https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 00:22:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-like-that#post-2552769 Thu, 19 May 2016 19:51:10 +0000 Mae 2552769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry :( Is there any rhyme or reason to it? My LO is younger (2) but since she was maybe 15 mo she's required a lot of variety. With very few exceptions even when she really likes something she won't eat it more than once a week or every two weeks. So she can love something for dinner one night but I know she'll definitely refuse it if I offer it within the next few days. We cope by just trying to keep the variety high for her. Also if she just hates dinner for some reason I always let her eat string cheese and crackers (her fav). Food isn't really something I'm personally willing to fight about and I know then at least she's getting protein and something semi filling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-like-that#post-2552754 Thu, 19 May 2016 19:45:09 +0000 catlady 2552754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2.5 year old has started doing this too, but I think she is genuinely not hungry because she isn't up all night. It's a little worrisome sometimes though (like tonight, I think she ate one bite of dinner and that was all). I give her a healthy snack on the way home from daycare (always a cheesestick and some cut up raw veggies) and she always eats that so I know she gets something in her system. Thank goodness she thinks veggies are snacks. It's really weird, she won't ever eat them with dinner (when they are cooked). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-like-that#post-2552742 Thu, 19 May 2016 19:36:51 +0000 catomd00 2552742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's all about control for them. I started instituting a night snack about an hour after dinner, so I don't feel like I'm giving in to her demands at dinner, but she still gets to eat before bed so she isn't hungry! </p> <p>I had to do the effing chicken dance every time DD ate a bite of chicken last night to get her to eat lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-like-that#post-2552658 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:28:08 +0000 avivoca 2552658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If she doesn't eat what I give her, she gets something really boring like toast or yogurt. But usually she will at least put something in her pith before declaring that she doesn't like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-like-that#post-2552653 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:25:37 +0000 autumnlove 2552653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 2 went through a "I want something else" phase a few months ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-dont-like-that#post-2552640 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:00:00 +0000 sorrycharlie 2552640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3.5 year old NEVER eats dinner anymore!! Unless it's Mac n cheese or tortellini. It's ridiculous. I just keep offering but I'm tired of wasting food. </p> <p>She ate all her spaghetti and meatballs last night. I offered some pasta as a side with her chicken nuggets and blackberries tonight. She said she didn't like any of it and wasn't eating. She ate blackberries this morning!!!</p> <p>If she goes to bed hungry shes up all night. So trying to prove a point by making her go to bed without eating kind of sucks all around. </p> <p>Help? This too shall pass? Ugh. </p>