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I was going to suggest something along the lines that mrbee did. Maybe serving her favorite food at lunch/dinner will get her to eat more and you could do something like pancakes for breakfast?

My LO barely eats 2 ounces per meal (3x) so we serve as calorie dense foods as possible; butter, coconut oil, olive oil, pumpkin, banana, added flax seed, etc.

@StbHisMrs: When the kids just aren't eating, we read books to the kids at the table while they eat (aka we feed them while they're distracted)... or if we're really desperate, we might play a video to distract them!

I struggle with this with my son and really, the only thing that has made a difference in terms of the amount that he eats is to offer foods that he eats at mealtimes. I gave up (for now) on the idea that oatmeal is only for breakfast. Sometimes he asks for it for dinner and I make it for him.

I am glad to read this and know I am not the only one worrying about LO's eating! How old is your LO?

My God, I would be so mad at your nanny and fire her!! If you repeatedly ask that she doesn't put out snacks 24/7, she needs to listen or find another job.

While my LO has periods of not eating I have to say it is not as bad... Over the holidays he literally was eating very little and I was so worried. We just cut all his snack time then. So we pretty much only offer breakfast, lunch and dinner for 2 weeks (and he still wasn't eating a lot, you'd think he'd be starving). Gladly now daycare is reopened after holidays, and our eating habits seem to be back to "normal".

So I'd say cut all snack time in that case, until she starts eating more!

I haven't resorted to showing a video yet as we still haven't given LO a lot of screen time except for the teeth brushing video I played to distract him for teeth brushing time. I don't want to make it a norm to watch a video when he eats, because I am more afraid that he won't eat unless he watches a video in the future. I did for a few times read to him while he's eating when I was desperate.