https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:05:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-temperature-sensitivity-in-toddler#post-2763594 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:54:11 +0000 LadyDi 2763594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kes18: Yeah my son is the same with the bath. Toddlers, man. They are so weird. I guess I won't stress about it, hopefully he gets over it as he approaches three! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-temperature-sensitivity-in-toddler#post-2763547 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:29:37 +0000 kes18 2763547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was like this with "hot" food as well. Basically anything remotely warm was "too hot" and so she liked room temperature food. She was okay with cold food. It was the worst around 2. She is over 3 now and better, she will eat warm foods most often. She was similar with bath time. Anything slightly warm was "too hot". She is also better with that now although she is still perfectly okay with having cold water running in the bath if I'd let her. So mostly I just rolled with it and let her food sit out after I warmed it up. But she has gotten better past 3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-temperature-sensitivity-in-toddler#post-2763496 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:14:20 +0000 Astro Bee 2763496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same. 2 year old likes food barely warm. He blows on it a lot. Which could be just play and imitation, but he will wait til it all cools down to eat. Only yesterday he said his pancakes were too cold to eat, after taking them in the car to eat, since he was being slow and we were late for a play date, but that was a first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-temperature-sensitivity-in-toddler#post-2763471 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:21:05 +0000 wrkbrk 2763471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is the same, at least with food. Cold doesnt bother him but if we attempt to heat even a chicken nugget for 10 seconds he refuses it. Everything must be room temperature! I chalk it up to toddler weirdness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-temperature-sensitivity-in-toddler#post-2763405 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:47:55 +0000 Corduroy 2763405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No suggestions but I'm seeing some similar behavior in my DS, just turned 2, and I don't think he has a temperature aversion. He's rejecting "hot" food. He'll go around the house declaring things (wooden toys, sippy cups of tap water) too hot, blow on them, throw them, and shout about it. I think he's just exploring. I can see how this would be worrisome if you already had concerns. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-temperature-sensitivity-in-toddler#post-2763368 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:02:23 +0000 LadyDi 2763368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: Thanks, it's nice to know that it isn't just me. He's already a picky eater so dealing with that plus temperature aversions is driving me a little batty. I understand your DD's love of the "cold spot"! I am still like that :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-temperature-sensitivity-in-toddler#post-2763338 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:59:34 +0000 Ajsmommy 2763338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dd has some temperature aversions too. Not as much as you describe, like she's never said a crayon is too hot after holding it. But she def prefers her food luke warm as opposed to HOT. However, I understand bc I am the same way. In fact I figure it's bc of me that she's like that. She's used to eating my luke warm food so that's what she wants too. As you said I dont' think she's ever really burned her tongue or anything.</p> <p>She also does this in bed. She needs a "cold" spot to sleep. So if she's laying in a spot for books she needs to move afterwards to a cold spot. She'll call out to me over the monitor that she needs a cold spot. I just assume it's a preference... she likes the feel of the cool sheets. I think she runs warm body temp wise, she'll sleep with no covers on.</p> <p>So all that to basically say I don't have any advice, just that DD has some similarities and I just roll with it. With her food i'll blow on it a bit and then test it and then if it's ok I tell her and she's fine, if she did this with a crayon I'd probably tell her to use a different one or I'd "check" it and tell her it is fine and give it back to her..... (sorry... I'm not helpful!!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-temperature-sensitivity-in-toddler#post-2763336 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:49:10 +0000 LadyDi 2763336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO (2 years) has always been sensitive to temperate of foods. His bottles always had to be warm, he doesn't like any foods that are too hot or too cold (like ice cream). Lately though his aversion of things that are "too hot" has become very extreme. If he sees me blowing on his food or trying to cool it down he is very hesitant to eat it. If he touches it and it's warmer than he thinks it should be then he declares it "too hot" and refuses it. At this point anything above room temperate is "too hot." And it's started to extend to other non-food items. If he holds a crayon in his hand too long and it gets warm he says it's "hot" and starts to cry. </p> <p>Has this every happened to anyone else? Any tips to help him get over it? I am afraid I scared him by trying to keep him away from the oven and legitimate "hot" things. To my knowledge he's never burned his tongue or actually eaten anything very hot. </p>