I think we've finally found a food success....touching wood....

We have been having a rotten time with DD lately and food. She just hasn't wanted to eat anything. Her favourites are no longer, she won't try anything new, she just doesn't want to. She's been living on a staple diet of weet bix, cruskets, the odd sandwich, bananas and nuggets.

BUT - that was before we ditched the high chair.

Two nights ago, DH got fish and chips for dinner. Pretty rare for us and I thought that there was no way D would even give it a go, given her normal dinnertime behaviour. She might eat a couple of chips, that'd be all. Instead she helped herself to the box, ate a piece of fish, two potato cakes and chips. DH and I sat absolutely gobsmacked.

Last night was a no go. Didn't want a bar of dinner. Fine, no worries. She was over tired though.

Tonight she has scoffed off a pile of mashed sweet potato and a sausage. Last week she screamed when we gave her a sausage, where previously it was one of her favourites.

Baby steps, baby steps.......but I'm feeling a little itty bit hopeful!!!

Yay :-) we are going through the same with our nearly 3 year old, it seems he is happy to help himself to dinner but doesn't want to be told what to eat.

May your luck continue

My DS will often eat alot more on the run. We do stick to the highchair at dinner times tho, where we sit as a family, but otherwise it's on the run.
Whatever works, hey?

Danielle - do you put dinner on a big plate to share from? How does DS help himself normally? Just looking for ideas here with that.

Helle - We've tried the eat on the run and even all of us on the floor picnic style. But she was happy to sit on a normal chair and eat her dinner, so glad something is working!

Sometimes we let him dish his own from a selection on the table, creates more dishes but it works. Other times helps himself from our plates, or he's already helped himself from the fridge and had yoghurt and fruit for dinner before ours is even ready.

Have found with my DD lately she eats better from a chair, we have these cardboard blocks that came with packaging and she puts one on chair then sits on that. We don't use plate at minute because only have pottery ones and sometimes flings but put food straight on table. Sometimes giving her full size cutlery seems to work too.

I found that many dinnertime battles could be conceded with an element of control going in their favour. Amazing what putting a bit of power back in their hands does.

Well done little miss! May you continue to show your mumma some hope.

Yay! !

Thanks everyone! Here's hoping it continues!