How To Get Your Child To Eat Her Meals Everytime .... ???

Hi rtslctwy, I can think of one. Ignore her. She is only looking for your attention, and if you give it you give her more energy to keep going on. If she is not eating, tell her that she can not eat. Or just let her be. SHE WILL EAT WHEN SHE IS HUNGRY. Try not make this a big deal. Be consistent. That will probably help a lot. I know you are worried, however, losing a couple of meals is not a big of a problem. she is testing You, and if you make a big deal about it, she test your some more. Ignoring her will make her understand that you are in charge not her. She will give in sooner or later. I hope that helps. it has done the trick for me when my two teens had this issues.

toddlers are can really be very difficult to deal with especially with foods. All they want is to play, play and play. My cousins ages 5 and 6 have similar attitudes with your daughter when it comes to meal time. What I have learned from school as a nurse,learn to be consistent with them. You give them choices of whether they like to eat cereal with milk or cereal with choco, something like that. This will enable them to participate. Or if she really does not want to eat, let her be. She will be looking for food when she's hungry. You could also provide healthy finger. Fruits and biscuits are fine. Just add foods rich in carbohydrates as they tend to play all the time and need more energy foods. Hope this little info helps. Just enjoy with your daughter.;-)

When my son was little he wouldn't eat anything but certain foods. He was extremely skinny, but otherwise okay so I guess he got enough nutrition although it worried me a lot. He did seem to like food with strong flavors. Come to find out his tonsils and adenoids were the problem and food had no taste to him. I can't imagine anyone would enjoy food if they couldn't taste it. Whenever someone talks about their kid not eating or eating only certain foods it makes me think of this. While this may not be your daughter's problem it never hurts to have it checked out.

My parents always made us sit at the table until we had finished our meals, but I'm not sure I agree with that. I guess if she isn't hungry, don't force her to eat. If she wants snacks later warm back up her meal in the micro. If she doesn't want it, send her to bed without supper. I bet she will eat her dinner after going hungry.

Hi I have a three year old daughter that absolutly wouldnt eat meals. I was sooo frustrated she wouldnt eat anything except cookies and apples or grapes. Finaly I was out of options so i decided no matter how tired i was i let her help make supper. I started with shake and bake fries and chicken. She loves makeing it and ate it no problem. TGhen when i wouldnt make that she got mad and wouldnt eat. SOOO finaly i said ok i know eating at teh table is the right way to go. But i decided to put a little table in the living room for her and let her sit on the couch with her food! Big no no according to the public health nurse but it got her eating! Now i have a 16 month old son that wont eat anything. except apples. I decide for him instead of putting him in highchair i put him up in it removed the tray and put him to the table. That only worked for certain foods like pancakes, or french toast. Ugh the delima. I finaly broke down and what i do with him is sit on the floor in the livingroom with a bowl of my food his on the side and eat he comes over takes a bite and continues to play. Eventually about 1 hour later hes got all his food in him!

Taste buds start developing when children grow older.I have a son who is 1 year of age and he eats very small quantity of cereals,fruits and milk.But whenever we have our meals he will always be very excited to eat it .But i know that when he grows older he will not like eating the same stuff which he longs for now. Whenever you have your meals and want her to eat the same stuff always show off as if the food is very tasty and delicious and also pretend that you want more stuff to eat.In this manner she will definitely like to have the food.

yes I knwo how you feel mine is 2 and has become veryt picky (when he used to eact EVERYTHING I would give him beforem, even spinach and such) NOw he only wants rice, pasta, potatoes and fruit NO vegetable at all and no meat except if it has been deepfried (!!) I tried many things so so far the only one that worked was hising food in his favorites (mixing a small amount of veggies and addign to his mashed potatoes but not too much because iof he notices a color change he wont eat it! GRRR I even tried thoise V8 things and mx9ng it with fruit juice to no avail :( If you are very worried abou t her balanced nutrition try vitamins, it wont fill her but will provide basic necessities Also what I do with my son is no in-between snacking Meaning no cookies

rtslvtwy, Seems like she is developing a sweet tooth and it would help if you could use this to your advantage to motivate her to eat her main meal and not be otherwise. Just let her eat up her main meal and the sweet stuffs at the end as desserts and reward for her well behavior. You may also want to observe a non snacking habit in between of meals to avoid confusing the child into thinking that the snacks are actually her main meals. So, serve and feed her the meal and when she eats up then follow up with some of her favorite cookie, ice cream or whatever. If she does not eat then there will be no food or snacks till the next meal. Have this in check and she will slowly get to learn to differentiate for herself and make your job easier. Have a nice day.

Kids start getting finicky about foods. It is SO important to instill good eating habits when they are younger though. My advice is do what you must, you are not hurting her by making sure she finishes her meals and eats a well balanced diet as well. Encourage her with desserts. If she doesn't finish a meal, no dessert. Show her you can eat all your food and encourage her to be big like mommy or daddy. Make it a game if you have to and race her to the finish. There are many ways to do this without beating or yelling I do know that! Don't get frustrated but make sure the final goal is a clean plate, do not compromise! My younger brother wasn't shown this and has very poor eating habits today(he is twenty years old and wont eat a vegetable). It's just childish to be that old and avoid veggies like that, it sickens me. I also fear for his health in the future and he has been so used to living like this he won't change. In short you don't want this to happen so enforce those good eating habits now. Make her eat those veggies and clean her plate but don't force her to overeat either. You are the parent and you should not feel bad about making your child do these things though. It will make her a better more healthy individual. Don't falter on the dessert thing! I find it is the best way to get this goal accomplished and I am speaking from experience.

Hello rtsvtwy, do not bother about it too much. It will only increase your tension and add to your frustration. I have two kids - a daughter (10 yrs) and a son (6 years). I faced the same situation and I have heard from my mother that I was the same experience to her till my age of 6. Being very disturbed by the habit as you are facing now, I consulted one of my friend who is doctor in profession and he is very sensitive to this type of problems. He said that it is the age of defiance. Just do not get annoyed with this. Please continue to persuade with patience and after some period the problem will not be there. My son has now started taking all thing sgiven to him, though he argues about one or two item. But he is becoming normal so far as meals are concerned. Hope you find yourself problem free early

Good Morning, I am also a mother of two children, one boy - six years old, and the younger daughter - 1 and half years old. It's quite natural that children hate food at this stage. This is the stage where their mind goes only for playing, and not eating. So, don't worry. As a mother, i can understand ur problem. Is ur child going to school? If so, that problem will be rectified soon. Ur child will get interest in eating on seeing the other children eating in school. Give ur child whatever food she likes, but take care that whether it is healthy food or not? Introduce the habit of eating more fruits and vegetables. That is healthier than simple food. If she takes vegetables and fruits, don't worry about her not eating meals. This problem will be rectified soon. Tell her stories during feeding food to her. Tell her that she should not sleep with empty stomach, and if she do so, the hungry man will come and eat her. This is not to induce fear in her, and this is just to make her to eat. This won't do any harm to ur child. Believe me.

Your daughter is in a toddler stage. And at that age they love to play. You can feed her while she is playing. You cant force her to be infront of the table and eat just like you eat because they do not enjoy that. They have short attention span. You can feed her in small frequent manner. You cant force her to finish her food right away because they love to play. And most importantly, its not a good idea to reward him another food not even chocolates, you can reward him stickers if she finishes her food.am sure your child would love it.

I am not yet a mother but I would like to share my insights regarding your issue. If I were you, I will not give-in to her desires. It is very common for children at this age to be hardheaded. Just let her cry or do whatever she wants to do. JUST DO NOT GIVE HER WHAT SHE WANTS. If you did, most probably she'll end up being spoiled and will continue this behavior until she grows older. I can relate this to what my Psychology teacher did to her daughter. They went to an amusement park and she told her daughter that she can only use 10 tokens for that day. After a few hours, her daughter got one token left. Her daughter wants to ride a certain ride costing two tokens so she asked her mother to buy her one more token. But my professor refused to do so and just told her that they talked that she can only have 10 tokens. Her daughter cried in front of all the people in the amusement park but my professor still refuses to buy another token. After her daughter calms down, the only thing she can say is: "Let's go home Mommy". In that situation, my professor taught her daughter that her word is the authority that she must follow. Now her daughter is very obedient to her and her husband.

why don't you try asking her what she wants and then if she still dosent eat it wrap it up and if she really really hungry i bet she will eat it you could also try making shapes or animals with some foods i do that with my cousin when im babysitting him he eats it right up but if i don't he wont eat it unless it cereal of something like that hope it works