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@abbydabbydoodlebug: we just went through a wonder week, I wonder if you are going through the same one?

@abbydabbydoodlebug: I think WW then if it is coming out over other stuff. E was throwing fits over the weirdest crap.

@abbydabbydoodlebug: if there is good she likes and she just won't eat, I let it go. It's rare for her to do it for multiple meals in a row (though when she is being like that I make a point to have something she really likes at at least one meal a day so I know she's getting the calories). Toddlers are just crazy.

Also my LO isn't generally a huge milk drinker, but some days she just drinks a ton of milk and doesn't eat that much. Oh well.

I follow her lead. I figure she knows better than I do if she is hungry or not. I offer her leftovers or another healthy snack when she asks next. I have found that letting her sit at her little art table or on my lap (annoying but whatever if it works!) at this age (also 17 months) has helped a lot. I'm pretty lax with pushing food because I'm terrified of giving her any complexes around food after I have had a severe eating disorder in the past. If it makes you feel any better, my DD has been a total crazy nightmare lately,
Too! I think it's just a rough phase.

Mine is 2 and we just offer her what we're eating and have her sit and interact and decide what she's going to eat from what's offered. She has gone through phases where she eats a lot, phases where she barely eats anything and throws everything on the ground, picky phases, not picky phases. Her weight has tracked all the way along and we started doing it at 6 months. I don't want dinner to be an area where we are fighting - I just feel like it's a losing battle and could create a vicious cycle.