It seems tonight she decided that her dinner wasn't to her liking, but when DH got home from work and had his dinner (exactly the same food as DD's dinner) she had to share with him and ate probably 3 times as much as she ate from her own plate.
Maybe for the time being I need to create one big plate at dinner time for everyone to share from and she just might eat more food that way. I just need to get more food into her.
Two things that help us: Let DS steal food from us or pretend we are going to steal his.
If she prefers snacking, that's olk, just make them small versions of meals - so she's still getting good food. Really try to avoid bribery or rewards for eating - they learn to manipulate you into giving them junk and will hold out for it.
It is normal for them to go through stages, so the important thing is to ride it out. She won't starve herself. Just keep putting good food in front of her and she will eat.
I read an article somewhere that said it can take up to 10 times for a food to be offered before a child will eat it - perhaps keep offering a the same 'new' food for 10 days in a row??
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