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My baby girl 2 years 2 months old. She's not chewing food. We are telling her showing videos, of chewing. Bit then too she's not chewing. She's just swallowing her food. She's making very late to eat her food. How to make her chew food?? I'm grinding food coarsely for her in mixer. If I mash, she's not eating.
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Thank you for your query Sometimes children take some time to learn to chew food especially if they are bottle fed. My suggestion 1. Be patient— do not force feed her 2. Give her well cooked and mashed foods 3. Teach her to eat by herself 4. Stop bottle feeding her (if you are)
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