Should I feed DD?!

angelicmary85

Evening All!

As some of you may know, my 2year daughter is a terrible eater.

She has a really poor diet and I'm sick fed up of it

She refused her dinner earlier so yet again, more food got scraped into the bin and she toddled off with an empty belly.

Fast forward to now and she's screaming the house down for food. All I can hear is 'mum please, I want some dinner' and I feel awful not feeding her.

She's still quite young and I'm not sure she'll understand the reason she isn't getting food.

Am I being a cow?!

mikey72

You need a balanced program to move over from rubbish food to a good diet.
It's a slow long job, with rewards for eating the good food, so a sudden switch may not be best.

angelicmary85

mikey72 wrote: »

You need a balanced program to move over from rubbish food to a good diet.
It's a slow long job, with rewards for eating the good food, so a sudden switch may not be best.

I try to give her 'good' food but the problem is that she won't eat. She can go up to 5 days at a time without eating...I feel like I need her to have a shock

Material_Girl_2

I would give her an apple and some weetabix/porridge perhaps. That should make her feel full up but it's not giving in. If she understands that's all she get's after she refused dinner, she may change her mind about not eating it.

mikey72

The best approach seems to be to feed the "good" food in a small amount, with a sort of "best" of the worst food she likes afterwards, at meals. She has to understand she'll get the treat after she eats the food she doesn't like.
Over along period, adjust the sizes, until one meal is totally "good", and work from there.
It's not easy, and yes, you'll feel bad, or you're not doing it properly I'm afraid.

angelicmary85

Material_Girl wrote: »

I would give her an apple and some weetabix/porridge perhaps. That should make her feel full up but it's not giving in. If she understands that's all she get's after she refused dinner, she may change her mind about not eating it.

I tried her with a pear (I've only got pears and kiwi fruit) but she refused it...she's asking for ice cream

Indie_Kid

angelicmary85 wrote: »

I tried her with a pear (I've only got pears and kiwi fruit) but she refused it...she's asking for ice cream

Personally, I would tell her no, as she didn't eat her dinner.

angelheart-xx

sh1305 wrote: »

Personally, I would tell her no, as she didn't eat her dinner.

i agree...know someone who only feeds her child what she wanted when younger now cant get her to eat a proper meal

xoxo

hngrymummy

We were always told "If you don't finish your dinner you don't get pudding"

I'm probably mean, coz I'd say "You can't be that hungry if you don't want the pear"

Courgette

No ice-cream, that's not food. Let her have some fruit though. At 3 she is old enough to understand what's going on. When my DS was that age, if he hadn't eaten his tea but was really hungry later I'd let him have something healthy but he had to sit in the kitchen on his own to eat it then go straight to bed

mikey72

Small slice of pear, spoonful of ice cream.
Then two slices of pear, spoonful of ice cream.