watch the baby - and soon you will understand what the reason for this unpleasant phenomenon is. After that, to get rid of this misfortune will be much easier.

How to teach a child to chew food

The main question that worries all the parents - how does the child teach to chew food and restore his chewing functions? There is nothing impossible, so you are patient and start.

1. Show him with my own example, how to chew: Teach him, give him a few lessons in a game form.
2. Buy marshmallows or marmalade to chew.
3. Stripping and grinding food: only hard slices. I did not eat - do not insist: the famine will eventually take his own.
4. Do not shout and do not worry. Try to calmly communicate with the child while eating, explaining to him all smooth, kind, calm voice.

Yes, it's not so easy to withstand whims, but if the process is launched by your fault, nothing can be done here. Sometimes you can only make your own endurance to chew food your beloved child. Always remember about the result you want to achieve, and not about whims and tears of your little cunning. Seeing what his mother is disassembling, so you will see - he will soon give away and give way to you.