When we have dinner, we offer a veggie, protein, starch and sometimes a fruit. If she doesn't want any of that, there are no other options. She will usually eat at least a few bites of something off of her plate, though.
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@mediagirl: we're the same way. Except if she really hasn't eaten anything all day. Like yesterday she had a small breakfast and then barely touched her lunch. Then only wanted like 5 pieces of pasta for dinner. So I offered a little yogurt and she ate some of that. Then frozen blueberries for dessert.
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My son and his eating are driving me to distraction, I swear to you I thought I would not survive the last week on vacation.
He literally will not eat anything I offer, so I make him "boxes" and he can choose what he eats from those boxes. It's a lot easier for my stress and he eats.
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Luckily I haven't had too many issues with LO's eating. Lunch and dinner is heavy in protein and veggies with an occasional starch. Fruits are given throughout the day as a snack. Since I offer a big variety on his plate, he will usually like at least half of what I offer. If he doesn't like it, I don't stress out because he generally eats well and will make up for it the next day.
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Yes. Not as much as when she was younger, but i'll offer her yogurt and blueberries as her last snack before bedtime. She is pretty good with eating so i haven't had to worry that she's going to starve.
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I try to make sure that LO loves at least one thing that I'm serving. If for some reason she doesn't want to eat what we're having, I will offer something else.
My mom had to cater to me (don't like fruits and veggies), my brother (lactose intolerant), and my sister (vegetarian). She was always going out of her way to feed us and make sure we ate, so it seems normal for me to do the same for LO. I know I don't like eating certain things if I'm not in the mood for it, so I don't want to make her do that either.
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I try to make sure that LO loves at least one thing that I'm serving. If for some reason she doesn't want to eat what we're having, I will offer something else.
My mom had to cater to me (don't like fruits and veggies), my brother (lactose intolerant), and my sister (vegetarian). She was always going out of her way to feed us and make sure we ate, so it seems normal for me to do the same for LO. I know I don't like eating certain things if I'm not in the mood for it, so I don't want to make her do that either.
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We offer her several options in a meal (always a protein and at least one each of fruit and veggies as well as a starch/carb like pasta/bread/corn/peas/etc.), but if she doesn't eat that, I dont offer additional options.
I almost always give her yogurt after dinner, which she always eats plenty of.
We definitely do not and will not cater based on mood. When she's older, she'll be included (somewhat) in the dinner decision making process weekly, but no separate meal will ever be made for her unless there is a real (not made-up-by-LO) dietary reason.
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No options.
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He eats what we eat, if he doesn't go for it then we put some ketchup, ranch, or bbq sauce on it, and that works almost always works. If he hasn't eaten well all day and I'm desperate then I'll break out yogurt or cottage cheese, but that is super rare.
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@looch: interesting! Is the key element of boxes that he can choose what to eat?
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I give options and if all else fails I give him a fruit/veg pouch. My kid (15 months) is so picky - he'd rather go hungry (aka crazy cranky) than eat anything he doesn't like. He's also not good at trying new things, it's so frustrating. I don't know where I went wrong
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Yeah. I figure that she's human just like me, and she doesn't always feel like eating something.
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We don't give options either, but we do always provide a good variety - protein, veggie, fruit and sometimes starch. We were warned against introducing additional foods if LO is not eating as this will encourage her to hold out for something better. haha!
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