https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:17:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-do-if-lo-refuses-my-food-options-for-him#post-849594 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:19:28 +0000 Honeybee 849594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At only 10.5 months, if DS refused what I had prepared plus a backup item (usually a fruit pouch), I would assume he wasn't hungry and just try to fill him up with an extra bottle before bed. Now that he's older and going into a picky phase (14 months), I pretty much do the same thing; he's can have a fruit pouch if he doesn't eat his dinner, and then I try to give him extra milk before bed. It wasn't until about 2.5 that we started cutting out the extras for DD, if she refused to eat her dinner. She just turned three, and I don't think she has ever gone to bed truly hungry. Although I know there have been a few nights that she hasn't been full before getting down from the table (after warnings that she will have nothing else to eat) because she eats like a horse the next morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-do-if-lo-refuses-my-food-options-for-him#post-849016 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:31:16 +0000 chopsuey 849016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to prepare 1-2 of my daughter's favorites + something else. If she didn't like what I offered, I'd offer something I know she'd like.<br /> At 26 months old she eats like a champ. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-should-i-do-if-lo-refuses-my-food-options-for-him#post-848948 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:12:16 +0000 cranberryapple 848948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've started DS (10.5 months old) on 3 solid meals a day lately, but I find that he is rejecting our usual standbys and not so interested in my new offerings. If he rejects all three options I have planned out for him in one particular meal, should I offer him something I know he will love instead? Will this create a bad habit where he will learn that no matter what, I will end up giving him the thing he wants? ;P It's not like this for all meals, just some meals. I don't want food to become a battle, so I'm trying to appear chill. Should I just put the food away and say "all done" for that meal? </p>