How to let my four year old eat right.
By johan143
@johan143 (164)
Philippines
October 13, 2010 10:52pm CST
When my second child was still one year she was already eating the right food, like vegetables, fruits, meat and cereal. However, when my husband introduce her to chocolate, ice cream and candies, she avoided the food i already mentioned. Right now she is already four years old and its frustrating to let her eat properly again. To all mothers, how were you able to let your child eat the right food?
4 responses
@magtibaygom (4858)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
Oh, that's a hard challenge for you. The good eating habit was destroyed. I think you can try making the junk food as motivator for your child to eat the right food. Let's say, if the child will eat fruits and vegetables on the table, then she will be given chocolates after finishing the food. Try it.
@johan143 (164)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
yes, thank you. i already have done that but i don't want it to become her habit to go for a "bribe". i like her to become discipline enough to do the right thing. but i don't lose hope... any way she is still a child and i hope school will teach her the proper way of eating the right food.
@magtibaygom (4858)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
Oh, I see. How about offering your child some natural foods that are good in taste? Like fruits that taste really good, and vegetables are cooked really tasty?
@Cynthiya (75)
• India
14 Oct 10
Try to give veg just steamed with cheese sprinkled with pepper and salt in the form of sandwiches. Above this you have to keep talking to ur kid that if ice-creams and chocolates are consumed, i will take u to the doctor to get injected. This threatening has always helped me in growing my child who is 5 and half yrs now.
@kkanaka (886)
• Singapore
14 Oct 10
Its a bit tough to do that, but its possible. When she is hungry dont give her a biscuit or anything temporarily, tell her its time for lunch or dinner and only after she eats that she will get her chocolate or any other junk food. Even if she skips breakfast, its ok as far as she will eat proper food during lunch, and make sure the food tastes good the first time, if its not to her liking she might not touch it again.
We cannot avoid them junk food but we can surely make sure they eat proper food also.....
@AMQArbasC (46)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
Actually four years to six years old is almost the problem stage of all the mother because children are getting spoiled and always crying if their likes will not be granted..... its better to discipline the child
@johan143 (164)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
i did not experience this from my first child. i have no problem with the first one because she eats any food that i serve her. however, my problem with my oldest child is that she ate almost three hours because she watched tv or dvd while eating. wheh!! :(
