https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:28:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2487051 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:46:57 +0000 Finfan 2487051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Opposite problem over here. Can't get Miss 3.5 to eat in the morning! I will try for hours and the give up. She gets hungry at like 10:30 and then I don't even know what meal to give her. She's been happy to wait since our bottle days ended. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2487047 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 06:40:55 +0000 ValentineMommy 2487047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My three year old still does this.</p> <p>He doesn't whine, and he is fine watching a show while I get it ready....but if I don't get it ready fast enough, I sure hear about it. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2487011 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:50:50 +0000 birdofafeather 2487011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>daily and she's 3y2m </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486954 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 22:07:30 +0000 Kbee 2486954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS is 13 months. When we pick him up out of the crib he is fine, but completely loses it once we put him on the changing table to change his diaper until the time that he nurses. Then after that, he loses it again in the few minutes it takes me to get his breakfast together. When will it end?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486747 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:39:30 +0000 gingerbebe 2486747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: S is not really into eating (outside daycare) but he is a slave to his routine. He knows breakfast is right after when he gets changed and he knows dinner is when he gets home so he runs into the kitchen whining and screaming for his meal but then will pick at his food! The waffle/pancake thing totally happens even though he only ends up eating a few bites after its cooked. He runs to the freezer drawer and starts yelling. Lately we have found he will actually eat better if he we give him the pancake or waffle just frozen right away - for some reason he eats it no problem! Weirdo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486580 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:24:24 +0000 fussygal 2486580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just under 24 months here and she stopped around two months ago, although she still does ask for it right away maybe once a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486487 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:46:22 +0000 Foodnerd81 2486487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess we never really had tha a after she weaned- up until she weaned at 19 months she needed to nurse immediately (well, and I needed to lay back down in bed immediately). But breakfast has always been a while after she wakes up and she's never had an issue with it. It's actually only just recently at 2.5 years she has started asking for it a little early. She wakes up around 7, used to eat at 8 but lately by 7:30 she's been asking for Cheerios and raisins. (Dry, every day.). But dinner has been a little earlier too since she's been prone to total meltdowns in the evening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486469 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:39:10 +0000 psw27 2486469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 19 months and in the last month or two I've noticed he doesn't want to eat or drink right away. He used to want milk immediately, but now he will play or hang out for a half hour or hour before asking for milk. He doesn't eat a lot of breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486449 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:28:01 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2486449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine has never needed to eat right when she wakes up in the morning. Actually, she will eat horribly if I try to feed her. This morning, it was almost 2 hours after she woke up before she decided she was hungry. DD is 9 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486435 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:21:47 +0000 jape14 2486435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: @SweetiePie: we have the same exact thing going on with the toaster/frozen waffle meltdowns. we taught DS the word "wait" on Saturday and that seemed to help a little yesterday (he screamed "I WAIT" instead of crying which I guess is a net win). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486402 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:59:08 +0000 Alba4 2486402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure... Probably around 2. He is 2.5 and he'll ask for milk right away most mornings, but we can usually get him dressed and downstairs before he eats his breakfast and drinks milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486376 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:48:17 +0000 ShootingStar 2486376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I think this is somewhat of a personally thing. I don't think DS has done this since he was an infant. Usually in the morning I have to push and prod to get him to go downstairs and eat. And sometimes I ask him if he wants breakfast and he says, "No, play". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486367 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:43:18 +0000 yellowbird 2486367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter did this between 12-18 months. My son does not care at all to eat when he wakes up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486332 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:09:49 +0000 SweetiePie 2486332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it might be more of a personality thing than an age thing. Mine is 18 months and has never needed to eat breakfast as soon as he wakes. He wakes around 6:30, we get him at 7 and he doesn't eat until 8. We've been doing this as long as we've been doing "real" food. So a year?<br /> ETA: and we still totally get the whining while the Frozen waffle is being toasted. As soon as I open the freezer for it he is crying because it is not in his hands NOW! Putting it in the toaster is a fall-on-the-floor-dramatically tantrum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486327 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:04:52 +0000 jape14 2486327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just commiserating - DS is 18 months and he wakes up asking (sometimes yelling) for "wa-wa" (waffles) basically every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486314 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:52:14 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2486314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine never did this until recently and she's three! But she doesn't do it every day, it just depends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486286 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:24:37 +0000 Portboston 2486286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is 7.5 months and doesn't care to nurse when he wakes up. I try to make him (trying to nurse more during the day to eliminate MOTN wake ups. Not working) but he has no interest. We are doing BLW so for breakfast he'll have a bite or two of eggs or oatmeal but most ends up on the floor. Usually about an hour after he is up he'll want to nurse. I'm not sure if this will change with age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486260 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:07:49 +0000 deerylou 2486260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um. DD is 2.5 and the minute she wakes, she's asking for breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486245 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:55:06 +0000 FaithFertility 2486245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>G will want to eat within 10 minutes goes to highchair usually a cup of cheerios will keep her happy until breakfast or to her sitters she eats there M-F </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486235 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:46:41 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2486235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He wants milk right away then waits about an hour for breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486188 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:41:16 +0000 wrkbrk 2486188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hahaha. I didnt know this phase lasted til 2!!!! Ha. We are fully in it at 4 months. Screams/wails his head off the moment he wakes up because ya know, it takes a full 30 seconds to shake his bottle up. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486187 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:39:59 +0000 LovelyPlum 2486187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mmm, not yet over here at 23 months. In fact, she is more impatient now than ever. She wants to cuddle to wake up, but the second she's really awake, it's "paci sink" (put my paci in the sink) and "eat hungry!" until we get our butts up and moving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486174 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:31:06 +0000 nana87 2486174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>not sure when it ends but we're right there with you! I just weaned about 2 weeks ago, and lo (23 months) immediately still says "nurse?" and then "eat!!" and we run to the fridge, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486172 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:30:10 +0000 mrsrain 2486172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it really depends on the child. Both of my sisters needed to eat right away as small children, whereas I always had to wait a while. My daughter apparently takes after me and has never wanted to eat immediately upon waking (since beginning solid foods). She will be 2 in May. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486159 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:21:54 +0000 petunia354 2486159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha my 3 year old still does this, although he is happy to sit and watch a show while I prepare his food so the whining isn't as bad! </p> <p>I hope it gets better for you soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486148 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:07:29 +0000 snowjewelz 2486148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man K lately wakes up and within 5 seconds she's like "milk, milk, milllllllkkkkkk!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-toddler-stop-needing-to-eat-the-minute-heshe-woke-up-in-the-morning#post-2486143 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 10:04:09 +0000 winniebee 2486143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 15m and has to eat within minutes of waking. He runs to the fridge and whines at the door until I get breakfast in front of him. He fusses the entire time a frozen waffle is cooking (approximately 1 minute). My older son is totally out of this phase and can wait an hour or more before eating int he morning. I can't remember when the MUST EAT when opening eyes phase ends. Age 2? </p>