This question has been asked on the boards before, but when I last answered when my kids were younger, I said good sleeper. Now I want to change my answer to good eater. Eventually they become decent sleepers as they get older. But if they're truly bad eaters... who knows if they'll ever grow out of it! Mealtime battles 3x a day X 2 kids = no fun.
So I choose good eater!
What about you? And how old is your LO?
pomegranate / 3565 posts
I have a 2 year old and a 4 month old. I've always thought I'd rather a good eater! And luckily both my boys are good eaters. My 1st is not the best sleeper, but my 2nd seems to love sleep as much as I do! I figure eating battles can last a lifetime, but eventually all kids like to sleep. Have you ever heard of a teenager who didn't like sleep?
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@Mamasig: exactly! i pick eater because my kids are small. they need all the calories they can get!
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
I worry about both but I choose sleeper. I think it's because knowing my kid, even though she is picky, she is not going to totally starve herself, but she will gladly be a sleep deprived mess & turn me into one too.
kiwi / 524 posts
My LO is a great eater, but he'll only sleep in bed with me and has yet to sleep through the night without at least an early morning nursing session (he's 12 months).
I prefer it this way. Bad sleep is hard, but I've never had to worry about his growth or nutrition. He'll figure out sleep on his own timeline.
clementine / 856 posts
I don't have any experience with a picky eater yet, so I choose a good sleeper!! It's entirely selfish, because I love sleep and I used to not be able to function well without 8-9 hrs of sleep. I don't know how I've survived thus far, and I don't know how I'm going to survive the next X years until my LO starts STTN (and doesn't wake up earlier than 7am....)...... All joking aside, the lack of sleep actually caused PPD/PPA for a while, though I'm much better nowadays!!!!
kiwi / 643 posts
Sleeper!. 22 months. I'm sure it will change, but I think eating and behavior all link back to sleep...
pomegranate / 3791 posts
L is 16 months old and I'm very lucky that he is great in both of these areas, but when we have gone through troublesome spots, sleep is the one that really breaks me down! So I pick good sleeper for sure, it has a much larger effect on my mental state.
pomelo / 5628 posts
I still say sleeper at 20 months. It makes both of us happy. But eating is still super impt. I can't imagine worse sleep though!
honeydew / 7917 posts
Luckily I have two good eaters, which helps with all of their food allergies. I choose sleep right now because it's brutal. I know it will get better eventually, but DS2 is very stubborn. 
pineapple / 12566 posts
Sleeper! 9 months baby. Luckily, my older LO sleeps, although he is turning into a crap eater.
nectarine / 2358 posts
Sleeper for sure. She'll eat when she's hungry but sleep is precious to me.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Sleeper. 18 months. I can deal with food issues but not when I'm tired. Can you make your kids those chocolate weight gain shakes? I was so jealous of my brother's 3,000 calorie shakes lol!
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
I pick sleeper for sure but I think that's easy for me to say bc LO is in the 80th percentile for everything so I just don't stress about her eating.
@twoofeverything: agree!
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