https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:52:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-do-you-make-them-eat-what-you-gave-them#post-1956422 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:17:05 +0000 ALV91711 1956422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 20 months and he gets to eat what he is given and how ever much of each item. If he asks for more of something I try to get him to eat at least a couple bites of the other things before giving him more. I do tend to give him a pouch with dinner if he isn't eating much because I do want him to get something in his tummy, but some nights he doesn't want that and I think he just isn't very hungry. </p> <p>I'm hoping soon to work pouches out of his meals and that he will just eat enough. </p> <p>The only time I give him a different option for dinner is if we are having something he hasn't had before and he tries it and doesn't really like it. I'm ok with doing that.</p> <p>If he only has a few bites I wrap it up and put it in the fridge and if he wants something before bed that is what he gets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-do-you-make-them-eat-what-you-gave-them#post-1956416 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:10:02 +0000 daniellemybelle 1956416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I struggle with this. LO is 13 months &amp; rejects a lot of foods already or just kind of waits for her favorites to show up because she knows if she doesn't eat much I will give her fruit. But I want her to eat SOMETHING!</p> <p>@cait: There is a Daniel Tiger episode/song for everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-do-you-make-them-eat-what-you-gave-them#post-1955891 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 09:29:12 +0000 cait 1955891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a "one bite" rule that my LO accepts pretty well thanks to a song from Daniel Tiger haha. I'm not a fan of making separate meals but if she ends up not eating much, we usually have dinner early enough that I can offer a healthy snack a little bit later in the evening, so she's not going to bed hungry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-do-you-make-them-eat-what-you-gave-them#post-1955848 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:39:21 +0000 Jess1483 1955848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little one turns two this week and I still offer on occasion, but my guy isn't even on the growth charts... ( I'm hoping for 20 pound at his appointment). I try to make sure there's one absolutely safe food on the table that he will eat so it doesn't seem like a separate thing I made when he refused other stuff. I'm also not above bribery in the food category. Either that, or I wait a little bit if I can and try to make it seem like a different meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-do-you-make-them-eat-what-you-gave-them#post-1955813 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:41:59 +0000 hilsy85 1955813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prob around 18/19 months. He was/is also thin but I generally found that if I just didn't offer him any alternatives he would eat, or he just really wasn't that hungry, which is fine too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-do-you-make-them-eat-what-you-gave-them#post-1955806 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:30:37 +0000 winniebee 1955806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a peanut too (23.5 lbs and 32.5 inches at 2 but he has always been small). I stopped offering second choices closer to age 2. I always have something to serve as part of our dinner that I know he likes and so he can eat that or nothing. My son went through a picky phase from like 16-20 months but got over it. He doesn't eat many veggies but will try most anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-do-you-make-them-eat-what-you-gave-them#post-1955802 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:25:44 +0000 JennyG 1955802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was an amazing eater. His babysitter would even comment that he ate more than her kindergartner. Now at 16 months, the kid barely eats. He eats a little a breakfast (mostly fruit and toast, refuses oatmeal now and won't touch yogurt). </p> <p>Lunch is at the babysitters, but we send it. He used to eat it all for her, but is now starting to refuse food even from her. Lunch and dinner are similar foods. Pasta or potatoes, a veggie, chicken, steak, or meatballs, and either some fresh fruit or applesauce. </p> <p>Here's my question - During dinnertime, when LO refuses to eat food that prior to that meal he liked, I usually get him something else to try and eat. He's a peanut (12th for height, 33rd for weight) so I hate for him to not eat enough. Am I creating a monster by always getting him different food? At what age should it be eat what I give you? </p>