I'm just throwing this out there and it's just IMO.....but does it really matter?
What is the problem, that she will not eat or just not eat dinner? If they are getting enough variety during the day then I fail to really see the problem...
I understand the whole teaching them it's dinner time etc, but I don't see the point in fighting it. I'm not a fan of all the baby books that tell us we have to do this and have to do that getting us all worried about one persons opinion that worked for them, but I did get advice once and that was "pick your fights"....if it's not worth the fight then why not leave it.
Don't get me wrong, we turn off the telly, set the table with our placemats and DS1 special placemat and his special cup. We always serve up a plate of what we are eating and we let him know it's dinner time. 9 out of 10 times he will not eat it, but he gets the point that we all sit down to eat dinner. He doesn't always sit at the table either but he knows we will not play etc until dinner is finished. It saves the stress & there are no fights....I cook a nice meal I like to enjoy it also without out all the fights and stress just before bed time. He is a day eater, from breakfast on he will just eat and he has a good variety and diet, so I just go with that. I know he's eaten enough, he hasn't had junk and if he wants something at dinner that's not what we are having then he gets a choice of something easy like an apple or a bannana. (so I don't have to cook another meal). I understand the "if you don't eat it then go to bed without" approach but hey I know what it's like to be hungry and try to sleep, or just not feel like something. Nothing worse than hunger pains early in the morning.
I'm yet to meet someone who only eats apples at dinner because that's all they had at age 3......but like I said, it's just my opinion. I think if you just set the example and don't worry yourself over it, lots of kids that age don't eat certain things, or dinner etc. It will all change again. I also rather not make dinner time a battle as to me it will set a negative example on dinner time.
Last edited by Erin_25; July 6th, 2010 at 02:36 PM.
: add something.
It is starting to matter. This has been going on for months. She just doesnt try anything anymore. I hate the fact that I am taking fruit away from her, but I am tired of serving a meal, that she doesnt even look at most of the time before she says yuck. But it does matter, I hate that I spend ages in the kitchen preparing something for the 3 of us to have. I hate that after spending the time to cook it, I spend the rest of dinnertime peeling mandarins, bananas and what not. I dont like that her sister sits there and watches her get something else without even trying it... She may be little but she is stilll learning.
I love that she is a great eater the rest of the day, well most of the time. I love that she has a great palate. What I am tired of and what is getting to me, is that no matter what I give her she just wont eat it! The other night I even gave her what she normally opts for instead (mandarins, apple, banana, yoghurt, and strwberries) of making a meal that she wouldnt eat, I served it to her, and she tells me yuck, not having it! Its that attitude I want to change, I admit that right now she has it all over me, and Im paying for it. But I want that to change, I want her to at least try what i give her before she tells me she doesnt like it.
Tonight Im making sausages cooked in a tomato sauce on cous cous. She loves sausages in tomato any other time Ive given them to her. Cous cous isnt a favourite, but its mine. Miss H loves it all. so Im hoping Miss M will eat it and enjoy, or at least try it would be good. And tonight there wont be any other alternatives; well unless she trys it out, seriously. Then I might be able to find something else if she is seriously hungry.
Tonight, I sat Miss M down, explained that dinner was the only choice for the night. I told her what it was. Went into the kitchen brought it back and gave it to her.
Well to m surprise, she ate the entire lot, then went back for seconds and thirds!! Totallly unexpected, but Im not complaining!
Now Im just hoping that this will continue in the days and weeks to come!
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she really has you on your toes!
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