she just wont eat!!

[Stevie]

great advice.. i might have to try the tooth pick thing..

[beckoes]

if DD1 is having a no food phase i will make fruit sticks or even veggie sticks, just stuff on a skewer. that goes down a treat.

i dont know what else to say though, she wont starve to death, but if dd1 was doing this to such a degree id worry as she is already so skinny, but i dont know what id do. does she help you when your cooking, dd will eat more veggies and stuff if she is helping me prepare dinner/lunch, maybe try that??

just a thought, has she got painful teeth or throat, something thats putting her off eating?

just thought of this game i have played a few times with dd but i think yours might be a tad too young? if she hasnt touched her dinner we play a guessing game, take in in turns and put food in the other persons mouth and they have to guess what it was. she can eat a whole dinner this way.

[JLeigh29]

DS goes through phases too. He seems to be enjoying the fact that he has some control over what/when/whether/how he wants to eat now and sometimes he refuses just for the sake of it iykwim. For the past two days the fork has been a novelty, so anything that could go on a fork was a winner. Before that he went a week where the only fruit he ate was whatever I could hide in his weetbix, put in his yoghurt or make into a cinnamon fruit loaf. We just kept offering it at every meal, a wide variety but only a real small amount at a time - I've heard putting lots of food in front of a toddler can be overwhelming. Have you asked her what she wants? Maybe you could negotiate with her a bit if it's not suitable e.g. ice cream could be ice-cream with fruit salad or cake could be a fruit/savoury muffin. I'd also be letting her snack if she wants, but trading it for some protein/carbs - cheese and bikies, dip, fruit pikelets with yoghurt, boiled egg, roast chicken etc
As a pp said, it's important not to let them know you're anxious or worried about them. GL

[issy02]

DS2 is exactly the same, except it's not a phase! He pretty much eats 2 weetbix for brekky, maybe a tub of yogurt, half a ssanga on a good day and that's it! I could count the times he has eaten dinner in 2 years! That's why I've continued with toddler formula once a day. But ds1 was the same and then at about 5 started eating and now at 9 eats more than me! I find it really stressful. The only dinner he will eat is risotto, spag Bol and curry but I'll be lucky if he actually WANTS to eat at all. Hope she starts eating again soon hun....I feel ya frustration!